2014 Morland Writing Scholarships Submissions due by 31 October 2014 The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce today the 2014 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers. Entries can now be received by the Foundation. We are delighted that the… Read More ›
Writing for Liberty Conference Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research Lancaster University, 17-18 April 2015 Keynote speaker: Véronique Tadjo, University of the Witwatersrand Call for Papers Writing for Liberty is a two-day conference hosted by the Centre for Transcultural Writing… Read More ›
African Photography Initiatives Conference Validating Visual Heritage in Africa: Historical Photographs and the Role of the “Archive” Buea, Cameroon, 26 – 31 January 2015 African Photography Initiatives is pleased to announce that the conference Validating Visual Heritage in Africa: Historical Photographs and… Read More ›
*Call for submissions* Film Africa 2014 Takes place: 31 October – 9 November 2014, London Submission deadline: 15 July 2014 Film Africa is delighted to announce that it is now accepting submissions for its 2014 festival edition. In line with our commitment to screening… Read More ›
Etisalat Nigeria invites entries for the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature. Entries close on the 8th of August 2014. On the 12th May, Etisalat Nigeria announced the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature “Call for Entries”, the second edition of the much… Read More ›
Africa in Motion Short Film Competition 2014 Dear Filmmakers, We are currently inviting African filmmakers to submit short films of no longer than 30 minutes for Africa in Motion’s prestigious annual short film competition, to which a substantial cash prize is… Read More ›
The Golden Baobab Prize, Ghana: Call for Submissions Submission date: 29th June 2014. Winners will be announced in November 2014. The 2014 Golden Baobab Prizes are making their final call for submissions. With about three weeks more to end the call,… Read More ›
The Global History of the Book (1780 to the present): Workshop Ertegun House, University of Oxford, 4 – 5 December 2014 The Global History of the Book (1780 to the present) is a two-day interdisciplinary workshop organised by doctoral and… Read More ›
| REGISTER for the 2014 Restless Derby | Judged by The Restless Supermarket author Ivan Vladislavić. The winner is to be announced at a celebratory awards ceremony at the University of Sussex on Monday 23rd June, from 3.30pm. Vladislavić, recognised as… Read More ›
The African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) invite applications to attend a writing workshop for early career scholars to be held at the ASAUK Conference, University of Sussex 9-11th September 2014. Deadline for receipt of applications: 5pm, 6 June… Read More ›
2nd-3rd May 2014, SOAS, Brunei Lecture Theatre and Suite The third annual Igbo Conference will provide a platform to examine various aspects of the Igbo heritage, including but not limited to: Igbo Heritage and the Arts, Food, Diet and Lifestyle,… Read More ›
The ASAUK biennial conference will be held at the University of Sussex this year and will run from 2pm on Tuesday Sept 9th to 3.30 pm on Thursday 11th September 2014. The Sussex Africa Centre is scheduled for its official launch… Read More ›
SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) Annual Conference African Trajectories: Travel and the Archive 2 July 2014 University of Birmingham CALL FOR PAPERS “Travel, in the younger sort, is part of education; in the elder,… Read More ›
Emerging Perspectives on Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo Edited by Rose A. Sackeyfio and Blessing Diala-Ogamba Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo has emerged as one of Nigeria’s leading female writers. Her distinguished career gained prominence in the early 21st century and continues to evolve… Read More ›
We are organising a conference to commemorate Chinua Achebe’s work and influence, and to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Arrow of God, which many consider Achebe’s greatest novel. The conference will be held at the University of London… Read More ›
CALL FOR PAPERS – Africa Research Day 2014 Deadline: February 3, 2014 The second Africa Research Day will be hosted by the Africa Research Students Network (AfNet) on Monday, March 17, 2014 at University College London. We welcome presentations from… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Editorial Assistant Africa in Words (www.africainwords.com) is a successful blog focusing on cultural production and Africa. The blog covers books, art, film, history, music, theatre, ideas and people and the ways they interact, through their publication and circulation,… Read More ›
Writivism CONNECTING LITERATURE TO REALITY. Writivism 2014 Creative Writing Workshops. The Writivism 2014 workshops will be held on the 8th of February 2014, simultaneously in five different African cities. The one-day workshops are planned for Abuja, Harare, Kampala, Nairobi and Cape… Read More ›
University of Sussex English Professor Steph Newell has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of 2.2 million euro to lead a five-year survey of contemporary urban life in Africa as revealed in attitudes to and perceptions of “dirt”…. Read More ›
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