Author Archives
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Save the Date: International Publishers Association Africa Seminar (June 14-15, Nairobi)
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Petina Gappah are two of the many delegates set to attend the International Publishers Association Africa Seminar in Nairobi from June 14-15, 2019. The seminar will take place at Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi, and the theme… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Geko Mofolo Prize (Deadline: 31 July)
We are delighted to share the news that submissions have opened for the Geko Mofolo Prize for Outstanding Fiction in Sesotho. The Prize is awarded in July in South Africa and its submissions are open to all Basotho in the continent… Read More ›
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African Writers and Researchers at the Geneva Book Fair (01-05 May)
Le salon africain at the Geneva Book Fair 2019 presents: African Researchers The theme is inspired by the books of many novelists and essayists who reflect on the wounds of the continent, but also on its grandeur and its aspirations. With: Abd Al… Read More ›
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Call for applications: Reviews Editor for Africa in Words. NEW Closing date 6 May 2019
Africa in Words is recruiting volunteers to join our small, friendly and entirely voluntary team. We are recruiting for our Reviews section. Africa in Words has an average of 6500 readers each month from over 100 countries. The blog’s Reviews… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Poetry Anthology in Honour of Pius Adesanmi (Deadline: 21 April)
We are delighted to share with you that Daraja Press (Canada) and Narrative Landscape Press (Nigeria) will be publishing the North American and Nigerian editions of the proposed poetry anthology Wreaths for a Wayfarer in Honour of Pius Adesanmi (1972-2019)…. Read More ›
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Call for Submissons: Agbowó Magazine (Deadline: 31 April)
We are delighted to share that Agbowó literary and art magazine is now accepting submissions. The team is calling for visual art pieces, photographs, short stories, essays and poetry that explore to the theme “Limits”. The aim is to collect… Read More ›
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Save the date: Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019, winner announced 30 May
Did you see that ten up-and-coming African poets have been announced as the shortlist for the seventh Brunel International African Poetry Prize, a major annual prize aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa? The £3000 Prize,… Read More ›
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Event: Zeitz MOCCA Afro-futures exhibition #2 (Opens 5 April, Cape Town)
Chapter Two of the Afro-futures exhibition, Still here tomorrow to high five you yesterday… opens with the launch of Dubship I – Black Starliner by artist, Ralph Borland. Join the launch on 5 April 2019 for music, talks and refreshments, in the BMW… Read More ›
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Call for Papers and Panels: ASAA Conference 2019 (Deadline: May ,15 & 30)
The 2019 ASAA Conference Nairobi October 24-26, 2019 The theme of African Studies Association of Africa’s (ASAA) 3rd Biennial Conference 2019 is African and Africana Knowledges: Past Representations, Current Discourses, Future Communities. The conference will be held for the first… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Visa Free Africa (Deadline: April 15)
You are invited to share your experiences of travelling across Africa for the Visa Free Africa Campaign! Are you a young African travelling across the continent? Have you experienced any challenges in acquiring a visa to another African country? This… Read More ›
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Open Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue
Africa in Dialogue publishes unsolicited individual and book interviews. Submissions are open year-round. The team is drawn to creative, original and unpublished interviews no longer than 5000 words. They accept interviews between African interviewers and storytellers. The given definition of an African… Read More ›
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Call for submissions: Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award & Anthology (Deadline 31 March)
The Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF) is pleased to announce that submissions for the ninth annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology is now open until 31 March 2019. Up to three poems in any of South Africa’s official… Read More ›
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Call for Applications: Ife IAS Summer School, Nigeria (Deadline 30 May)
IFE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES Theme: KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING AND SERVICE July 21 – August 3, 2019 Ife Institute of Advanced Studies offers an international platform for nurturing a new generation of scholars. The summer institute is currently its… Read More ›
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Event: Literature and Activism in the Equatorial Guinean Diaspora (Boston, 28 March)
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel At Boston University 28 March Equatoguinean writer Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel embarked on an unexpected hunger strike in February 2011 to protest the repression of civil liberties in Equatorial Guinea. Now exiled in Barcelona, Spain, Ávila… Read More ›
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Event: ‘Speaking Through Walls’, Sethembile Msezane at Tyburn Gallery, London (Until 23 April)
Sethembile Msezane ‘Speaking Through Walls’ at Tyburn Gallery, London Ends 13 April 2019 We are delighted to share that Tyburn Gallery is presenting Speaking Through Walls, Sethembile Msezane’s first UK solo exhibition. Using interdisciplinary practice encompassing performance, photography, film, sculpture and… Read More ›
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Call for papers: Asixoxe, Conference on African Philosophy (Deadline: 23 April)
Asixoxe (Let’s Talk) Conference on African Philosophy 2019 is to be held in London and Prague, in May and June respectively. This conference is jointly organized by the Centre for Global Studies of the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of… Read More ›
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Event: El Anatsui ‘Material Wonder’ Art Exhibition (28 February-6 April)
El Anatsui’s ‘Material Wonder’ At October Gallery, London Opens on Thursday, 28 February October Gallery, now in its 40th year, presents an exhibition of works celebrating the force and creative vision of El Anatsui, an artist who has had a tremendous impact… Read More ›
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Event: African Gaze – film posters from Ghana exhibition (SOAS London: Ends 23 March)
African Gaze: Hollywood; Bollywood and Nollywood film posters from Ghana From the Collection of Karun Thakar & the late Mark Shivas At SOAS, Brunei Gallery, London Showing until 23 March 2019 The late 1980s in Ghana saw the emergence of… Read More ›
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Online Event: Reflections on a Contemporary Ethiopian Feminist Movement (19th February)
The first Webinar (online seminar) of the Governance for Development in Africa Webinar Series will premiere on the 19th of February 2019 at 5pm GMT. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Centre of African Studies at SOAS and SOAS Radio are delighted… Read More ›
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