AiW Guests Interviewers: Mollie McGing, Julia Karpinska, Abolaji Oshun, Alsadiq Suliman Interviewee: Ghirmai Negash Interview Date: 14th December 2021. AiW note: This is one in a series of interviews carried out by undergraduate students as part of the module “Ethiopian,… Read More ›
Conversations with – interview, dialogue, Q&A
Q&A: Dr Fiori Berhane – Literatures of the Horn of Africa, a conversation series
AiW Guests Interviewers: Emily Bhanu, Madeleine Butler, Madeeha Sharief, Eleanor Walker Interviewee: Dr Fiori Berhane Interview Date: 7th January 2022. AiW note: This is one in a series of interviews carried out by undergraduate students as part of the module… Read More ›
Review Q&A: Ayaan Mohamud with her World Book Night listed YA novel, You Think You Know Me.
AiW note: This year, Sunday 23rd April is World Book Night. Running over the evening of the UNESCO International Day of the Book— whose theme this year is indigenous languages — World Book Night is a UK-sprung celebration of reading… Read More ›
Review and Q&A: Leila Abouleila’s ‘River Spirit’ – Rewriting the Footnotes of Sudanese Colonial History
AiW note: AiW editor Ellen Addis reviews Leila Aboulela’s novel, River Spirit (Saqi Books), a historical fiction narrative which takes place in 1880s Sudan and tracks the rise of the Mahdist Revolution. Accompanying the review today is Ellen’s Q&A with… Read More ›
Q&A: Professor Nadia Nurhussein – Literatures of the Horn of Africa, a conversation series
AiW Guests Interviewers: Kyra Webb, Sophia Dermetzis and Kal Harris Interviewee: Professor Nadia Nurhussein Interview Date: 7th December 2021. AiW note: This is one in a series of interviews, carried out by undergraduate students as part of the module “Ethiopian,… Read More ›
Review Q&A: with author Ever Obi – Some Angels Don’t See God (2022)
AiW Guests: Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè with author Ever Obi. This Q&A and twinned review, “The Past Is Never Dead” – both by our AiW Guest, traveller, literary critic and writer Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè – may contain spoilers, but these are kept to the… Read More ›
Q&A – #ReadingAfrica: African Literary Magazine Editors on Curating for the Continent
With AiW Guests: Nzube Nlebedim – The Shallow Tales Review, Mazi Nwonwu – Omenana Magazine, and Kenechi Uzor – Iskanchi Magazine, interviewed by SarahBelle Selig of Catalyst Press. AiW note: #ReadingAfrica Week is an annual celebration of African literature held the… Read More ›
Q&A: Mukoma Wa Ngugi – teasing out the Tizita, and probing poetry and prizes
AiW Guests: Meriel Clode, Lisa Walker, Antonia Cheema-Grubb & Harriet Lewis. Mukoma Wa Ngugi is a US-based Kenyan writer, who was born in Illinois and grew up in Nairobi. He is the author of eight books including crime novels Nairobi… Read More ›
Q&A: George Norman Sylvester – Ananse comics, Captain Pepsodent and African superheroes in 1990s Ghana
AiW Guest: Tessa Pijnaker. This post forms part of an Africa in Words’ series on African superheroes, guest edited by Tessa Pijnaker, PhD student in African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. This sixth post in the series… Read More ›
Q&A: Thato Mogotsi, Assistant Curator Zeitz MOCAA – Tracey Rose retrospective, “Shooting Down Babylon” (2022)
Welcome Tracey Rose Zeitz MOCAA welcomes Tracey Rose and her new exhibition ‘Shooting Down Babylon’. The exhibition is officially open as of today and is spread across three floors of Zeitz MOCAA. Not suitable for persons under the age of… Read More ›
Q&As: Okey Ndibe – Judge, AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: Okey Ndibe’s AKO Caine Prize shortlist Q&A rounds out our week across the series, part of our longer annual AKO Caine Prize coverage. Our Q&As have opened up some of the less visible avenues and labour involved in… Read More ›
Q&As: Billie McTernan – AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: Leading up to the winner announcement of the AKO Caine Prize on Monday 18 July, we have been publishing a series of Guest reviews of each of the stories shortlisted in 2022. We have also been sharing a… Read More ›
Q&As: Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane – Judge, AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: In the lead up to the award announcement on Monday the 18th July, along with our AiW Guest reviews of the shortlisted stories, we are running an attendant set of AKO Caine Q&As – with each of the… Read More ›
Q&As: Joshua Chizoma – AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: this year, as part of our now annual AKO Caine Prize for African Writing coverage, we have published AiW Guest reviews of each of the 5 stories shortlisted for the 2022 award. Leading up to the winner announcement… Read More ›
Q&As: Allwell Uwazuruike from Afritondo – Publisher, AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: as part of what has become our annual AKO Caine Prize for African Writing coverage, this year we have published AiW Guest reviews of each of the 5 stories shortlisted for the 2022 award. Leading up to the… Read More ›
Q&As: Nana-Ama Danquah – AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: As part of our annual AKO Caine Prize coverage, we’ve been running AiW Guest reviews of each of the 5 stories shortlisted for the award, and this week, as we lead up to the winner announcement on Monday… Read More ›
Q&As: Elisa Diallo – Judge, AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: As part of our annual AKO Caine Prize coverage, we’ve been running AiW Guest reviews of each of the 5 stories shortlisted for the award, and this week, as we lead up to the winner announcement on Monday… Read More ›
Q&As: Idza Luhumyo – AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
AiW note: As part of our annual AKO Caine Prize coverage, we’ve been running AiW Guest reviews of each of the 5 stories shortlisted for the award, and this week, as we lead up to the winner announcement on Monday… Read More ›
Q&As: Rachel Zadok from Short Story Day Africa- Publisher, AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
Last week, as part of our annual AKO Caine Prize coverage, we ran Guest reviews of the 5 stories shortlisted for the 2022 award. This week, and leading up to the winner announcement on Monday 18 July, we are very… Read More ›
Q&As: Hannah Giorgis – AKO Caine Prize shortlist 2022
Last week, as part of our annual AKO Caine Prize coverage, we ran Guest reviews of the 5 stories shortlisted for the award. This week, and leading up to the winner announcement on Monday 18 July, we are very pleased… Read More ›