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• Call for Applications: Africa Is A Country Fellowship

  By Africa in Words on 29 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

  We are delighted to share the announcement of the inaugural Africa Is A Country Fellowship Program. The purpose of the Africa Is A Country (AIAC) Fellowship is to support the production of original work and new knowledge on Africa-related topics… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: 9th Igbo Conference: ‘Igbo Mobilities’, Nigeria (Deadline: 31 January)

  By Africa in Words on 25 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  THE 9TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL IGBO CONFERENCE Igbo Mobilities: People, Trade & Knowledge 02–04 July, 2020 Princess Alexandra Auditorium (PAA), The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria The Igbo Conference is an annual international conference usually held at SOAS, University of London…. Read More ›

• Call for Panels & Papers: ‘The Becoming of Congo: Epistemologies, Practices, & Imaginaries’, CRN (Deadlines: 15 & 28 February)

  By Africa in Words on 18 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  5th International Congo Research Network (CRN) Congress 15-16 September 2020 The Becoming of Congo: Epistemologies, Practices, and Imaginaries  The Congo Research Network (CRN) is organizing its fifth international conference, to be held at the University of Milan on 15-16 September… Read More ›

• CFP: SCOLMA 2020: ‘Publishing, Collecting & Accessing African-language Materials’ (Abstract Deadline: 03 February)

  By Africa in Words on 15 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  SCOLMA Annual Conference 2020 Oun a ní la ń gbé l’árugẹ [i] – (It is the heritage we have that we must celebrate):  Publishing, Collecting and Accessing African-language Materials Monday 8 June, 2020 SALT, Paul Webley Wing, SOAS, University of… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa (Deadline: 15 January)

  By Africa in Words on 11 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

  Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa Conference: 13-16 September 2020 Alexandria, Egypt Bibliotheca Alexandrina and The Islamic Manuscript Association—in partnership with the library’s Manuscript Center and the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation—are delighted to announce the conference Arabic-Script Manuscripts in Africa, which will be… Read More ›

• CFP: Gender in the production and reception of the press in Africa (REAF) (Deadline: 15 January)

  By Africa in Words on 8 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Call for Papers Workshop: Gender in the production and reception of the press in Africa Conference of the Réseau des études africaines en France (REAF) 7-10 July 2020, Aix-Marseille This workshop will explore the production and reception of newspapers, bulletins,… Read More ›

• Call for Fellowship Applications: Cadbury 2020 (Deadline: 07 February)

  By Africa in Words on 4 January , 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  The research theme: ‘Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies’. This year’s Cadbury programme is linked to the previous call for papers posted here for the conference ‘Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies’ at the… Read More ›

• CFP: SAFA 2020, ‘The Past Through the Past’ (Abstract Deadline: 31 January)

  By Africa in Words on 1 January , 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Call for Papers Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAFA) 2020 Oxford, 21-24 September 2020 The Past Through the Past: Constructing Identity, Tradition, and Community in Africa In many modern societies identity and social boundaries are often constructed through binary oppositions between… Read More ›

• CFP: Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies, University of Birmingham (Deadline: 31 January)

  By Africa in Words on 28 December , 2019 • ( 0 )

  Making Sense: Language, Text and Interpretation in African Studies 21-23 May 2020 Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA) and Centre of West African Studies (CWAS) of the University of Birmingham (UK) and the Langarchiv Project Please follow the link… Read More ›

• Season’s Readings from AiW’s #24Books

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

  

• Call for Papers: “Towards the African Renaissance” G-PAC, Mboka Festival (Deadline: 23 December)

  By Africa in Words on 21 December , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Towards the African Renaissance’ The Global Pan-African Conference (G-PAC) The Gambia 25 – 26 May 2020. We are delighted to share this call for papers for the inaugural Gambia-based Global Pan-African Conference 2020, which commemorates the 120th anniversary of the… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Africa 2020 (Abstract Deadline: 01 January)

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

  Africa 2020 ‘Artistic, Digital, and Political Creation in English-Speaking African Countries’ Building on the recent partnership signed between Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) and the Festival de Marseille, the peer-reviewed journal of AMU research centre on Anglophone Studies (LERMA), E-rea, has decided to… Read More ›

• CFP: African Literature Association 2020 (Proposal deadline: 15 December)

  By Africa in Words on 14 December , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  African Literature Association 46th Annual Conference ‘Beyond Censorship?’ May 27th – 31st, 2020 Washington D.C. Censorship, from colonial times until the crumbling of authoritarian regimes in the 1990s, was a threat hovering over the landscape of the first generations of writers,… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Digital Humanities and the Future of Chronicling the African Past (Deadline: 15 December)

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

  

  CALL FOR PAPERS: DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND THE FUTURE OF CHRONICLING THE AFRICAN PAST The incoming editors of History in Africa are inaugurating thematic issues as part of a new feature highlighting how Africanists are engaging with key trends in history and methods…. Read More ›

• Event: Crater Literary Festival, Enugu (12-14 December)

  By Africa in Words on 7 December , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In partnership with AfricaWeek UK, the 3rd edition of Crater Literary Festival will be held in Enugu, Nigeria from 12 to 14 December, 2019. The theme is ‘Literary Renaissance in Africa’. The 3 day event is a celebration of African literature, art, drama, poetry, and… Read More ›

• Event: Sierra Leone National Book Fair (05-07 December)

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

  

  Sierra Leone National Book Fair 05- 07 December At the National Book Fair in Sierra Leone this year, there will be book exhibitions, book launches, reading sessions, panel discussions, poetry competitions, and much more. There will be opportunity to meet… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize (2020)

  By Africa in Words on 30 November , 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  We are delighted to share that the inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize has been announced by the team at LUNARIS. Submissions will open 01 January 2020 and will close again on 15 April 2020. The Prize has been created in honour… Read More ›

• Exhibition: African Textiles from the Karun Thakar Collection, SOAS (Ends 14 December)

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

  

  The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London is hosting an exquisite exhibition of ‘African Textiles from the Karun Thakar Collection’, arguably one of the world’s largest private collections of African textiles. Featuring high quality material, that highlights the sophistication of historical… Read More ›

• Exhibition: Sokari Douglas Camp (London, Ends 03 December)

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

  

  We are delighted to share information about this exhibition: Sokari Douglas Camp’s work in welded steel is on show at Petronilla Silver in London. The sculptor Sokari Douglas Camp (CBE) works primarily in steel. Her subjects are rooted in Nigeria,… Read More ›

• Event: Abantu Book Festival (South Africa, 05-08 December)

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

  

  The fourth Abantu Book Festival 05 – 08 December At Eyethu Lifestyle Centre, Mofolo & Soweto Theatre in Jabulani South Africa The Abantu Book Festival was founded in 2016 by a team led by Thando Mgqolozana for all people/ abantu… Read More ›