Author Archives

A series of Guest Author posts that open our conversations.

For more info, bios and links about each of our AiW Guests, scroll to the foot of their individual posts.

• Q&A – Andriy Lyubka (Ukraine): Poetry Africa Words on the Times

  By Africa in Words Guest on 13 October , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Andriy Lyubka AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa – presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – we offer here a mini-series of our Words on the Times Q&As, with poets who… Read More ›

• Q&A – W.charly (Cameroon): Poetry Africa Words on the Times (en français)

  By Africa in Words Guest on 12 October , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Wassing Wadaï Charles, aka W.charly
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  After yesterday’s opening Q&A with Christine Yohannes (Ethiopia), today we share Poetry Africa Poets’ Words on the Times responses from slam artist Wassing Wadaï Charles, aka Charly (note – les réponses de Charly sont en français), below…

• Q&A – Christine Yohannes (Ethiopia): Poetry Africa Words on the Times

  By Africa in Words Guest on 11 October , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Christine Yohannes. AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa, we are excited to share the first in a mini-series of Words on the Times Q&As with poets who are participating in the ‘powering up’ and ‘unmuting’ that is… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – TVOTRIBE

  By Africa in Words Guest on 16 September , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: We are happy to be able to share here a Q&A with the founder of online writing and creative arts community TVOTRIBE, Victoria Olajide. In 2021, TVOTRIBE celebrated their second anniversary with activities positioned around the theme “The… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Sandra Chege of Hadithi

  By Africa in Words Guest on 10 September , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Dear Reader, When last did you send a loved one a hand-written letter, or go to the post office expecting to receive one? When did you last begin a letter, on paper or in its pre-material compositional stage, and what… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Eriye Onagoruwa, author of “Dear Alaere”, & Ibiso Graham-Douglas, founder of Paperworth Books Ltd

  By Africa in Words Guest on 27 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: We are delighted to be able to share here a set of Q&As based around the novel Dear Alaere, published by Paperworth Books in 2020. Both the author, Eriye Onagoruwa, and the book’s publisher and founder of Paperworth… Read More ›

• AiW long read: Caine 2021 – A prize coming of age

  By Africa in Words Guest on 24 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Doseline Kiguru AiW note: As with every year since “Joining the Caine Prize ‘Blog-Carnival’” back in 2013 — Africa in Words has engaged with the AKO Caine Prize for African Writers in the run up to the winner… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – author and educator Priscilla Musoki, Gogo Diaries Sweden

  By Africa in Words Guest on 17 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Gogo Diaries Sweden is run by Zimbabwean author and educationist Priscilla Musoki, bridging the gap she has seen for children in the Diaspora by publishing bilingual books in the pandemic, grounded in a grandmother’s wisdom and love, storytelling… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Mazi Nwonwu of Omenana magazine

  By Africa in Words Guest on 13 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Omenana is a tri-monthly magazine by Mazi Nwonwu (Co-founder and Managing Editor), Chinelo Onwualu (Co-founder), Iquo DianaAbasi (Contributing Editor), and Godson ChukwuEmeka Okeiyi (Graphic Designer); it is open to submissions from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature

  By Africa in Words Guest on 11 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili.   The journal was born out of a Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, and is run… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Habeeb Kolade of Agbowó literary magazine

  By Africa in Words Guest on 6 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Agbowó literary journal is an offshoot of UITES WRITE collective, which was founded by Habeeb Kolade and Dolapo Amusat, in 2015, to showcase literary work by University of Ibadan students and alumni.  The collective published electronic anthologies – the… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Iryn Tushabe

  By Africa in Words Guest on 22 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Meron Hadero

  By Africa in Words Guest on 21 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Doreen Baingana

  By Africa in Words Guest on 20 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Goretti Kyomuhendo, Chair of the Judges

  By Africa in Words Guest on 19 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With AiW Guest: Goretti Kyomuhendo. AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: “Repeat after me: My mother has been ushered into the spirit world” – Iryn Tushabe’s ‘A Separation’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 16 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: Leaps of Faith – Troy Onyango’s ‘This Little Light of Mine’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 15 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: It’s that time of the year again and AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is back! Every day this week, we are publishing Guest reviews of the five… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: Satirizing Injustice – Rémy Ngamije’s ‘The Giver of Nicknames’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 14 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: [Mis]understanding the Game – Meron Hadero’s ‘The Street Sweep’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 13 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: It’s that time of the year again and AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is back! Every day this week, we are publishing Guest reviews of the five… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: Acts of Humanity and Metaphors of Freedom – Doreen Baingana’s ‘Lucky’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 12 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: It’s that time of the year again and AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is back! Every day this week, we will be publishing Guest reviews of the… Read More ›