The Centre of African Studies, SOAS, invites you to a remembrance to celebrate the life of Landeg White: Poet, Teacher, Scholar, Translator and Novelist At SOAS, in London, 8th October 2018 from 17.15 to 19.00 Landeg White was born in… Read More ›
Month: August 2018
Event: 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (4-7th October: Somerset House, London)
Save the Date! 04-07 October 2018: London 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns for its sixth edition at Somerset House with an expanded programme of exhibitions, special projects and talks. Founded in 2013, 1-54 is the leading international art fair dedicated to… Read More ›
Event: ‘Intersection’, Group Exhibition (Tyburn Gallery, London)
Tyburn Gallery is pleased to present INTERSECTION, a group exhibition including works by southern African artists Gabriel Choto (born in Harare, Zimbabwe), Gabrielle Kruger (born in Cape Town) and Neo Matloga (born in Limpopo province, South Africa). This summer, the group show… Read More ›
Defragmenting the African Creative Industry. African Superheroes Series.
AiW Guest Abena Addai Boakye The fourth post in the African Superheroes series is written by Abena Addai Boakye, Communications Manager and project lead for Afrocomix at Leti Arts. She handles the daily communicative aspects of Leti and runs point on… Read More ›
A People-centred Approach to Literary Activism in 21st Century Africa: Nii Ayikwei Parkes on Arts Management and Literary Activism at Writivism 2017
AiW Guest Madhu Krishnan. AiW note: This week in the run up to the 2018 Writivism festival, the Arts Managers and Literary Activists Network (AMLA) hosted their third annual workshop bringing together early career academics and Africa-centered literary producers. It… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Nalubaale Review (Deadline: 30th September)
The Nalubaale Review is a literary magazine based in Uganda. It aims to publish the finest emerging writers in Uganda and all other African countries. The magazine is looking for new short stories, poems, dialogues, articles and papers based on… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Sixth Annual Seminar on African Language Literature, ACLA (Deadline: 20th September)
At the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) conference at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, on 5th-7th March, 2019, the organiser Wendy Belcher will be hosting a seminar on African language literature. Sixth Annual Seminar on African Language Literature While African… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Festschrift in honour of Prof Chinyere G. Okafor (Deadline: 31st October)
Chinyere G. Okafor has been a significant force and voice in Interdisciplinary Studies through the intersection of the following: African Literature and Theatre, Women, Gender & Feminism, Anthopology and Traditional Drama. Her scholarship engages African, European, North American and the… Read More ›
AiW at the 2018 Edinburgh International Books Festival – Freedom.
AiW are gearing up for Edinburgh International Books Festival – beginning tomorrow Aug 11 – and this year’s series of books events on the theme of freedom, through which the Festival “calls upon its authors, participants and audiences to consider… Read More ›
Call for Papers: African Literature Today @50 (Deadline: 30th September)
ALT 37/ African Griot/ ALT at 50 invites you to submit papers by 30th September. African Literature Today, much like modern African Literature and its criticism as a formal intellectual discipline, has been in the Academy for half a century. Chinua Achebe… Read More ›
Event: The Africa Centre Summer Festival (18th August, London)
Join the Africa Centre Summer Festival 2018 on Saturday 18th August 1pm in London! The Africa Centre Summer Festival brings together the best of African and diaspora culture onto the streets of London. It is the largest African festival in the… Read More ›
Call for Nominations: 2018 Brittle Paper Awards
The Brittle Paper Awards is back for the 2018 edition. And, the nomination process is open to the public. Anyone can nominate works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays or think pieces for consideration by Brittle Paper’s editorial team. The Brittle Paper Awards was established… Read More ›
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