The journey series: An Invisible Borders Project 28 August 2017 | by Innocent Ekejiuba As part of our goal to redefine the place of contemporary Africans in the world, and to foster understanding of African experiences and identities, Invisible Borders will embark… Read More ›
Call for Submissions Type/Cast Issue 4 Contested Spaces deadline: 1 September 2017 The Type/Cast editorial collective is thrilled to announce a new call for submissions. For our fourth issue submissions are open until midnight on Friday, 1 September 2017. We’re looking for… Read More ›
Africa in Words is recruiting a volunteer to join our team as Managing Editor. Africa in Words has an average of 7,000 readers each month from over 100 countries, with our largest readerships based in the UK, US, South Africa… Read More ›
Call for Submissions Ake Review 2017 deadline: 31 August 2017 The Ake Arts and Book Festival is calling for submissions to the 2017 edition of our annual journal, Ake Review. This 5th Edition is themed This F-Word and will focus… Read More ›
Call for Papers: African Global Experiences Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies (formerly The Journal of Pan African Studies; JPAS), a trans-disciplinary on-line peer reviewed scholarly journal devoted to the intellectual synthesis of research, scholarship and critical thought on the African… Read More ›
Call for Streams: ASAUK 2018 11-13 September 2018, University of Birmingham deadline: 15 September 2017 The next ASAUK conference will be held on 11-13 September 2018 at the University of Birmingham, UK. In order to limit panel clashes,… Read More ›
Lagos, Nigeria, 26 June 2017: Following the successful completion of the fourth edition of its flagship pan-African literary prize, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat, has announced a call for entries for the 2018 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The opening… Read More ›
Call for Applications / Appel à candidature Arts Management and Literary Activism Workshop at the 5th Annual Writivism Festival 17-20 August 2017 Kampala, Uganda Have you set up or are you thinking of setting up a new platform that publishes or brings new audiences… Read More ›
CFP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature (edited collection, Bloomsbury Publishing) deadline 1 August 2017 Afropolitanism currently inflects many academic and popular conversations about African literature. The term is mobilized to celebrate African influence in the world and to characterize… Read More ›
Call for Submissions The Single Story Foundation deadline: 15 July 2017 TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted, realistic stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to… Read More ›
Call for papers Interrogating the African literary ‘renaissance’ With a conference keynote and reading by Billy Kahora, writer and Kwani? editor Université Paris 13- Campus de Villetaneuse – July 5th 2017 As messy and artificial any attempt at literary periodisation… Read More ›
Call for Applications kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship Deadline: 31 May 2017 THE PROGRAM What is the kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship? The kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship is a four-month program for writers. The program includes customized writing skills training and guidance to plan, write,… Read More ›
AFRICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AFRICA (ASAA) 2ND Biennial Conference: African Studies and Global Politics The University of Ghana, Legon October 12-14, 2017 CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: May 31st 2017 The African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) was established in 2013… Read More ›
Call for Submissions 2017 Kampala International Theatre Festival 4th edition, 22nd – 26th November 2017 We are excited to announce the 4th edition of the Kampala International Theatre Festival that will take place from 22nd – 26th November 2017 in Kampala, Uganda…. Read More ›
Call for Papers Life Narratives: Self-Representation in an Age of Human Rights A One-Day Symposium for Postgraduate Students and Early-Career Researchers at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC), Wednesday 14th June 2017 Featuring a keynote address from Mark Gevisser,… Read More ›
CfP: Public Service and Community Interpreting in Africa Workshop on 6 October 2017 in Freiburg, Germany deadline: 30 April 2017 On the 6 October 2017, the Institute of Multilingualism at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, will host a 1-day… Read More ›
Call for Papers European University Institute (EUI, Florence) Workshop ‘Colonialism and education in a comparative perspective: analysing gendered civilizing missions (ca. 1850-1970)’ 26 October 2017, Florence deadline: 20 April 2017 In recent years, education has received renewed attention from… Read More ›
Call for Papers Africa Conference on Economic Costs of Disasters (ACECD 2017) The Role of the Private Sector in Disaster Risk Reduction Pretoria, South Africa on 23 – 25 October, 2017 The Africa Conference on Economic Costs of Disasters… Read More ›
Call for Poetry Submissions: A Song for Burundi Huza Press in collaboration with Africa Writes and Jalada Africa is pleased to announce a call for submissions for a poetry anthology from Burundians living in exile. Inspired by the creative force… Read More ›
‘Six Mountains on her back’ (Re) thinking African Feminisms Colloquium 2017 Rhodes University 21-22 July 2017 https://findingafricaseminar.wordpress.com African feminisms have, since their inception over a century ago, been grounded in inclusive and intersectional discourses which seek to challenge and unravel… Read More ›
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