English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN) (Formerly NESA) In collaboration with Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria announces 32nd Annual National Conference 50th Anniversary of the Association and 2016 IFESAN Date: 5 – 8 September , 2016; Venue: Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University English… Read More ›
Calls for & opportunities
Call for Submissions: IBPF Poetry Mentorship / Residency Programme, Deadline: 2 May 2016
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: IBPF POETRY MENTORSHIP/RESIDENCY PROGRAMME Deadline: 2 May 2016 This is to invite interested poets to apply for the first Ibadan Poetry Foundation (IBPF) Poetry Workshop. The Workshop is specifically for the upcoming and potential Nigerian writer who… Read More ›
CFP: Africa Research Day “Redefining the Past, Imagining the Future” 25 May 2016, London, Deadline 19 April 2016
Call for Papers Africa Research Day “Redefining the Past, Imagining the Future” 25 May 2016, London, Deadline 29 April 2016 Looking at Africa’s past is not only relevant for students and researchers of history. Worldover, movements of de-colonisation are calling… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: The two Babishai 2016 Poetry Awards, Deadline 22 May 2016
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 ›
CfP: A Room of Her Own: Writing Women’s Independence around the Globe, 20th May 2016, Leeds, Deadline: 4 April 2016
CFP: A Room of Her Own: Writing Women’s Independence around the Globe Friday 20th May 2016 University of Leeds (Blenheim Terrace House, 11-14, Room G.02), between 10.00 am until 5/6.00 pm The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is… Read More ›
CfP: Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance, 21-24 July 2016, Abuja, Deadline 31 March 2016
Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance 2016 AfTA Annual International Conference University of Abuja, Nigeria 21 – 24 July 2016 Theatre and Performance have developed along several major lines of enquiry in Africa over the last six decades from… Read More ›
CfP: Philosophy of “Race” and Racism, 27-29 June 2016, Oxford, Deadline 23 April 2016
Philosophy of “Race” and Racism Conference 27-29 June 2016 University of Oxford, Philosophy Faculty W. E. B. Du Bois famously wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line”. All of us now are well… Read More ›
Call for applications: Editorial Assistant for Africa in Words
Africa in Words (www.africainwords.com) is looking for a volunteer to join our team as Editorial Assistant. We have an average of 6500 readers each month from over 100 countries, with our largest readerships based in the UK, US, South Africa and… Read More ›
CfP: FEMRITE@20 – Rethinking African Literature Conference, 28-30 July 2016, Kampala, Deadline: 30 March 2016
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 ›
Call for Submissions: The African Literary Hustle, New Orleans Review, Deadline: 31 December 2016
* The African Literary Hustle* Guest Editors: Mukoma wa Ngugi and Laura Murphy When African literature is published in the West, it is too often realist, in English, and always in the spirit of Chinua Achebe. But romance, science fiction, fantasy, epic, experimental… Read More ›
CfP: Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! SOAS Conference on African Philosophy, 28-29 April 2016, London, Deadline 1 April 2016
Call for Papers Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! SOAS Conference on African Philosophy 28th-29th April 2016, Russell Square Campus, SOAS, University of London The annual Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! African Philosophy conference has, since its establishment in 2014, been a steady… Read More ›
CfP: The Verbal Text & National Literary Historiography, 10-12 November 2016, London, Deadline 01 April 2016
The Verbal Text & National Literary Historiography An Interdisciplinary Conference 10-12 November 2016 Queen Mary University of London Call for Papers Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2016 Sustained attention to the place of the verbal text in national literary historiographies… Read More ›
Event/CfP: Celebrating Okot p’Bitek’s Song of Lawino at 50, Kampala, 18 March 2016,
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 ›
CfP: Writing South Africa Now: a Colloquium, 16th-17th June 2016, Deadline 04 March 2016
Writing South Africa Now: a Colloquium, 16th-17th June, 2016 Call for Papers: Writing the South African City Deadline: 4th March, 2016 Hosted by LSE Cities, London School of Economics, in collaboration with the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge In… Read More ›
CfP: Music and the Arts of Africa and the Diaspora, 1-2 April 2016, New York, Deadline: 12 February 2016
41st ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the NEW YORK AFRICAN(A) STUDIES ASSOCIATION at The City College (CUNY) and Columbia University 1-2 April 2016 CALL FOR PROPOSALS / ABSTRACTS FINAL DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS 12 February 2016 THEME: MUSIC AND THE ARTS OF… Read More ›
CfP: The Performance of Pan-Africanism: From Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals, 20-22 October 2016, Florida, Deadline: 1 February 2016
The Performance of Pan-Africanism: from Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals International Conference 20-22 October 2016 Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Florida State University Keynote speakers: Andrew Apter (UCLA), Cheryl Finley (Cornell University), Souleymane Bachir… Read More ›
CfP: Setting Forth At Dawn, Workshop on the Geopolitics and Practices of Writing and Publishing in Africa, 16 – 20 May 2016, Jimma, Ethiopia, Deadline: 25 January 2016
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 ›
CfP: “Stories that float from afar”, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 11 –15, 2016 – Deadline 1 February 2016
“stories that float from afar” The idea of postcolonial culture: inclusions and exclusions The 17th Triennial ACLALS Conference Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 11 –15, 2016 – Deadline 1 February 2016 In a piece recorded in 1873, only fifty kilometres from… Read More ›
CfP: Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures, London, 1-2 April 2016, Deadline 31 December 2015
Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures 5th Annual International Igbo Conference 1-2 April 2016 – SOAS, University of London, UK Deadline: 31 December 2015 The Annual Igbo Conference has carved out a unique space, serving as a bridge between the… Read More ›
CfP: Special issue: Spatialities and Colonial Legacies/Locations in Postcolonial Literature, Deadline 15 February 2016
Spatialities and Colonial Legacies Locations in Postcolonial Literature Journal of Postcolonial Writing Deadline 15 February 2016 Space has been a central concern of postcolonial studies since the 1978 publication of Said’s Orientalism and its exposition of the ‘imaginative geographies’ of colonial conquest…. Read More ›
africainwords.com 