AiW note: Art And About Africa is a free platform that allows its users to discover artists and art spaces in the vibrant African art scene on the continent, facilitating where to go, what to see, and who to engage… Read More ›
Month: May 2021
Review: “You only need the mbira” – T.L. Huchu’s ‘The Library of the Dead’
AiW Guest: Ranka Primorac. By the time I twigged that T. L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead was not aimed at my age group, it was no longer an option to stop reading. The author of the deft appropriation… Read More ›
Review: Making Death Part of Daily Life – Véronique Tadjo’s ‘In The Company Of Men’
AiW note: Véronique Tadjo is a writer and painter from Ivory Coast. This year marks the release of her latest novel in translation, In the Company of Men: the Ebola Tales (with HopeRoad Publishing, first pub. En Compagnie des Hommes,… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Marina Novelli on “Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts”
The Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts Online Panel Discussions Series is part of a University of Brighton initiative that facilitates a contemporary art-based dialogue between key stakeholders from Africa and Europe. Based on participants’ personal and professional local and global… Read More ›
Q&A: Véronique Tadjo – On opening up new possibilities with In the Company of Men
‘Brief and haunting, this makes for a timely testament to the destructive powers of pandemics’ – Publishers Weekly Véronique Tadjo is a writer and painter from Ivory Coast. This year marks the release of her latest novel in translation, In… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Open Hearts Big Dreams & Ready Set Go Books
AiW note: Open Hearts Big Dreams (OHBD) is a not-for-profit organisation working to provide literacy resources and opportunities for students in Ethiopia. Their main project is Ready Set Go Books, an innovative effort to increase literacy in Ethiopia. OHBD publishes… Read More ›
Q&A: Alexander Nderitu – trailblazing ‘When the Whirlwind Passes’ from digital to print
‘That great Kenyan novel will eventually come. Perhaps, it will even emerge online, like the novels of Alexander Nderitu.’ – Joyce Nyairo, cultural analyst, Daily Nation Alexander Nderitu is a Kenyan poet, novelist, and playwright and critic. He is also an arts analyst… Read More ›
Q&A: The New Brighton Art School – Khaya Gqomo
With AiW Guests: Dolla Sapeta and Khaya Gqomo. A few weeks ago, Africa in Words published the first of our pioneering posts promoting the work of the New Brighton Art School. We sat down with Dolla Sapeta, its founder, to… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and April’s wrap
Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. April’s most read Reviews and General posts one from #Present | & one from our archives – #Past (click… Read More ›