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• Event: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi in conversation (London & Manchester)

  By Africa in Words on 25 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi will be talking about her new collection of short stories, Manchester Happened, tonight in Waterstones, Piccadilly. Jennifer will also be in Manchester in June! Published by ONEWORLD on 23 May 2019, the book is a dazzling short… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Nalubaale Review (Deadline: 15 June)

  By Africa in Words on 22 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share with you that The Nalubaale Review Literary Magazine seeks your submissions on the theme of TRAVEL. You are invited to send your poems, short stories, essays, photos, haikus, articles, legends, local folktales (original language and translations… Read More ›

• Event: Bolekaja to Bolekasoro: Why I’m No Longer Talking To Nigerians About Race (SOAS, London, 21 May)

  By Africa in Words on 18 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share the following information about this great event next week! Books & Rhymes in partnership with the Centre for African Studies at SOAS are excited to invite you to an event titled: “Bọ́lẹ̀kájà to Bọ́lẹ̀kásọ̀rọ̀”: Why I’m… Read More ›

• Event: ‘Romance Languages in a Global Context’, Symposium (26 June, University of London)

  By Africa in Words on 15 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  You are invited to join  The Journal of Romance Studies Annual Symposium: ‘Romance Languages in a Global Context’ on Wednesday 26th June 2019, at 14:00-18:30 Senate House, London The Journal of Romance Studies annual symposium celebrates excellence in modern languages research… Read More ›

• Event: Finding Africa’s 4th seminar (LUCAS, Leeds, 14 May)

  By Africa in Words on 11 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share the following information about Finding Africa’s fourth and concluding seminar of the term! Finding Africa is an independent postcolonial African studies platform that facilitates interdisciplinary dialogue by various agents, mainly in the form of seminars, both in academia and beyond. This… Read More ›

• The Africa Journal Work Academy: ASAA & ASAUK

  By Africa in Words on 8 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share this announcement of the launch of the Africa Journal Work Academy. Background: The Africa Journal Work Academy is a partnership between the ASAA and the ASAUK and aims to foster inter-generational links across African institutions…. Read More ›

• Call for submissions: Wole Soyinka Prize 2019 (Deadline: 31 May)

  By Africa in Words on 4 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are pleased to share The Lumina Foundation, sole administrator of Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, has announced the call for entry for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. About the Prize The Wole Soyinka… Read More ›

• Call for participants: Academic Writing Workshop, Hargeysa International Book Fair (Deadline: 20 May)

  By Africa in Words on 1 May , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hargeysa International Book Fair Academic Writing Workshop African Literature and Cultural Production in the 21st Century 15-18 July 2019 The Hargeysa International Book Fair, in collaboration with the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies and the Universities of Bristol… Read More ›

• Call for submissions: 2019 Writivism Rukiga Youth Prize (Deadline: 03 May)

  By Africa in Words on 27 April , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A writing prize for rural-based children and youth working in Rukiga, Uganda’ The Centre for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) invites short stories from pupils and students of Rukiga in primary and secondary schools in the districts of Kabale, Kanungu, Kisoro,… Read More ›

• Save the Date: International Publishers Association Africa Seminar (June 14-15, Nairobi)

  By Africa in Words on 24 April , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Petina Gappah are two of the many delegates set to attend the International Publishers Association Africa Seminar in Nairobi from June 14-15, 2019. The seminar will take place at Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi, and the theme… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Geko Mofolo Prize (Deadline: 31 July)

  By Africa in Words on 20 April , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share the news that submissions have opened for the Geko Mofolo Prize for Outstanding Fiction in Sesotho. The Prize is awarded in July in South Africa and its submissions are open to all Basotho in the continent… Read More ›

• African Writers and Researchers at the Geneva Book Fair (01-05 May)

  By Africa in Words on 17 April , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Le salon africain at the Geneva Book Fair 2019 presents: African Researchers The theme is inspired by the books of many novelists and essayists who reflect on the wounds of the continent, but also on its grandeur and its aspirations. With: Abd Al… Read More ›

• Call for applications: Reviews Editor for Africa in Words. NEW Closing date 6 May 2019

  By Africa in Words on 16 April , 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Africa in Words is recruiting volunteers to join our small, friendly and entirely voluntary team. We are recruiting for our Reviews section. Africa in Words has an average of 6500 readers each month from over 100 countries. The blog’s Reviews… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Poetry Anthology in Honour of Pius Adesanmi (Deadline: 21 April)

  By Africa in Words on 13 April , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  We are delighted to share with you that Daraja Press (Canada) and Narrative Landscape Press (Nigeria) will be publishing the North American and Nigerian editions of the proposed poetry anthology Wreaths for a Wayfarer in Honour of Pius Adesanmi (1972-2019)…. Read More ›

• Call for Submissons: Agbowó Magazine (Deadline: 31 April)

  By Africa in Words on 10 April , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  We are delighted to share that Agbowó literary and art magazine is now accepting submissions. The team is calling for visual art pieces, photographs, short stories, essays and poetry that explore to the theme “Limits”. The aim is to collect… Read More ›

• Save the date: Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2019, winner announced 30 May

  By Africa in Words on 6 April , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Did you see that ten up-and-coming African poets have been announced as the shortlist for the seventh Brunel International African Poetry Prize, a major annual prize aimed at the development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa? The £3000 Prize,… Read More ›

• Event: Zeitz MOCCA Afro-futures exhibition #2 (Opens 5 April, Cape Town)

  By Africa in Words on 3 April , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Chapter Two of the Afro-futures exhibition, Still here tomorrow to high five you yesterday… opens with the launch of Dubship I – Black Starliner by artist, Ralph Borland. Join the launch on 5 April 2019 for music, talks and refreshments, in the BMW… Read More ›

• Call for Papers and Panels: ASAA Conference 2019 (Deadline: May ,15 & 30)

  By Africa in Words on 30 March , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The 2019 ASAA Conference Nairobi October 24-26, 2019 The theme of African Studies Association of Africa’s (ASAA) 3rd Biennial Conference 2019 is African and Africana Knowledges: Past Representations, Current Discourses, Future Communities. The conference will be held for the first… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Visa Free Africa (Deadline: April 15)

  By Africa in Words on 27 March , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  You are invited to share your experiences of travelling across Africa for the Visa Free Africa Campaign! Are you a young African travelling across the continent? Have you experienced any challenges in acquiring a visa to another African country? This… Read More ›

• Open Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue

  By Africa in Words on 23 March , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Africa in Dialogue publishes unsolicited individual and book interviews.  Submissions are open year-round. The team is drawn to creative, original and unpublished interviews no longer than 5000 words. They accept interviews between African interviewers and storytellers. The given definition of an African… Read More ›