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: 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 ›

• ‘Campus Gangsterism’ – A review of Femi Kayode’s “Lightseekers”

  By Africa in Words Guest on 8 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè AiW note: Our Guest Reviewer,Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè, reviews award-winning writer Femi Kayode’s debut novel Lightseekers, which was published by Raven Books and released in February 2021. You can find Adégòkè’s recent Q&A with Kayode here. When four Nigerian students accused of… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Shine Your Eye lead actress Dienye Waboso

  By Africa in Words Guest on 2 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: In February this year, Volcano Theatre in Toronto reached out to Africa in Words to help publicise the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s play Shine Your Eye. Shine your Eye is a one-act play written by Binyavanga Wainaina. Set in… Read More ›

• Review: Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts, Panels 1&2

  By Africa in Words Guest on 29 June , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Clive Allanso. AiW note: Anticipating the final panel in the “Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts“ (BBTCA) series – “Responsible Solutions to New Obstacles” (June 30th, 2pm BST) – Clive Allanso summarises the conversations and debates of the previous… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Nzube Nlebedim of The Shallow Tales Review

  By Africa in Words Guest on 25 June , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: The Shallow Tales Review literary magazine is an online literary outfit that aims to share the unique African story. It was founded in August 2019 by Nigerian writer, critic and editor, Nzube Nlebedim, and is run by a three-man… Read More ›

• Review: The Heshoo Beshoo Group – Armitage Road 

  By Africa in Words Guest on 22 June , 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Phumelele Mzimela This rare apartheid-era collector’s item Armitage Road (originally released in 1970) is the only record by South African jazz ensemble The Heshoo Beshoo Group. In 2020, the album received a long overdue reissue by the Canadian… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – M Lynx Qualey for ArabLit

  By Africa in Words Guest on 18 June , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: ArabLit describe themselves as a translator-centered “loose collective” that produce a website, quarterly magazine (ArabLit Quarterly), and a limited book series (ALQ Books) focused on Arabic literatures in translation. They also run an annual ArabLit Story Prize, an… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Kimberley Nyamhondera, Press Officer & Marketing and Communications Manager

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

  

  AiW note: Following Zahra Banday’s review of Chibundu Onuzo’s latest novel Sankofa last week and her accompanying Q&A with Chibundu — where they chat process and writing and various inspirations — we are excited to be sharing a Words on… Read More ›

• Q&A – Chibundu Onuzo, author of ‘Sankofa’

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

  

  AiW Guest: Zahra Banday  AiW note: Following up on her review of Sankofa, “a fresh, funny and moving take on the theme of identity and place… crafted with gentle care but harbouring brutal realities,” Zahra Banday interviews its award-winning author,… Read More ›

• Review: “Flying Forward with Your Head Facing Back” – Chibundu Onuzo’s ‘Sankofa’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 9 June , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Zahra Banday AiW note: Our Guest Reviewer, Zahra Banday, appraises award-winning writer Chibundu Onuzo’s third novel, Sankofa, which was published by Virago Books and went on sale on 3 June 2021. Sankofa has been described by Sefi Atta… Read More ›

• Q&A -‘Farewell Amor’ (2020) filmmaker Ekwa Msangi: talking immigration, cultural specificity, and racism in cinema

  By Africa in Words Guest on 4 June , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guests: Libby Gervais, Abi Taphouse, James Truscott & Maddy Holmes  “Let’s actually think about who they are, not just what they are here to take from us”. Ekwa Msangi. Ekwa Msangi is a film director, writer and producer, who has… Read More ›