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CfP: The Performance of Pan-Africanism: From Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals, 20-22 October 2016, Florida, Deadline: 1 February 2016
The Performance of Pan-Africanism: from Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals International Conference 20-22 October 2016 Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Florida State University Keynote speakers: Andrew Apter (UCLA), Cheryl Finley (Cornell University), Souleymane Bachir… Read More ›
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Event: Transcending the Past and Reimagining the Future of the South African University, 25 January 2016, London
African Voices @ UCL Transcending the Past and Reimagining the Future of the South African University 25 January 2016, 6pm JZ Young Lecturer theatre (access direct from Gower Street), Gower Street, London In South Africa, student protests over the escalating… Read More ›
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Event: West African Literature and Thought in French: Translating Cultures, 22 January 2016, London
West African Literature and Thought in French: Translating Cultures Friday 22 January 2016, 10.30-17.00, British Library Conference Centre Some of the most important contemporary writing in French has emerged from West Africa. This event brings together authors (leading… Read More ›
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CfP: Setting Forth At Dawn, Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Writing and Publishing in Africa, 16 – 20 May 2016, Jimma, Ethiopia, Deadline: 25 January 2016
Setting Forth At Dawn A Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Writing and Publishing in Africa 16 – 20 May 2016 / 8 -12 Genbot 2008 Hosted by the College of Law & Governance in collaboration with the Office of the Vice… Read More ›
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Event: Who I Am, Who We Are, Exhibition, 15 – 22 January 2016, Nairobi
15 – 22 January 2016, Goethe Institute Nairobi Who I Am, Who We Are is an art project which examines the idea of Kenyan nationhood and how this is embodied through our sense of identity and our everyday interactions. The project… Read More ›
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Event: Words that Travel 2016, 23 January 2016, London
23 January 2016 Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London Afrikult. presents the first of the three-part series Words that Travel. Running throughout 2016, each event focuses on particular mediums and traditions of African literature with the first featuring African… Read More ›
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Africa in Words’ highlights of 2015
Africa in Words has been taking a break over the holiday season, but we couldn’t resist taking a look back over the memorable year that has been 2015. Here, some of our Editors reflect on their highlights of 2015. We’d… Read More ›
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CfP: “Stories that float from afar”, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 11 –15, 2016 – Deadline 1 February 2016
“stories that float from afar” The idea of postcolonial culture: inclusions and exclusions The 17th Triennial ACLALS Conference Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 11 –15, 2016 – Deadline 1 February 2016 In a piece recorded in 1873, only fifty kilometres from… Read More ›
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CfP: Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures, London, 1-2 April 2016, Deadline 31 December 2015
Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures 5th Annual International Igbo Conference 1-2 April 2016 – SOAS, University of London, UK Deadline: 31 December 2015 The Annual Igbo Conference has carved out a unique space, serving as a bridge between the… Read More ›
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CfP: Special issue: Spatialities and Colonial Legacies/Locations in Postcolonial Literature, Deadline 15 February 2016
Spatialities and Colonial Legacies Locations in Postcolonial Literature Journal of Postcolonial Writing Deadline 15 February 2016 Space has been a central concern of postcolonial studies since the 1978 publication of Said’s Orientalism and its exposition of the ‘imaginative geographies’ of colonial conquest…. Read More ›
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List in the new ‘Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa’ – for March 2016
The 2016 Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa is calling for people who want to list or advertise in its latest edition. Reviewing the last one in 2013, we agreed with Publishing Perspectives that it was ‘a beauty’ – and the very definition of something… Read More ›
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Ethiopia in Transition at Film Africa 2015
AiW Guest: Mike Thomas Four years after Lindiwe Dovey and Namvula Rennie founded Film Africa in 2011, in association with the Royal African Society (RAS) and SOAS, the 2015 edition of the film festival offered the Ethiopia in Transition strand,… Read More ›
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Leading African Publisher to launch in the UK introducing the finest new voices from the continent
Cassava Republic Press, a leading African publishing house, is set to launch in the UK in April 2016 it was announced today. Introducing an eclectic list of quality literary fiction, crime, young adult fiction, children’s books, and romantic fiction under… Read More ›
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From Aké to Kwani? Litfest: Ten Questions with Taiye Selasi
This year the Aké Review (the official journal of the Aké Arts and Book Festival) asked guests ten questions ahead of the festival – from whether they write in their mother tongue to what karaoke song they would like to sing. Two of these… Read More ›
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Event: Women and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Medicine, Art, Activism, 7-8 December 2015, London
7-8 December 2015 Keynes Library (43 Gordon Square), Birkbeck, University of London, School of Arts The crisis of HIV/AIDS in South Africa is clearly not over. Women and children are bearing the brunt. Our symposium draws attention to the particular… Read More ›
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From Aké to Kwani? Litfest: Ten Questions with Siphiwo Mahala
This year the Aké Review (the official journal of the Aké Arts and Book Festival) asked guests ten questions ahead of the festival – from whether they write in their mother tongue to what karaoke song they would like to sing. … Read More ›
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Event: 2015 Kwani? Litfest: Beyond the Map of English, 1 – 6 December 2015, Nairobi
1st-6th December 2015 Nairobi The fifth edition of Kwani? Litfest, a biennial gathering of writers, artists and thinkers from across Africa, takes place from 1st- 6th December 2015.
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Event: Professor Martin Evans: Situating Algeria within a Global Perspective, University of Sussex, 8 December 2015
Comparisons, Connections, Public Engagement: Situating Contemporary Algeria within a Global Perspective Professor Martin Evans, Professor of Modern European History Tuesday 8 December, 6.30pm Chowen Lecture Theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK Algeria experienced one of the longest and bloodiest… Read More ›
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CfP: International James Baldwin Conference, American University of Paris, 26-28 May 2016, deadline 1 December 2015
International James Baldwin Conference American University of Paris 26-28 May 2016 The American University in Paris [AUP] is proud to announce its upcoming conference “A Language to Dwell In”: James Baldwin, Paris, and International Visions from 26-28 May 2016. The… Read More ›
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Winners Announcement for the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature
The Winners of the new Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature were announced today (17 NOVEMBER 2015). The prize has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages.
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