We are delighted to share that the inaugural Toyin Fálọlá Prize has been announced by the team at LUNARIS. Submissions will open 01 January 2020 and will close again on 15 April 2020. The Prize has been created in honour… Read More ›
Calls for & opportunities
Call for Submissions: Afritondo Short Story Prize 2020 (Deadline: 23 December)
We are delighted to share this call for submissions for Afritondo’s inaugural short story prize! The team at Afritondo are looking for stories that explore the dynamics and boundaries of love. The story should be set wholly or partly in… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Rhetorical (Re)invention of Africa in the 21st Century (Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2020)
The African Association for Rhetoric in collaboration with the United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Announces its 9th biennial Conference, themed: ‘RHETORICAL (RE)INVENTION OF AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY’ July 22-24, 2020 In the milieu that saw most African nations… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Colonial and Postcolonial Print Mobilities’ workshop (Deadline: 16 January 2020)
‘Colonial and Postcolonial Print Mobilities: Black Periodicals and Local Publications, 1880-present’ A Workshop at Newcastle University, 10-12 June 2020 The workshop at Newcastle University, UK will explore local and global networks of circulation for literary and political writing produced by black authors,… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Lecturer in Art History of Africa, SOAS (Deadline: 13 October)
The School of Arts at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London seeks to appoint a Lecturer (or Senior Lecturer) in the Art History of Africa in the Department of the History of Art & Archaeology…. Read More ›
Call for Applications: Rari Poetry Workshop (Deadline: 30 October)
Rari, a new Pan-African community for emerging African poets, is offering an exciting opportunity this year. The organisers are currently accepting applications for their first poetry workshop. This free workshop is an intensive, craft-enhancing experience aimed at stimulating the creativity… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Lagos Studies Association Conference, 2020 (Deadline: 30 November)
The 5th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60: Continuities and Discontinuities June 25-27, 2020 Lagos, Nigeria The postcolonial African city defies easy definition, even as African countries enter their 6th decade of independence in 2020. The 5th edition… Read More ›
Call for submissions: K & L Prize for African Literature 2020
The team at K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 are calling for short story entries from young African writers on the theme ‘Africanfuturism’. Africanfuturism, a term coined by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, is a genre that often depicts… Read More ›
Call for Applications: AEGIS Summer School (Deadline: 30 September)
African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections on a Continent in Transition AEGIS Summer School 9-13 June 2020 Cagliari, Italy The 2020 Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) Summer School will address the theme of African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Decolonial discourse in/and South African literary systems’, Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (Deadline: 6th September)
We are delighted to share this call for papers from The Journal of Decolonising Discipline on the theme Literary (Un/Re)Settling: Decolonial discourse in/and South African literary systems. The Journal of Decolonising Disciplines (JDD) invites contributions to a special issue on the… Read More ›
Call for Papers: BARAZA – Swahili Studies Conference (Deadline: 15 September)
BARAZA Swahili Conference at SOAS, London 12 October 2019 Abstracts are invited for short presentations at the fifth annual one-day conference addressing any aspect of the language, literature, translation, culture, philosophy or diaspora of the Swahili speaking peoples of the world. The… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: The Best of Africa (Open Call)
The Best of Africa is an online portal for African ideas and voices. Through creative submissions from their global network, they provide readers useful, intelligent and thoroughly researched commentary and analysis on Africa in order to showcase that the beauty… Read More ›
Call for applications: Bakwa’s literary translation workshop (21-26 October)
Bakwa Magazine, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, is pleased to announce that applications are open for an exciting literary translation workshop aimed at building networks and sustainability for literary translators in Cameroon. The workshop, scheduled for 21-26 October… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Praxis Magazine Online (Open call)
Praxis Magazine Online is currently inviting submissions in four genres: POETRY, FICTION, NON-FICTION, and JOURNAL STORIES. Specific guidelines for each area appear below, along with the email address for submissions in each genre. Praxis Magazine encourages new and existing contributors to… Read More ›
Call for submissions: The Igby Prize For Nonfiction, The Kalahari Review (Deadline: 20 August)
You are invited to submit your non-fiction work to The Kalahari Review by 20th August. The theme for this month’s memoir/essay contest at The Kalahari Review is ‘Where we live and why’. Each month The Kalahari Review follows a theme; last… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Sawti Poetry Prize (Deadline: 10 August)
Sawti Poetry Prize | Tuzo Ya Ushairi Ya Sawti 3 Categories 3 Winners £500 Prize Each The Sawti Poetry Prize is open! The project organisers welcome submissions in the following languages; English, Arabic, and Kiswahili. This prize is a contribution… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Utopian Acts (Open call)
Utopian Acts is collecting decolonial utopian resources! During the 2019 Utopian Studies Society conference in Prato this month a number of delegates discussed the lack of attention being paid to indigenous, black and decolonial studies scholarship within the field. Utopian… Read More ›
Call for papers: Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 (Deadline: 30 September)
Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention Massachusetts, USA 5-8 March 2020 As Chinua Achebe’s second novel, No Longer at Ease, first published in 1960, arrives at its 60th anniversary, scholars have an opportunity to… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Afrofuturistic Elements’, Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, U.S.A (Deadline: September 01)
The 10th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, Interdisciplinary Conference at James Madison University, Virginia, USA, 20-21 February 2020 We are delighted to share this call for papers for the panel titled, “The African Notebook: Afrofuturistic Elements in College… Read More ›
Call For Submissions: Ake Review 2019 (Deadline: 8 July)
We are delighted to share this call for submissions for the Ake Arts and Books Festival’s annual journal. Writers are invited to submit their works for publication in the 2019 edition of the Ake Review. The theme for this year’s festival… Read More ›
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