Author Archives
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Call for Submissions: Sawti Poetry Prize (Deadline: 10 August)
Sawti Poetry Prize | Tuzo Ya Ushairi Ya Sawti 3 Categories 3 Winners £500 Prize Each The Sawti Poetry Prize is open! The project organisers welcome submissions in the following languages; English, Arabic, and Kiswahili. This prize is a contribution… Read More ›
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Call for submissions: Utopian Acts (Open call)
Utopian Acts is collecting decolonial utopian resources! During the 2019 Utopian Studies Society conference in Prato this month a number of delegates discussed the lack of attention being paid to indigenous, black and decolonial studies scholarship within the field. Utopian… Read More ›
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Event: Edinburgh International Book Festival (10-26 August)
‘The world’s largest public conversation of the written world’ is back! Edinburgh International Book Festival 10-26 August 2019 This year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival programme features non-fiction, fiction, poetry, personal stories, and world affairs. We are delighted to share some… Read More ›
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Call for Applications: Film Africa Travel Grants 2019-2020
We are delighted to share this call for applications for Film Africa Travel Grants, a pilot scheme delivered by the Royal African Society in partnership with the British Council. Since its inception in 2011, Film Africa has gone from strength… Read More ›
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Event: ‘Deep End’, Somerset House, London (02 August)
‘Deep End’ Somerset House Studios, Lancaster Rooms London Friday 02 August 1930-2300 Deep End is an evening of poetry, performances and live music exploring Black diasporic identity. Deep end describes a body of water where the depth is greatest. It can also speak… Read More ›
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Event: Zimbabwe International Book Fair (29 July – 2 August)
Zimbabwe International Book Fair Harare 29 July – 2 August 2019 The dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) have been set for 29 July – 2 August 2019. The event will take place in Harare Gardens, Harare. ZIBF is Africa’s premier book… Read More ›
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Event: International Festival of Poetry and Performative Arts, Maputo (25-27 July)
The Mozambican-German Cultural Center (CCMA), Goethe-Zentrum Maputo and the Poetas D’Alma Collective will host the first edition of the International Festival of Poetry and Performative Arts in Maputo to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Poetry Night program, one of… Read More ›
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Call for papers: Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 (Deadline: 30 September)
Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention Massachusetts, USA 5-8 March 2020 As Chinua Achebe’s second novel, No Longer at Ease, first published in 1960, arrives at its 60th anniversary, scholars have an opportunity to… Read More ›
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Event: Chibundu Onuzo’s 1991 (13 September)
On Friday 13th September Chibundu Onuzo will be at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in London as part of the Africa Utopia Festival 2019. Author of The Spider King’s Daughter Chibundu Onuzo returns with her autobiographical show featuring narrative, music, song… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: ‘Afrofuturistic Elements’, Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, U.S.A (Deadline: September 01)
The 10th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, Interdisciplinary Conference at James Madison University, Virginia, USA, 20-21 February 2020 We are delighted to share this call for papers for the panel titled, “The African Notebook: Afrofuturistic Elements in College… Read More ›
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Call For Submissions: Ake Review 2019 (Deadline: 8 July)
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 ›
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Call for Applications: Morland Writing Scholarship 2019 (opens June 30)
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 ›
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Call for papers: Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy (Deadline: December 2019)
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 ›
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Call for Applications: Lake of Stars Festival 2019, Malawi (Deadline: 30 June)
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 ›
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Call for applications: Writing Fellowships 2020
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 ›
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AFRICA WRITES – BRISTOL (28 June – 4 July)
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 ›
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Event: The 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference (June 25-29, Lagos)
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 ›
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Call for Submissions: Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine (Deadline: June 15)
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 ›
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Call for Applications: Archives Workshop in Nairobi (Deadline: 7 June)
‘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 ›
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Event: What Is Happening in African Literature Today? (Lagos, 31 May)
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 ›
