Author Archives
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Words from… the bedside…
In today’s digest, our Reviews team – Wesley, Tom, and Katie – share two each of what’s on – or just on top – of their current bedside reading piles…
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Chika Unigwe
“This collection … is so wry and so generous, so astute about human deeds and misdeeds. Under Unigwe’s masterful hands, relationship – between Nigerians and Belgians, Naijas and Oyibo, priests and parish, bosses and workers, men and women, parents and… Read More ›
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CFP: Special Issue: English Studies in Africa, ‘A Century of Modernism in African Literature and Literary Culture’ (Deadline: 01 June 2021)
We are delighted to share that there will be a special issue of English Studies in Africa in 2022 on ‘A Century of Modernism in African Literature and Literary Culture’. The deadline to submit papers for consideration is 01 June 2021…. Read More ›
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Colleen Higgs, writer & publisher Modjaji Books.
Colleen Higgs founded Modjaji Books in 2007 as a platform for work by women writers from southern Africa. Modjaji, the Rain Queen of Limpopo, is a “powerful female force for good, new life and regeneration”. The press continues her work… Read More ›
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Q&A: Between the Generations- An Anthology for Ama Ata Aidoo at 80
AiW note: The launch of Between the Generations- An Anthology for Ama Ata Aidoo at 80, due to be hosted by Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka in March, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book, marking the… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Wasafiri New Writing Prize (Deadline: 15 June)
One of the many impacts of COVID-19 has been on writers’ schedules and headspace. Wasafiri– a dynamic platform for mapping new landscapes in contemporary international writing – is acknowledging this by extending the deadline for their new writing prize. The… Read More ›
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In other Words… AiW news and April’s wrap
As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, our round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our platforms – has moved to a monthly edition for April. Please be in touch… Read More ›
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Q&A – Barbara Adair’s Words on the Times for her novel, ‘WILL, The Passenger Delaying Flight…’ (Modjaji Books)
In a dystopian world that has served up an imperfect future, Adair breathes life into the limbo and emotional baggage of her characters as they travel across the world. Karabo K. Kgoleng – broadcaster, public speaker, writer Recently we caught up… Read More ›
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The 23rd Time of the Writer: The First Virtual Literary Festival of 2020
The 23rd Time of the Writer International Festival – scheduled to take place in Durban, South Africa from 16th to 21st March – went online this year. In spite of challenges posed by the global pandemic, University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre… Read More ›
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Online event: ‘The Cape Cod Bicycle War’ – Billy Kahora in conversation at the Polis Project’s Virtual Book Salon
Writer and editor Billy Kahora’s highly anticipated story collection, The Cape Cod Bicycle War: and Other Stories – originally published by Huza Press (Kigali) in 2019 and available in Africa – made its US debut with Ohio University Press this… Read More ›
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In other Words… AiW news and quarterly wrap (Jan-March 2020)
A round-up of other words – our top posts & quarterly news – on AiW’s radar, collated from across our platforms, January through March (with an added wish for safety and health for you and yours as we head on… Read More ›
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Event: CIAD’s 2nd Biennial Conference: Textiles and Fabrics as Material Culture in the African Diaspora (10 October)
The Costume Institute of the African Diaspora’s (CIAD) 2nd Biennial Conference London College of Fashion New date: 10 October, 2020 Bringing together academics and researchers from across the world who are working within the field of Material Culture, African Fashion,… Read More ›
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Exhibition: Michael Armitage at Norval Foundation (South Africa, June 2020)
Norval Foundation brings rising Venice Biennale star Michael Armitage to South Africa At just 35, Kenyan artist Michael Armitage is swiftly emerging as one of the most exciting young voices of contemporary art, heralded as a stand-out artist at the… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Film Africa 2020 (Deadline: 30 June)
Film Africa 2020 30 October – 8 November London, UK Film Africa is the Royal African Society’s biennial London festival, celebrating the best African and African diaspora cinema from across the continent. Now in its ninth year, Film Africa has… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2020 (Deadline: 31 March)
We are delighted to share that The Nigeria Prize for Literature is calling for entries for an edition in prose fiction and for an edition in literary criticism this year. The prize usually rotates among four literary genres – prose… Read More ›
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Words on… March, past & present – re-presenting Olumide Popoola’s ‘When We Speak of Nothing’ review
Experimental YA novel, representative and complex: When We Speak of Nothing. AiW note: Looking back to the seemingly different world of last March 2019, our #PastAndPresent post this week – a review of Olumide Popoola’s YA novel, When We Speak… Read More ›
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Event: TJ Dema at Lyra, Bristol Poetry Festival, UK (22 March)
TJ Dema, recent winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry, will be at this year’s Lyra Festival, Bristol’s poetry festival on 22nd March. In a session titled Habitat: An Eco-Poetry Workshop, TJ Dema will lead an engaging… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: African Feminisms (Afems) Conference 2020 (Deadline: 31 March)
In Search of our Shrines: Feminist Healing and the Politics of Love African Feminisms (Afems) 27-29 August 2020 University of Cape Town The fourth edition of the African Feminisms (Afems) conference will be hosted from 27th – 29th August 2020… Read More ›
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Words from… the bedside…
(… that’s table or nightstand, not manners…) For any book lover – your average bibliophile type – editing the “bedside table reads” listicle, at least enough for public consumption, may be revealing: how many unread books do you *really have… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: Northeast African Studies, Special Issue (Deadline: 15 March)
Northeast African Studies (NEAS) is a biannual interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research in the social sciences and the humanities on the Horn of Africa and its neighbours. The region covers primarily Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia/Somaliland…. Read More ›
