Author Archives
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CFP/Appel: African Literature and the Press / Presse et littérature africaine(s)
19 – 20 March 2018 – Conference – Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3 – RIRRA21 African Literature and the Press / Presse et littérature africaine(s) Call for papers / Appel à communications Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. The principal language… Read More ›
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Event/s: Fashion Africa with Brighton Museum & Art Gallery – Wikithon (23/09) & Textile Study Day (29/09)
Saturday 23 September: African Fashion: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon event 10:30-16:30, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, FREE (part of Brighton Digital Festival) Come and help update Wikipedia, to provide more articles and images on African fashion and textile design. Full training and support… Read More ›
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Event: Coetzee & the Archive Conference, Thursday 5 – Friday 6 October 2017, Senate House, London.
Coetzee & the Archive 5-6 October 2017 School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London http://www.coetzeeandthearchive.co.uk/ Convenors: Marc Farrant (Goldsmiths) & Kai Easton (SOAS) CONFIRMED EVENT J.M. Coetzee – a reading Kathryn Mosley – guest pianist Richard Mosse CONFIRMED… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: 2nd Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation International Conference 2018
2nd Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation (NEST) International Conference 22-24 March 2018 University of the Witwatersrand CALL FOR PANELS AND PAPERS Conference Theme Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation (NEST) is a research network launched in July 2015 with the aim… Read More ›
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Call for Writers/Illustrators: An Invisible Borders Project, deadline 9 October 2017
The journey series: An Invisible Borders Project 28 August 2017 | by Innocent Ekejiuba As part of our goal to redefine the place of contemporary Africans in the world, and to foster understanding of African experiences and identities, Invisible Borders will embark… Read More ›
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Event: Travelling with Coetzee, 29 Sept – 1 Oct 2017, Oxford
Travelling with Coetzee, Other Arts, other Languages 29 September – 1 October 2017, Oxford Travelling with Coetzee: Other Arts, Other Languages is a two-day conference on the work of J.M. Coetzee to be held at the University of Oxford on 29-30 September. The conference aims… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Type/Cast 4th Issue: Contested Spaces, deadline 1 September 2017
Call for Submissions Type/Cast Issue 4 Contested Spaces deadline: 1 September 2017 The Type/Cast editorial collective is thrilled to announce a new call for submissions. For our fourth issue submissions are open until midnight on Friday, 1 September 2017. We’re looking for… Read More ›
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Event: Jozi Book Fair 2017, 31 August – 3 September 2017, Johannesburg
Jozi Book Fair 31 August – 3 September 2017, Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg In partnership with the City of Johannesburg, the ninth Jozi Book Fair takes place from 31 August – 3 September 2017 at Mary Fitzgerald Square,… Read More ›
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Call for applications: Managing Editor for Africa in Words (voluntary position)
Africa in Words is recruiting a volunteer to join our team as Managing Editor. Africa in Words has an average of 7,000 readers each month from over 100 countries, with our largest readerships based in the UK, US, South Africa… Read More ›
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Event: African Heritage Volunteer Tours in Europe 1600 – 1815, until 23 December 2017, London
African Heritage Volunteer Tours in Europe 1600 – 1815 Victoria & Albert Museum fridays and saturdays until 23 December 2017 Come and join our volunteer guides and share in their passion and pride as they reveal the extraordinary Afro-European… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Ake Review 2017, deadline: 31 August 2017
Call for Submissions Ake Review 2017 deadline: 31 August 2017 The Ake Arts and Book Festival is calling for submissions to the 2017 edition of our annual journal, Ake Review. This 5th Edition is themed This F-Word and will focus… Read More ›
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Event: Open Book Festival, 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town
Open Book Festival 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town Open Book Programme is Live! A record number of events at Open Book Festival The full programme of events has been announced for the seventh Open Book Festival. The Festival takes… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: African Global Experiences, deadline: 21 February 2018
Call for Papers: African Global Experiences Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (formerly The Journal of Pan African Studies; JPAS), a trans-disciplinary on-line peer reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual synthesis of research, scholarship and critical thought on the African… Read More ›
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Call for Streams: ASAUK 2018, 11-13 September 2018, Birmingham, deadline: 15 September 2017
Call for Streams: ASAUK 2018 11-13 September 2018, University of Birmingham deadline: 15 September 2017 The next ASAUK conference will be held on 11-13 September 2018 at the University of Birmingham, UK. In order to limit panel clashes,… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue 1st Issue, deadline: 31 August 2017
Africa in Dialogue, an online interview magazine is excited to announce a call of submission for its First Issue. From inception, Africa in Dialogue has been engaging in dialogues with Africa’s leading storytellers on various contemporary, historic, philosophical and social discourses… Read More ›
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CfP: (Re)framing Narratives of Africa, 3-4 November 2017, BIEA Nairobi, deadline: 30 September 2017
GRADUATE CONFERENCE 2017 (Re)framing Narratives of Africa BIEA Graduate Conference November 3rd and 4th 2017 BIEA, Nairobi, Kenya This year’s BIEA Graduate Conference is on the theme of (Re)framing Narratives of Africa. The narratives used to describe ‘Africa’ have… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Etisalat Prize for Literature 2018, deadline: 18 September 2017
Lagos, Nigeria, 26 June 2017: Following the successful completion of the fourth edition of its flagship pan-African literary prize, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat, has announced a call for entries for the 2018 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The opening… Read More ›
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Event: Kaduna Book & Arts Festival, 5-8 July 2017, Kaduna
As part of its centenary celebrations, Kaduna State is introducing a literary event to its cultural calendar. The Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017 (KABAFEST) will feature over 50 writers, artists, actors, poets and performers who will share their work with… Read More ›
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Review of Illuminate Theatre Performance: Unsettling the Certainties of the Air-Conditioned Room
AiW Guest: Carli Coetzee The second conference of the Lagos Studies Association has just taken place, at the University of Lagos. The conference had many memorable moments, but the one that stands out for me was when the panel was… Read More ›
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Event: Literary Crossroads, 29 June 2017, Nairobi
Literary Crossroads Jennifer Makumbi and Okwiri Oduor 29 June 2017, 6pm, Goethe Institute Nairobi The Literary Crossroads Series brings together African writers on the continent and from the diaspora to discuss contemporary trends and themes in literature. The June session… Read More ›
