Author Archives
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CFP: Researching Africa Day 2018 (abstracts deadline 19th Jan, 2018)
‘African Studies Beyond the Binary: Critical Encounters at the Intersection’ St. Antony’s College, supported by the African Studies Centre University of Oxford Saturday 3 March 2018 Researching Africa Day is a conference for graduate students. Abstract submissions are welcome from… Read More ›
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CFP: Afro-Intellectualism: Past, Present, and Future Dimensions (abstracts deadline 24 Feb, 2018)
Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (formerly The Journal of Pan African Studies; JPAS), a trans-disciplinary on-line multilingual peer reviewed open-access scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual synthesis of research, scholarship and critical thought on the African experience around the world, is seeking… Read More ›
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Symposium: Small Magazines, Literary Networks and Self-Fashioning in Africa and its Diasporas. 19-20 Jan, University of Bristol.
Small Magazines, Literary Networks and Self-Fashioning in Africa and its Diasporas 19-20 January 2018 University of Bristol, UK Keynote speakers: Stacy Hardy (Chimurenga) and Moradewun Adejunmobi (UC Davis) With a workshop held by Africa in Words’ editors exploring small magazines… Read More ›
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Call Out: New Writing & Artwork, RadioBook Rwanda, Deadline 25 January 2018
Huza Press (RW) invites submissions of short fiction and nonfiction by Rwandan writers and artwork by Rwandan and Kenyan artists for a new imprint created in collaboration with No Bindings (UK) and Kwani Trust (KE). This new book series brings… Read More ›
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Event: LUCAS Annual Lecture with Professor Ato Quayson (06 Dec, University of Leeds)
LUCAS Annual Lecture We are delighted to announce details of the LUCAS Annual Lecture for this academic year: Conscripts of Colonial Modernity in Chinua Achebe’s Rural Novels Professor Ato Quayson (New York University)
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CfP: Archives of Resistance (deadline Jan 15th, 2018)
Image via The National Archives UK Archives of Resistance: Cosmopolitanism, Memory and World Literature Three-Day International Conference University of Leeds, June 20-22 2018
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CFP: Small Magazines, Literary Networks and Self-Fashioning in Africa and its Diasporas (deadline for abstracts 30 Nov)
CFP Small Magazines, Literary Networks and Self-Fashioning in Africa and its Diasporas 19-20 January 2018 University of Bristol, UK This two-day conference seeks to explore the role of small magazines, literary journals and periodicals and other alternative print cultures from… Read More ›
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Event: LUCAS Seminar on participatory filmmaking, development and youth leadership in the East Rand, South Africa (21 Nov, 5pm, University of Leeds)
The next LUCAS Seminar will be…
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CFP: African Street Literatures (abstracts deadline 15 Dec, 2017)
This is an open call for papers for a special issue of English Studies in Africa that will focus on African street literature. By this, the editors mean literature that emerges and is shaped by the specific factors determining everyday… Read More ›
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Event: Black Book Swap 10 (London, Sat. Nov 18)
BLACK BOOK SWAP 10 Saturday 18 November 2017 – Omnibus Theatre, London SW4 0QW Black Book Swap, London’s premier event dedicated to the work of Black authors, returns on Saturday 18 November, from 12:30 – 4:45pm. Get your tickets for the tenth… Read More ›
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Event: Bertha DocHouse presents: Thank You for the Rain
Bertha DocHouse (London) presents Thank You for the Rain From 17 November | Bertha DocHouse (based at Curzon, Bloomsbury)| Tix £9 (£7 conc.) From Friday, 17th November, Bertha DocHouse (dochouse.org – who recently brought us the debut feature from Swedish director Theresa Traoré… Read More ›
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Q&A: First issue of the The Single Story Foundation Journal
The rather beautiful, inaugural issue of the online TSSF (The Single Story Foundation) Journal is live. You can read individual published pieces on their newly designed website: http://journal.singlestory.org. And, you can read and download the entire journal at: http://journal.singlestory.org/issues/. Wale Owoade,… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Mawazo Novel Writing Workshop
AiW thanks to Mawazo Africa Writing Institute for this info about their upcoming writing workshop… Call for Submissions: Mawazo Novel Writing Workshop Mawazo Africa Writing Institute announces a Call for Submissions for its first writing workshop: Writing the Novel, led by award-winning author Jennifer… Read More ›
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CfP: Theorising Africa: Reviewing a History of Ideas, Finding Africa Seminar Series, 2018
AiW thanks to Finding Africa for this info about their 2018 seminar series… Finding Africa 2017/18 (UK) Theorising Africa: Reviewing a History of Ideas University of Leeds Seminar Series 2018 – Call For Papers
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Event: Bertha DocHouse Presents Ouaga Girls
AiW thanks to Bertha DocHouse for this info on their upcoming film release… Bertha DocHouse Presents Ouaga Girls 13th October 2017 | Bertha DocHouse | Tickets: £9 (£7 conc.) “With Ouaga Girls I wanted to capture … when dreams, desires and courage… Read More ›
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Q&A: Writer and Filmmaker Yaba Badoe
This weekend at the Africa Writes Pop-Up in Bristol, Yaba Badoe will launch The Secret of the Purple Lake (Cassava Republic Press) – a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to… Read More ›
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Event: Africa Writes Bristol Pop-Up, 6-7 October 2017
Africa Writes, the UK’s biggest annual African literature and book festival brought to you by the Royal African Society, comes to Bristol for the first time, from Friday 6th October to Saturday 7th October 2017, presenting a vibrant programme of… Read More ›
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Events – Launch of Saraba Magazine First Print Issue: “Transitions”
AiW thanks to Saraba Magazine for this info on their upcoming print issue… “Transitions,” our first print issue, will be released October 2, 2017. We have gathered writings—reportage, short stories, travel essays, poems—befitting of our foray into print. Our contributors are writers… Read More ›
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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 of… 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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