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Call for Entries: Africa in Motion Short Film Competition 2014 (deadline 30 June 2014)
Africa in Motion Short Film Competition 2014 Dear Filmmakers, We are currently inviting African filmmakers to submit short films of no longer than 30 minutes for Africa in Motion’s prestigious annual short film competition, to which a substantial cash prize is… Read More ›
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The Golden Baobab Prize – Call for Submissions (29 June 2014)
The Golden Baobab Prize, Ghana: Call for Submissions Submission date: 29th June 2014. Winners will be announced in November 2014. The 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes are making their final call for submissions. With about three weeks more to end the call,… Read More ›
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The Global History of the Book (1780 to the present): Call for Papers (submission deadline 15 June 2014)
The Global History of the Book (1780 to the present): Workshop Ertegun House, University of Oxford, 4 – 5 December 2014 The Global History of the Book (1780 to the present) is a two-day interdisciplinary workshop organised by doctoral and… Read More ›
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Blogging the Caine Prize: Billy Kahora’s ‘The Gorilla’s Apprentice’
A note of intro. from Africa in Words: Last year we took part in ‘Blogging the Caine Prize’ – a carnival of week-by-week blogging around the shortlist for the annual Caine Prize for African writing. While there is no ‘organised’ carnival… Read More ›
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Writivism Festival, Kampala, 18-22 June 2014
The 2014 Writivism Festival 18-22 June 2014 National Theatre, Kampala, Uganda The 2014 Writivism Festival provides a platform for the enjoyment and production of high quality African arts and culture. Held every year in Kampala, Uganda, the Festival attracts all… Read More ›
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South African Book Fair, 13-15 June 2014
South African Book Fair, 13-15th June 2014 Cape Town International Convention Centre, 09.00-18.00 daily The final countdown to the 2014 South African Book Fair has begun! The annual South African Book Fair kicks off at the Cape Town International Convention Centre… Read More ›
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Africa Together, 23 May 2014, University of Cambridge
Africa Together, Friday 23rd May 2014, University of Cambridge The African Society of Cambridge University (ASCU) is pleased to present the first-ever event commemorating Africa Day in Cambridge, UK. The event will be held on 23rd May 2014 at the Cambridge Union… Read More ›
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Brian Chikwava at Queen Mary University of London: Migrant London in the Age of Neoliberalism
2014 Re-Launch of the Centre for the Study of Migration, introduced by Bill Schwarz Migrant London in the Age of Neoliberalism Brian Chikwava in conversation with Rachael Gilmour Thursday 22 May, 2014, 6.00p.m. ArtsOne Lecture Theatre, ArtsOne Building, Mile End Campus… Read More ›
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CFA: Early Career Scholars – Writing Workshop. 11th September 2014, ASAUK Conference, University of Sussex
The African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) invite applications to attend a writing workshop for early career scholars to be held at the ASAUK Conference, University of Sussex 9-11th September 2014. Deadline for receipt of applications: 5pm, 6 June… Read More ›
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The Exhibition and Plenary Lecture at the African Popular Cultures Workshop: Review
The second half of the African Popular Cultures Workshop at Sussex was held in a modern studio space called the ‘Creativity Zone’. Made up of three adjoining rooms, each of these exhibited different elements of work brought together under the… Read More ›
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CFP: Sesheta, Essays on Africana Autobiography
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Igbo Heritage: Production, Diffusion and Legacy (3rd Annual Igbo Conference)
2nd-3rd May 2014, SOAS, Brunei Lecture Theatre and Suite The third annual Igbo Conference will provide a platform to examine various aspects of the Igbo heritage, including but not limited to: Igbo Heritage and the Arts, Food, Diet and Lifestyle,… Read More ›
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‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ (2013 Film) – review
For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie readers in the UK, the film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun has been a long time coming. Widely anticipated by online forums including Adichie’s Facebook page, Half of a Yellow Sun’s world premier took… Read More ›
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3rd African Popular Cultures Workshop, University of Sussex, 31 March 2014
The School of English and the Sussex Africa Centre Postgraduate Committee invite you to the 3rd African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex Monday 31st March 2014, 11.00am – 6.30pm with Professor Karin Barber (University of Birmingham), Professor… Read More ›
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‘Literature, the African Condition and my Life’. Wole Soyinka gives the 2014 African Studies Annual Lecture. University of Oxford.
For more information, and to book your place online, see the African Studies Centre at Oxford.
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Reminder – CFP open for African Studies Association UK 2014 Conference (deadline 25 April)
The ASAUK biennial conference will be held at the University of Sussex this year and will run from 2pm on Tuesday Sept 9th to 3.30 pm on Thursday 11th September 2014. The Sussex Africa Centre is scheduled for its official launch… Read More ›
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CFP: Emerging Perspectives on Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo (deadline May 30)
Emerging Perspectives on Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo Edited by Rose A. Sackeyfio and Blessing Diala-Ogamba Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo has emerged as one of Nigeria’s leading female writers. Her distinguished career gained prominence in the early 21st century and continues to evolve… Read More ›
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Goethe-Institut Joburg – New South African Voices: Childhood Revisited. Childhood and Adolescence mirrored in Contemporary South African Literature
Book reading and discussion with KGEBETLI MOELE AND RACHEL ZADOK 11TH FEBRUARY 2014, 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, LIBRARY Children are not only young people developing but subjects in their own right. This premise is the starting point to discuss social constructions of… Read More ›
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CFP: CELEBRATING CHINUA ACHEBE’S LEGACY – deadline April 16
We are organising a conference to commemorate Chinua Achebe’s work and influence, and to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Arrow of God, which many consider Achebe’s greatest novel. The conference will be held at the University of London… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: Africa Research Day 2014 (deadline February 3)
CALL FOR PAPERS – Africa Research Day 2014 Deadline: February 3, 2014 The second Africa Research Day will be hosted by the Africa Research Students Network (AfNet) on Monday, March 17, 2014 at University College London. We welcome presentations from… Read More ›
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