Author Archives
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Event: Lagos: Sustaining the Future of Creativity Symposium, 11 August 2016, London
Lagos: Sustaining the Future of Creativity August 2016 Symposium Sharing ideas from across the UK and Nigeria to help sustain creative practice into the future. Date: Thursday 11th August Time: 1pm – 6pm Location: The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk… Read More ›
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CfP: Literature and Postcolonial Capitalism, ARIEL, Deadline: 1 October 2016
Call for Papers Literature and Postcolonial Capitalism ARIEL Special Issue Deadline 1 October 2016 This special issue explores the relationship between literary representation and contemporary, postcolonial capitalism. We suspect that many of today’s “new” capitalist formations emerge from… Read More ›
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Call for Nominations: African Literature Association (ALA) Awards Announcement 2017, Deadline: 1 September 2016
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. Please note the deadlines and the specified individual to whom and all nominations and materials should be addressed. The awards will be presented at the ALA 43rd Annual… Read More ›
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Event: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Love and War, 7 August 2016, London
Sunday 7 August 2016 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Love and War ‘Half a Yellow Sun’ Ten Years On Royal Festival Hall, London Reflect on the challenges of keeping love alive in times of war with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Adichie –… Read More ›
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Call for Book Chapters: Cultural Archives of Atrocity, Deadline for Abstracts: 21st August 2016
Call for Book Chapters CULTURAL ARCHIVES OF ATROCITY: ESSAYS ON THE PROTEST TRADITION IN KENYAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY New deadline for abstract submission: 21st August 2016 INTRODUCTION In Kenya, studies on atrocity have taken different discursive dimensions from history, political… Read More ›
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Call for Proposals: Special Issue on Niyi Osundare and Poetry in Nigeria, deadline: 31 August 2016
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS At the Crossroads of Art and Society: Niyi Osundare and Poetry in Nigeria The seventieth birthday of Nigerian poet and professor of comparative literature, Niyi Osundare, invites deeper reflection on the poet-scholar’s life and contributions… Read More ›
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Call for Artists and Writers: “Wild” by Artascent, Deadline 31 August 2016
“WILD” International Call for Artists and Writers by Artascent Deadline 31 August 2016 Theme: The untamed, free and undeveloped. The turbulent, unrestrained, emotional and extreme. Animals, people and places that are wild. It can be expressed in symbolic, literal, modern, traditional,… Read More ›
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Event: Teju Cole presents Known and Strange Things, 9 August 2016, New York
Book Launch: Teju Cole presents Known and Strange Things In conversation with Amitava Kumar St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, NY Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 PM Tickets $20.00 (includes event admission and a book) Since the publication and critical success of both… Read More ›
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Call for Applications / Appel à candidature: Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop, 4th Annual Writivism Festival, 22-25 August 2016, Kampala, Deadline 29 July 2016
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR 3 DAYS to midnight (GMT+1) Friday 29 July 2016 Call for Applications / Appel à candidature: Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop at the 4th Annual Writivism Festival 22-25 August 2016 Kampala, Uganda Have you set up or… Read More ›
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CfP: African and Diasporic Women’s Literature: Transitions, Transformations and Transnationalism, WAGADU Special Issue, Deadline 27 September 2016
CFP: African and Diasporic Women’s Literature: Transitions, Transformations and Transnationalism WAGADU special issue Deadline for abstracts: 27 September 2016 With the new wave of African and African Diasporic women writers, the transnational sphere has enlarged to encompass voices that were… Read More ›
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CfP: Trespassing the Borders: Redefining Postcolonialism from Peripheral Experiences, 11 March 2017, Warwick, Deadline 30 Sept 2016
Trespassing the Borders: Redefining Postcolonialism from Peripheral Experiences University of Warwick – 11 March 2017 Keynote speakers: Professor Gurminder Bhambra (Warwick/Linnaeus) Professor Lucy Riall (EUI/Birkbeck College) Postcolonialism, conceived of as a critique of colonial empires in their political, social, and… Read More ›
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Call for Sessions: Afroeuropeans: Black Cultures and Identities in Europe Conference, 6-8 July 2017, Tampere, Finland
1st Call for Sessions Afroeuropeans: Black Cultures and Identities in Europe Sixth biennial network conference University of Tampere, Finland 6 – 8 July 2017 African European Studies and Black European Studies explore social spaces and cultural practices that are characterised… Read More ›
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Event/CfP: 1st World Festival of Negro Arts: Past and Present (1966-2016), 8-10 November 2016, Dakar, Deadline: 30 August 2016
1st World Festival of Negro Arts: Past and Present(1966-2016), 8-10 November 2016, Dakar FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1ST WORLD FESTIVAL OF NEGRO ARTS I – ARGUMENTS At the invitation of Poet President Leopold Sedar Senghor, from 1 to 24 April 1966,… Read More ›
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2016 Caine Prize Shortlist: Review of Bongani Kona’s “At Your Requiem.”
It’s Caine Prize season again! Before the judges’ announcement on 4th July, we’re taking a look at each of the shortlisted stories. This week, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva reviews Bongani Kona’s “At Your Requiem.” AiW Guest: Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Bongani Kona’s story, “At Your Requiem,” is one of the most… Read More ›
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CfP: Lagos – From the Pepperfarm to the Megacity (and Beyond), 15-17 June 2017, Lagos, Deadline: 30 Oct 2016
LAGOS: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Space, Society, and the Imagination of an African Crossroads LAGOS: From the Pepperfarm to the Megacity (and Beyond) An Interdisciplinary Conference on Space, Society, and the Imagination of an African Crossroads Faculty of Arts University… Read More ›
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Call for Submissions: Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Deadline 15 July 2016
The 2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open! Submissions are welcome in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Ensure that you submit your entry/entries by the deadline: 5pm BST on 15 July 2016. Winners will receive £300 and… Read More ›
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CfP: Struggles for Liberation in Contemporary Southern African Literatures and Cultural Spaces, Durban, Deadline: 1st July 2016
Call for Papers Struggles for Liberation in Contemporary Southern African Literatures and Cultural Spaces Symposium at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 10-11 November 2016 Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Achille Mbembe Authors: Mandla Langa and Niq Mhlongo The year 2015… Read More ›
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Event: Jeremy Corbyn and Ben Okri, 15 July 2016, London
Jeremy Corbyn and Ben Okri In Conversation Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London 15 July 2o16 Poetry and politics meet in a conversation between Ben Okri and Jeremy Corbyn. On 12 September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of… Read More ›
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Exhibition: Three Photographers/Six Cities, 30 April – 25 September 2016, Philadelphia
Three Photographers/Six Cities April 30, 2016 – September 25, 2016 Philadelphia Museum of Art Experience six African cities through the work of three extraordinary photographers. This exhibition offers an in-depth look at three photographers who create powerful pictures of… Read More ›
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Event: #ApartheidMustFall to #RhodesMustFall?: The Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976, 16 June 2016, London
Remember Soweto Thursday, 16 June 2016 at 17:00, London, United Kingdom By: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Institute of Education, University of London, Southern Africa Seminar Studies On 16th June 1976, peaceful student protest at Afrikaans language education in the Soweto… Read More ›
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