AiW Guest: Rashi Rohatgi. AiW note: This is the introduction to a series of poetry reviews on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Box Set from AiW Guest Rashi Rohatgi. Look for the follow-up reviews of the volumes in this box… Read More ›
Month: November 2018
Call for Abstracts: 44th Annual Conference of the African(a) Studies Association, New York (Deadline: 21 December 2018)
The 44th Annual Conference of the NEW YORK AFRICAN(A) STUDIES ASSOCIATION York College, City University of New York April 12-13, 2019 THEME: 50 Year Ripple ~ BLACK STUDIES—SANKOFA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Black Studies grew into an academic discipline in… Read More ›
Event: ‘The Intellectual legacy of Professor Ali Mazrui’, IUA International Conference (Khartoum, 26-27 December)
International University of Africa (IUA) Center for Research and African Studies International Conference ‘The Intellectual legacy of Prof. Ali Mazrui and the Future of Reform and Renovation in Africa and Muslim World’ December 26-27, 2018 International University of Africa-Khartoum Throughout… Read More ›
“Corridors of storytelling” in contemporary African culture: Small Magazines at Africa Writes – Sunday July 1st, 2018
AiW Guest: Sumayya Lee. AiW note: This is the fifth in a series of posts for Africa in Words exploring the networked series of research, events, and discussions, ‘Small Magazines, Literary Networks and Self-Fashioning in Africa and its Diasporas’. Here… Read More ›
Event: “Hands Off Africa!!” – 1958 All African People’s Conference (London, 06 December)
“Hands Off Africa!!” The 1958 All African People’s Conference: Its Impact Then and Now 06 December Senate House, London This conference, organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, and the United Nations Association Westminster will mark… Read More ›
An African Literary Calendar: 15 Books on Our Radar Right Now
AiW Guest: Sana Goyal. Earlier this year saw the publication of first novels by Leila Slimani (Lullaby) and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma (House of Stone), Michael Donkor (Hold) and Peter Kimani (Dance of the Jakaranda). These books sat on bookshelves alongside… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Campus Forms, Lagos Studies Association (Deadline: 30 November)
We are delighted to share this call for abstracts, Campus Forms, for the 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference, June 27-29, 2019 This is a call for abstract submissions on Nigerian campus forms. The panel wishes to bring together an… Read More ›
Event: Hassan Musa: THE CHICKEN CONSPIRACY Exhibition (London: Closes 24 November)
Hassan Musa THE CHICKEN CONSPIRACY: Paintings and Calligraphy Open until 24th November 2018 The Gallery of African Art (GAFRA) is pleased to present THE CHICKEN CONSPIRACY: Paintings and Calligraphy, a unique and diverse collection of paintings on fabric and calligraphy… Read More ›
Q&A: Temitayo Olofinlua on Book Distribution and Literary Activism
AiW Guest: Serah Kasembeli I had never crossed the border to the neighbouring Uganda, even though our home is very close to the Kenya-Uganda Busia border. The idea of crossing into what has always been there yet unexplored, resonated in many… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Contemporary Africas, Creative Africas’, LUCAS Conference 2019 (Deadline: 30 November 2018)
University of Leeds, Center for African Studies (LUCAS) Conference 2019 April 4-5, 2019 The call for papers for the conference next year at Leeds is entitled: Contemporary Africas, Creative Africas: Conceptual and Methodological Advances in African Studies How does one… Read More ›
Event: Film Africa at South London Gallery (02-11 November)
This November Film Africa have curated a selection of screenings at the South London Gallery to coincide with this year’s Film Africa Festival and the SLG’s South by South programme. Film Africa 2018 takes the declaration from Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu as… Read More ›
“An act of inspiration”: Review of La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono
AiW Guest: Karina M. Szczurek Trifonia Melibea Obono’s La Bastarda was first published two years ago in its original Spanish by Feminist Press and has now become the first novel by an Equatorial Guinean woman writer to be translated into… Read More ›
Q&A: Serah Kasembeli on Reading Student Protests from YouTube
AiW Guest: Tadiwa Madenga A few years ago, I started to feel like I was learning everything I knew from YouTube. It was exciting to find a free archive with endless live recordings from concerts, artists’ interviews, hair tutorials, and… Read More ›
Event: The African Writers Conference, Abuja, Nigeria (01 December)
We are delighted to announce that the African Writers Conference this year will take place in the International Conference Centre, in Abuja, Nigeria, on 01 December. The theme of the 2018 African Writers Conference is: Re-imagining African Literature: New Voices, New… Read More ›
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