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• Call For Submissions: Ake Review 2019 (Deadline: 8 July)

  By Africa in Words on 3 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share this call for submissions for the Ake Arts and Books Festival’s annual journal. Writers are invited to submit their works for publication in the 2019 edition of the Ake Review. The theme for this year’s festival… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Morland Writing Scholarship 2019 (opens June 30)

  By Africa in Words on 26 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  Morland Writing Scholarships 2019 We are delighted to share that the Miles Morland Foundation has announced that the 2019 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers will open for entries this Sunday, 30th June. The deadline for submissions is Monday 30th September. For… Read More ›

• Call for papers: Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy (Deadline: December 2019)

  By Africa in Words on 22 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  The new journal, Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy invites you to submit articles for consideration. The distinguishing mark of this journal is its interest in the formulation and presentation of African philosophy in a contemporary form that directs the field… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Lake of Stars Festival 2019, Malawi (Deadline: 30 June)

  By Africa in Words on 19 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  After 15 years, Lake of Stars Festival returns this year in an exciting new format: Lake of Stars Discovery. The three-day celebration will take place in Kachere Kastle, 27-29 September. Located in the Nkhata Bay district, northern Malawi, Kachere Kastle is a… Read More ›

• Call for applications: Writing Fellowships 2020

  By Africa in Words on 15 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications for its Fifth Writing Semester, which will run from 3 February to 31 May 2020. Fellowships are open to any field of expertise. Previous fellows have included academics, novelists, scientists, poets,… Read More ›

• AFRICA WRITES – BRISTOL (28 June – 4 July)

  By Africa in Words on 12 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Celebrating contemporary literature and thought from Africa and the diaspora: The Royal African Society and Saseni! present AFRICA WRITES – BRISTOL From Friday 28 June to Thursday 4 July 2019 Africa Writes – Bristol will be celebrating contemporary literature from… Read More ›

• Event: The 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference (June 25-29, Lagos)

  By Africa in Words on 8 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference June 25 – 29, 2019 Faculty of Management Sciences University of Lagos Nigeria The fourth annual Lagos Studies Association Conference is taking place at the University of Lagos, Nigeria in June this year…. Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine (Deadline: June 15)

  By Africa in Words on 5 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine is currently open for submissions. Calling for art, fiction, and non-fiction from artists and writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Send your work before June 15th 2019! Fiction and art must be speculative (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror or Magical… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Archives Workshop in Nairobi (Deadline: 7 June)

  By Africa in Words on 1 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  ‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ Week-Long Collaborative Archives Workshop Nairobi, 17-23 October 2019 ‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will run from 1 September 2018 to 31 August… Read More ›

• Event: What Is Happening in African Literature Today? (Lagos, 31 May)

  By Africa in Words on 29 May , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The Goethe-Institut Nigeria and Wawa Book Review cordially invite you to the Public Conversation, ‘What Is Happening in African Literature Today?’, which offers a platform to literary critics, editors and translators to meet colleagues from different parts of the continent… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Saseni! Short Story Workshop, Hargeysa International Book Fair (Deadline: 8 June)

  By Africa in Words on 25 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hargeysa International Book Fair Saseni! Short Story Workshop Hargeysa, Somaliland 15-18 July 2019 Calling intermediate and established writers based on the African continent with an idea for a new short story that you want time, space and feedback to develop… Read More ›

• Event: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in conversation (London & Manchester)

  By Africa in Words on 25 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi will be talking about her new collection of short stories, Manchester Happened, tonight in Waterstones, Piccadilly. Jennifer will also be in Manchester in June! Published by ONEWORLD on 23 May 2019, the book is a dazzling short… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Nalubaale Review (Deadline: 15 June)

  By Africa in Words on 22 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share with you that The Nalubaale Review Literary Magazine seeks your submissions on the theme of TRAVEL. You are invited to send your poems, short stories, essays, photos, haikus, articles, legends, local folktales (original language and translations… Read More ›

• Event: Bolekaja to Bolekasoro: Why I’m No Longer Talking To Nigerians About Race (SOAS, London, 21 May)

  By Africa in Words on 18 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share the following information about this great event next week! Books & Rhymes in partnership with the Centre for African Studies at SOAS are excited to invite you to an event titled: “Bọ́lẹ̀kájà to Bọ́lẹ̀kásọ̀rọ̀”: Why I’m… Read More ›

• Event: ‘Romance Languages in a Global Context’, Symposium (26 June, University of London)

  By Africa in Words on 15 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  You are invited to join  The Journal of Romance Studies Annual Symposium: ‘Romance Languages in a Global Context’ on Wednesday 26th June 2019, at 14:00-18:30 Senate House, London The Journal of Romance Studies annual symposium celebrates excellence in modern languages research… Read More ›

• Event: Finding Africa’s 4th seminar (LUCAS, Leeds, 14 May)

  By Africa in Words on 11 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share the following information about Finding Africa’s fourth and concluding seminar of the term! Finding Africa is an independent postcolonial African studies platform that facilitates interdisciplinary dialogue by various agents, mainly in the form of seminars, both in academia and beyond. This… Read More ›

• The Africa Journal Work Academy: ASAA & ASAUK

  By Africa in Words on 8 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share this announcement of the launch of the Africa Journal Work Academy. Background: The Africa Journal Work Academy is a partnership between the ASAA and the ASAUK and aims to foster inter-generational links across African institutions…. Read More ›

• Call for submissions: Wole Soyinka Prize 2019 (Deadline: 31 May)

  By Africa in Words on 4 May , 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  We are pleased to share The Lumina Foundation, sole administrator of Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, has announced the call for entry for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. About the Prize The Wole Soyinka… Read More ›

• Call for participants: Academic Writing Workshop, Hargeysa International Book Fair (Deadline: 20 May)

  By Africa in Words on 1 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hargeysa International Book Fair Academic Writing Workshop African Literature and Cultural Production in the 21st Century 15-18 July 2019 The Hargeysa International Book Fair, in collaboration with the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies and the Universities of Bristol… Read More ›

• Call for submissions: 2019 Writivism Rukiga Youth Prize (Deadline: 03 May)

  By Africa in Words on 27 April , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A writing prize for rural-based children and youth working in Rukiga, Uganda’ The Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) invites short stories from pupils and students of Rukiga in primary and secondary schools in the districts of Kabale, Kanungu, Kisoro,… Read More ›