Author Archives
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Call For Papers: Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects in African History
Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects in African History: Rethinking Historical Evidence and its Interpretation University of Birmingham, UK 12 – 14 November 2015 What types of evidence, data, and sources can we use to expand knowledge of the African past?… Read More ›
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Call For Submissions: Kwani? Poetry Anthology and The Kampala Poetry Anthology
Kwani? Poetry Anthology, Kenya Deadline: 20 January 2015 Due to the proliferation of Kenyan poetry groups and the diversity of poetic voices on the stage and page, the time has come for a forward-looking publisher to gather any such willing voices… Read More ›
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Mary Evans and Emeka Ogboh: Mirrors & Echoes Exhibition (Closing This Week – 20/12)
Mirrors & Echoes, Mary Evans and Emeka Ogboh Tiwani Contemporary Gallery, London 14 November – 20 December 2014 Tiwani Contemporary is pleased to present Mirrors & Echoes – Mary Evans and Emeka Ogboh, a collaboration between these two artists. This is… Read More ›
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Call For Papers: ALA Conference 2015
41st Annual Conference of the African Literature Association (ALA) Theme: African Futures and Beyond, Visions in Transition University of Bayreuth, Germany June 3rd – June 6th Colonial fantasies have imagined the African continent as the incarnation of the past, banning… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: The 4th Annual International Igbo Conference (deadline 16 January 2015)
The 4th Annual International Igbo Conference Theme: Igbo Womanhood, Womanbeing and Personhood SOAS, University of London April 17-18, 2015 Igbo womanhood has been central in the conceptualisation of several African feminist theories. African Womanism is influenced by ‘the Igbo concept of… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: Anglica Journal of English Studies (deadline 31 January 2015)
The editors of ANGLICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES, an online peer-reviewed annual journal under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, invite submissions for our next volume. Volume 24/1 is devoted to all aspects… Read More ›
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Concerning Violence: In UK Cinemas Now
Concerning Violence A Film by Göran Hugo Olsson Based on Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth In UK cinemas from 28 November 2014 – 15 February 2015 From the director of The Black Power Mixtape, Concerning Violence is one of this… Read More ›
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CFP: Colloquium on Print Culture and Colonisation in Africa
Call for Papers Colloquium on ‘Print Culture and Colonisation in Africa’ 28-29 May 2015, Cape Town Jointly hosted by the University of Pretoria and University of Cape Town, in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University and with funding from the British Academy
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Africa39: Hay Festival UK Events (29 November and 1 December 2014)
Following the recent launch of the Africa39 anthology, which selected and celebrates new work from the most promising 39 authors under the age of 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa and the diaspora, four writers published in the collection will appear in dialogue with editor Ellah… Read More ›
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Ake Arts and Book Festival, 18 – 22 November 2014
Ake Arts and Book Festival Abeokuta, Ogun State 18 – 22 November 2014 The second edition of Ake Arts and Book Festival will take place at June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto-Abeokuta from 18-22 November 2014. The theme is Bridges and Pathways… Read More ›
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African Music at the EFG London Jazz Festival, 14 – 23 November 2014
EFG London Jazz Festival Venues across London Friday 14th November – Sunday 23rd November The EFG London Jazz Festival, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, takes place from 14 – 23 November and is this year showcasing a particularly exciting… Read More ›
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Luxor African Film Festival – Call for Submissions (30 November 2014)
Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) Call for Film Submissions and Filmmaking Workshop Applications for its 4th Edition, March 2015 Submission deadline: 30 November 2014 The management of Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) whose 4th edition will take place from 17 to March 23,… Read More ›
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Film Africa 2014, 31 October – 9 November 2014
Film African 2014 London Friday 31 October – Sunday 9 November Film Africa – the Royal African Society’s annual film festival and London’s biggest celebration of African cinema – returns for the fourth year with a bumper programme of films, premieres and visiting… Read More ›
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Book giveaway: celebrating 4,000 followers
At the time of writing, we’re about to hit 4,000 followers across twitter, Facebook and wordpress, and the team at Africa in Words would like to thank you our readers, contributors and commentators for your support. As a small gesture… Read More ›
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Africa in Words hosts Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe is a novelist, political commentator and essayist whose writing has been praised and championed by leading voices in African literature including Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi wa Thiong’o. His first novel Arrows of Rain was published in… Read More ›
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Celebrating Chinua Achebe’s Legacy: Arrow of God at 50 (24-25 October 2014)
Celebrating Chinua Achebe’s Legacy: Arrow of God at 50 Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House 24 & 25 October 2014 An international conference to commemorate Chinua Achebe’s work and influence, and to mark the fiftieth anniversary of… Read More ›
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The Cambridge African Film Festival, 1-9 November 2014
The Cambridge African Film Festival Arts Picturehouse and Trinity College, Cambridge 1-9 November 2014 The Cambridge African Film Festival celebrates its 13th edition. Over 10 films and a South African focus. The longest running African film festival in the… Read More ›
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Black Chronicles II Exhibition, London – 12 September – 29 November 2014
Black Chronicles II Rivington Place, London UK 12 September – 29 November 2014 Free Exhibition Autograph ABP presents Black Chronicles II, a new exhibition exploring black presences in 19th and early 20th-century Britain, through the prism of studio portraiture – continuing our critical mission… Read More ›
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Writers’ Boot Camp comes to Cape Town, 24 – 29 November 2014
Writers’ Boot Camp, Cape Town Submissions due by 31 October 2014 Writers’ Studio in conjunction with Cape Town Central Library present five days of writing workshops for emerging and established writers. Facilitated by acclaimed writers and teachers, and fueled by… Read More ›
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Lawino Launch – the First Issue is Out! (August 2014)
Lawino is an electronic magazine started by writers, to promote writing from Africa, with particular focus on Uganda. It is named in honor of the most famous Ugandan writer, Okot p’Bitek, who wrote the poem ‘Song of Lawino, Song of… Read More ›
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