Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (formerly The Journal of Pan African Studies; JPAS), a trans-disciplinary on-line multilingual peer reviewed open-access scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual synthesis of research, scholarship and critical thought on the African experience around the world, is seeking… Read More ›
AiW Guest Connor Pruss. The Quai Branly Museum (Musée du Quai Branly) in Paris currently features the exhibition “African Roads (‘L’Afrique des routes’)” from Jan. 31st – Nov. 12th, 2017. In the introduction, the curators propose to challenge the preconception… Read More ›
AiW Guest Sarah Smit Earlier this year a group of academics, writers and literary producers came together in Cape Town for a workshop convened by Chris Ouma and Madhu Krishnan exploring ‘Small Magazines, Black Archives and Personal Histories’. This piece engages… Read More ›
19 – 20 March 2018 – Conference – Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3 – RIRRA21 African Literature and the Press / Presse et littérature africaine(s) Call for papers / Appel à communications Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. The principal language of… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Nicola Ashmore. This post continues our AiW series about the project and upcoming exhibition Guernica Remakings, curated by our Guest Author Dr Nicola Ashmore (University of Brighton, July 31 – August 23). The exhibition features visual artworks from across the… Read More ›
Africa in Dialogue, an online interview magazine is excited to announce a call of submission for its First Issue. From inception, Africa in Dialogue has been engaging in dialogues with Africa’s leading storytellers on various contemporary, historic, philosophical and social discourses… Read More ›
GRADUATE CONFERENCE 2017 (Re)framing Narratives of Africa BIEA Graduate Conference November 3rd and 4th 2017 BIEA, Nairobi, Kenya This year’s BIEA Graduate Conference is on the theme of (Re)framing Narratives of Africa. The narratives used to describe ‘Africa’ have… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Matthew Lecznar Since the turn of the 21st-century, few authors have been able to implant themselves on the global literary imagination with the kind of deftness and flare exhibited by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The author’s… Read More ›
Call for Submissions Film Africa 2017 deadline: 30 June 2017 Want to see your film on the big screen? Submissions for Film Africa 2017 are now open! Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Sana Goyal When asked about the seeds of her novel Stay With Me, Ayòbámi Adébáyò likes to tell the tale of how Yejide and Akin—two characters she created for a short story—persistently stayed in the corners of… Read More ›
Call for Submissions 2017 Kampala International Theatre Festival 4th edition, 22nd – 26th November 2017 We are excited to announce the 4th edition of the Kampala International Theatre Festival that will take place from 22nd – 26th November 2017 in Kampala, Uganda…. Read More ›
The School of English and the Sussex Africa Centre invite you to the 6th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex, ‘Biafra 50 years on’ Wednesday 17th May, 3.00pm – 6.30pm, Arts C, Room C333 Workshop Programme 3.00pm –… Read More ›
Africa Writes will be back for its 2017 edition at The British Library from Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July. We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about African literature and would like to be a part of the… Read More ›
Burning Issues in African Philosophy with Lewis Gordon Date: April 19, 2017 – 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location: Heyman Common Room Free and open to the public | ID required Burning Issues in African Philosophy is curated by Drucilla Cornell and… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Joanna Skelt This month, Joanna Skelt continues our deep dive into Eight New Generation African Poets with a review of Blessing Musariri’s Mitu’s Spice Tour. With a title evocative of a culinary travelogue, dreamcatcher-esque cover iconography and powerful series… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Pelu Awofeso Actor and performance coach Toyin Oshinaike is teaching 80 thespians in an actors’ workshop at the Lagos Theatre Festival (28 Feb-5 March); all on their feet and attentive, they form a large rectangular ring around him…. Read More ›
AiW Guest: Tamara Moellenberg The second edition of Trevor R. Getz’s and Liz Clarke’s Abina and the Important Men (OUP, 2016) creates a scholarly ‘forum’ around Abina, a nineteenth-century Ghanaian woman who sought her freedom from slavery through the British… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Global Africa Month – the Ngugi Workshop Prof Adams Bodomo Workshop on Strategies for the Promotion of African Language Literature University of Vienna Global African Diaspora Studies (GADS) Research Platform And Department of African Studies May 2… Read More ›
Cadbury Conference: Marriage in Africa 1-2 June 2017, Birmingham deadline: 10 March 2017 The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites proposals for papers at its annual Cadbury conference, to be held on 1 and… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Anu Kumar In the title story in Melissa de Villiers’ collection The Chameleon House (Modjaji Books, 2015), Dena, the one who seemingly holds the group together, is always the outsider. As the unnamed narrator reveals, Dena tastes the… Read More ›
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