THE TWO BABISHAI 2016 POETRY AWARDS Call for Submissions Deadline 22 May 2016 CATEGORY 1: THE BABISHAIKU 2016 POETRY AWARD Guidelines for submissions: “We are looking forward to Africa themed haiku i.e. haiku about African sights and sounds. Haiku must… Read More ›
New Voices of Nigeria: Elnathan John, Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Leye Adenle Chaired by Paul Blezard Wednesday 6 April 2016 Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre A group of authors and publishers join forces to discuss new Nigerian writing to mark… Read More ›
Teju Cole: Black on All Sides 22 March 2016 19:00-21:30 Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Decolonising Our Minds are pleased to welcome Teju Cole, world-renowned writer, art historian and photographer, for a talk at… Read More ›
FEMRITE@20 – Rethinking African Literature 28th-30th July 2016 School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30th March 2016 FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association invites abstracts for 15 – 20 minute presentations… Read More ›
YALE UNIVERSITY’S SECOND ANNUAL AFRICA SALON BRINGS NAME ARTISTS, VIBRANT PERFORMANCES, UNIQUE PROJECTS TO NEW HAVEN Festival offers week-long celebration of contemporary African arts and culture 28 March – 3 April 2016 New Haven The second annual AFRICA SALON, Yale… Read More ›
Talk: Picasso and Modern Africa 1945–73 (Red Africa season) Thursday 17 March 2016 6:30pm — 8:00pm Calvert 22 | 22 Calvert Avenue | London E2 7JP Hear leading Picasso scholar Lynda Morris as she reveals the artist’s surprising historical engagement… Read More ›
The Academic Book in the South 7th – 8th March 2016, 9.30pm – 5.30pm, Conference Centre, The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB This two day conference discusses how profound changes in publishing will affect the Academic Book of… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Leye Adenle Leye Adenle discusses how an encounter with a sex worker led to him giving her the central role in his first feature-length novel. This is part of our joint series with the LSE Africa blog: Reflections on… Read More ›
Imagining African Futures LSE Africa Talks Literary Festival discussion Wednesday 24 February 2016, 6.30-8pm NAB 2.04, New Academic Building Speakers: Leye Adenle, Jennifer Makumbi, Chibundu Onuzo Chair: Rebecca Jones, editor of Africa in Words Western media reports that ‘Africa is Rising’… Read More ›
Celebrating Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino at 50 18 March 2016 Makerere University, Kampala The Department of Literature, Makerere University is organising a one-day symposium, scheduled for 18 March, 2016, to celebrate the fifty years of the publication of… Read More ›
Red Africa A season on the legacy of cultural relationships between Africa, the Soviet Union and related countries during the Cold War 4 February – 3 April 2016 Introduction to the Red Africa season Calvert 22 is pleased to announce… Read More ›
The role of arts in the fight for environmental justice in West Africa and beyond 5 February 2016, 18:30 – 20:00, British Library London Just over twenty years ago writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists were executed… Read More ›
Bare Lit Festival: a literary festival focused entirely on writers of colour to highlight the amazing work being produced by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers. This February a new festival is set to change the UK literary landscape: Bare… Read More ›
African Voices @ UCL Transcending the Past and Reimagining the Future of the South African University 25 January 2016, 6pm JZ Young Lecturer theatre (access direct from Gower Street), Gower Street, London In South Africa, student protests over the escalating… Read More ›
West African Literature and Thought in French: Translating Cultures Friday 22 January 2016, 10.30-17.00, British Library Conference Centre Some of the most important contemporary writing in French has emerged from West Africa. This event brings together authors (leading… Read More ›
Setting Forth At Dawn A Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Writing and Publishing in Africa 16 – 20 May 2016 / 8 -12 Genbot 2008 Hosted by the College of Law & Governance in collaboration with the Office of the Vice… Read More ›
15 – 22 January 2016, Goethe Institute Nairobi Who I Am, Who We Are is an art project which examines the idea of Kenyan nationhood and how this is embodied through our sense of identity and our everyday interactions. The project… Read More ›
23 January 2016 Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London Afrikult. presents the first of the three-part series Words that Travel. Running throughout 2016, each event focuses on particular mediums and traditions of African literature with the first featuring African… Read More ›
Cassava Republic Press, a leading African publishing house, is set to launch in the UK in April 2016 it was announced today. Introducing an eclectic list of quality literary fiction, crime, young adult fiction, children’s books, and romantic fiction under… Read More ›
Africa in Words Guest: Socrates Mbamalu Now in its third year, the Aké Arts and Book Festival is perhaps not only the largest and best organised gathering of African writers on the continent, but also the most representative of significant debates… Read More ›
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