Author Archives
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Call for Papers: Journal of West African History
Call for Papers: Journal of West African History Founding Editor-in-chief: Nwando Achebe Associate Editors: Hilary Jones and John Thabiti Willis Book Review Editor: Harry Odamtten The Journal of West African History (JWAH) is a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed research journal that publishes the highest… Read More ›
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Event: African Writers Festival, Brown University, 15 February 2017
African Writers Festival Wednesday, February 15, 2017 9:30 am—3:30 pm McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown Street, Providence In the almost six decades since Chinua Achebe published Things Fall Apart and brought African writing into the consciousness of the West, African writers have… Read More ›
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CfP: Decolonizing Communicative Praxis with ‘Words that Remake Life’, 9-10 April 2017, Clark University, deadline: 15 February 2017
Decolonizing Communicative Praxis with ‘Words that Remake Life’[1] A Two-Part Workspace 9 -10 April 2017 Clark University In this two-part workspace, a collective of transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary scholars will come together to deliberate on and practice new modes of communicative… Read More ›
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CfP: Cadbury Conference: Marriage in Africa, 1-2 June 2017, Birmingham, deadline: 10 March 2017
Cadbury Conference: Marriage in Africa 1-2 June 2017, Birmingham deadline: 10 March 2017 The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites proposals for papers at its annual Cadbury conference, to be held on 1 and… Read More ›
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Event: African Speculative Fiction Lecture Series, London, February-March 2017
African Speculative Fiction Lecture Series SOAS, University of London 1 February – 22 March 2017 The Department of African Languages and Cultures, SOAS, University of London, is hosting a new a lecture series from February 2017 focusing on speculative fiction… Read More ›
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CfP: Social Media in Africa: Beyond the hashtag, 27 April 2017, Edinburgh, deadline 27 January 2017
Call for papers: ‘Social Media in Africa: Beyond the hashtag’ ‘Social Media in Africa: Beyond the hashtag’ Call for papers that address the diverse uses and affects of social media in Africa. Workshop: 27th April 2017; CAS, University of Edinburgh;… Read More ›
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One-Day Course: Mapping the City in Contemporary African Literature, Saturday 4 March 2017, University of Bristol
One-Day Course: Mapping the City in Contemporary African Literature Tutor: Kate Haines Date: Saturday 4 March 2017 Time: 10.30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Venue: Department of English, University of Bristol, 3/5 Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1TB How are contemporary African… Read More ›
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CfP: Paper, Airwaves, Screen: From Text to Audience in African Popular Culture, 12-13 July 2017, Bristol, deadline: 15 February 2017
Paper, airwaves, screen: from text to audience in African popular culture CALL FOR PAPERS University of Bristol, UK 12-13 July 2017 deadline: 15 February 2017 Confirmed keynotes: Lydie Moudileno (University of Pennsylvania), Tsitsi Jaji (Duke University) Recent artworks,… Read More ›
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Event: Nigerian Night, 25 January, London
Nigeria Night: Satirical and provocative portraits from two native voices Wednesday 25th January 19:00 London, Piccadilly Anietie Isong started his career as a journalist with Radio Nigeria. His short stories have been broadcast on the BBC and Radio Nigeria and… Read More ›
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CfP: Dynamics of Global Inequality: New Thinking in Global Affairs, 21 April 2017, Newark, deadline: 27 January 2017
Dynamics of Global Inequality: New Thinking in Global Affairs 2017 Annual Global Affairs Graduate Student Conference Rutgers Division of Global Affairs, Newark, NJ, April 21, 2017 Current events across the globe have demonstrated the urgent need for new ways… Read More ›
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Event: Africa in 2017: Prospects and Forecasts, 11 (&16) January 2017, London (&Birmingham)
London: Wednesday 11th January, 18:30 – 20:30 Birmingham: Monday 16th January, 18:30 – 20:30 Join Us! The Royal African Society and the British Council present Africa in 2017: Prospects & Forecasts– a three city tour of panellists discussing what 2017 has… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Dwart’s Issue no 3, Uprooting, deadline: 2 March 2017
Call for Submissions Dwart’s Issue No. 3 Theme: Uprooting deadline: 2nd March 2017 The theme for Dwart’s third issue is Uprooting. We are looking for original and compelling pieces that touch on this through such subthemes as death, spiritual… Read More ›
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Event: Global Conflict and World Literatures, 20 January 2017, University of Bristol
Registration is now open for the second workshop in the series ‘Ethics, Affect and Responsibility: Global Citizenship and the Act of Reading’ which will take place from 10.30 a.m. – 5 p.m. on 20 January 2017 at the University of Bristol…. Read More ›
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CfP: Dynamics of Global Inequality: New Thinking in Global Affairs, 21 April 2017, Newark, deadline 27 January 2017
Dynamics of Global Inequality: New Thinking in Global Affairs 2017 Annual Global Affairs Conference Rutgers Division of Global Affairs, Newark, NJ, April 21, 2017 Current events across the globe have demonstrated the urgent need for new ways of thinking about… Read More ›
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CfP: Law and Social Order in Africa, 3-4 April 2017, University of Edinburgh, deadline: 6 January 2017
Call for Papers Law and Social Order in Africa 3rd – 4th April 2017 Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh The creation and enforcement of law and the maintenance of social order are key concerns for states, societies, and individuals across Africa. However, the way in… Read More ›
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CfP: Black and Minority Ethnic Historians’ Workshop, 20 April, Leeds, deadline: 3 March 2017
Black and Minority Ethnic Historians’ Workshop Call for Participants 20 April 2017, Grant Room (3.11), Michael Sadler Building University of Leeds People from black and minority ethnic communities are underrepresented in history as a discipline and across the Higher Education sector in general. As… Read More ›
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CfP: The Red and the Black – The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic, 14-15 October 2017, Lancashire, deadline: 31 January 2017
Call for Papers: The Red and the Black – The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic Conference to be held at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research (IBAR), University of Central Lancashire, Preston, 14-15 October 2017, to mark the centenary… Read More ›
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CfP: 3rd EALCS conference, 24-26 August 2017, Dar es Salaam, deadline extended: 08 January 2017
The 3rd Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies (EALCS) Conference University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 24th -26th August, 2017 Theme: Cartographies of War and Peace in Eastern Africa Call for Papers, extended deadline: 08 January 2017… Read More ›
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CfP: The Deep South in the Global South, 6-8 April 2017, The University of Louisiana, deadline 20 December 2016
THE DEEP SOUTH IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH “An Interdisciplinary Conference” Sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, English Graduate Student Association April 6-8, 2017 at The University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Lafayette, LA The Deep South in the Global South Conference… Read More ›
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Event: Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, 15-20 December 2016
Addis Foto Fest 2016 4th Edition 15 – 20 December 2015, Addis Ababa The saying goes that an image can tell a thousand stories, that through an image we can imagine distant lands, learn about a time and space… Read More ›
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