This is the second in a series of three posts in which debut authors Leye Adenle, Jowhor Ile and Julie Iromuanya interview each other on their first books. Here Leye Adenle and Julie Iromuanya discuss Julie’s first novel Mr. and… Read More ›
And Other Words…
Film (p)review: ‘My Name is Adil’ – a lyrical autobiography of displacement and hope
AiW Author: Sarah Jilani Sarah Jilani previews My Name is Adil, which is showing this week in selected cinemas as part of the Royal African Society’s Film Africa festival 2016, running from Oct 28 – Nov 6 in London. Catch My Name is… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, deadline 1 December 2016
Call for Submissions Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets deadline 1 December 2016 The African Poetry Book Series is made possible through the generosity of philanthropists Laura and Robert F. X. Sillerman, whose generous contributions have facilitated the establishment… Read More ›
Events: African Literature at the London Literature Festival, 5 -16 October 2016, London
London Literature Festival Living in Future Times Wednesday 5 October 2016 – Sunday 16 October 2016 The world today increasingly resembles the realm of science fiction. From satellites which map our every movement to robots in the workplace, the stuff… Read More ›
Event: Beyond Nollywood, 18-20 November 2016, London
Beyond Nollywood Friday 18th – Sunday 20th November BFI Southbank, London Curated by Nadia Denton in association with African Odysseys and part of BFI BLACK STAR. A 3-day programme of international Nigerian Cinema showcasing a new crop of filmmakers who… Read More ›
CfP: Literature and Postcolonial Capitalism, ARIEL, Deadline: 1 October 2016
Call for Papers Literature and Postcolonial Capitalism ARIEL Special Issue Deadline 1 October 2016 This special issue explores the relationship between literary representation and contemporary, postcolonial capitalism. We suspect that many of today’s “new” capitalist formations emerge from… Read More ›
The Aftermath of War: A Review of the Film Ezra
AiW Guest: Dare Dan Newton Aduaka’s Ezra treads a path familiar to Africa’s cinema and literature: the tragedy of child soldiers and of childhoods broken by war. So what’s new?, I hear you ask. Produced in 2007, Ezra, which precedes Beasts of… Read More ›
Les Blancs – Farber’s production provoked reflection on innocence, the personal and the political, and choosing sides
AiW Guest Katarzyna Kubin The National Theatre’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s play, Les Blancs, directed by Yaël Farber, involved phenomenal use of sound, music and lighting, live fire on stage, and a nuanced mastery of the smallest details: from the… Read More ›
2016 Caine Prize Shortlist: Review of Bongani Kona’s “At Your Requiem.”
It’s Caine Prize season again! Before the judges’ announcement on 4th July, we’re taking a look at each of the shortlisted stories. This week, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva reviews Bongani Kona’s “At Your Requiem.” AiW Guest: Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Bongani Kona’s story, “At Your Requiem,” is one of the most… Read More ›
‘(Re)Viewing the Visual: Art, Photography, Film’ – Reflections on the 5th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex, 19 April 2016
Aiw Guest: Matthew Lecznar Now in its fifth year, the University of Sussex’s African Popular Cultures Workshop creates a lively space where practitioners, researchers and enthusiasts alike come together to consider and celebrate aspects of cultural production in Africa and… Read More ›
Losing my Head Because: Ben Okri’s Meditations on Greatness
AiW Guest Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire I thought that Ben Okri’s December 2014 infamous Guardian essay in which he berated African and black writers for suffering under a mental tyranny of subject was too prescriptive and an inaccurate reading of contemporary African… Read More ›
Crossing Borders to Find Home – new non-fiction by Pede Hollist
By AiW Guest: Pede Hollist AiW note: Pede Hollist is the author of the novel So the Path Does Not Die (recently reviewed by Rashi Rohatgi for AiW) and the Caine Prize shortlisted story ‘Foreign Aid‘. Speaking at the Africa Writes festival… Read More ›
The South African State of Emergency
AiW Guest: Jeanne-Marie Jackson South Africa’s literary world, as part of the country’s broad current turmoil, offers evidence for more than just a shallow reading of cultural déjà vu. This evidence goes by the name of Salman Rushdie, who unexpectedly… Read More ›
African Languages at ASAUK 2014
As part of our ongoing series on the ASAUK 2014 conference, Rebecca Jones reports on panels on African languages in literature and in the disciplines. Papers that discussed African languages could be found throughout the ASAUK 2014 conference – including panels on Swahili… Read More ›
Publishing in Africa and African Studies: Review, ASAUK 2014 (Part 2)
AiW Guest Stephanie Kitchen This post is the second in a two part series reviewing the panels in the Publishing Stream at ASAUK. Read Part 1: the politics of publishing in Africa. Journal publishing The ‘African journals’ roundtable at ASAUK… Read More ›
Publishing in Africa and African Studies: Review, ASAUK 2014 (Part 1)
AiW Guest Stephanie Kitchen A stream of five panels at ASAUK considered ‘practical and political aspects of publishing in African studies’. The stream brought together representatives from key publishers on the African continent, both established and newer imprints, including CODESRIA… Read More ›
Random Snapshots Of Book Hunting In Downtown Nairobi: Part I
AiW Guest Mehul Gohil A friend said “I know Mehul bought a bunch of Delany and so on. On the NBO streets.” Another friend thought which streets? Turned to me and asked “Pray tell, Mehul, where did you chance upon… Read More ›
‘Beyond the Novel: Developing Contemporary African Writing’: Review, Africa Writes 2014
Saturday 12th July found me seated in the conference auditorium of the British Library, expectantly awaiting the start of a panel entitled ‘Beyond the Novel: Developing Contemporary African Writing’. Comprising one of the many events scheduled at Africa Writes 2014,… Read More ›
Perhaps you missed… some South African-born short (plus a bit of long) fiction news
Some fiction news from South Africa in these last few weeks – the shorts: Twenty in 20 – a call for your bests of the South African short story since 1994 | the Sunday Times Lifestyle Magazine (27th… Read More ›
Forward to Freedom: The History of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1959-1994
Africa in Words Guest: Lucy McCann. For the 20th anniversary of the first democratic elections in South Africa on the 27th April a website has been launched recording the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain. Funded by the Amiel &… Read More ›
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