AiW Guest: Andriy Lyubka AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa – presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – we offer here a mini-series of our Words on the Times Q&As, with poets who… Read More ›
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Q&A – W.charly (Cameroon): Poetry Africa Words on the Times (en français)
AiW Guest: Wassing Wadaï Charles, aka W.charly
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After yesterday’s opening Q&A with Christine Yohannes (Ethiopia), today we share Poetry Africa Poets’ Words on the Times responses from slam artist Wassing Wadaï Charles, aka Charly (note – les réponses de Charly sont en français), below…
Q&A – Christine Yohannes (Ethiopia): Poetry Africa Words on the Times
AiW Guest: Christine Yohannes. AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa, we are excited to share the first in a mini-series of Words on the Times Q&As with poets who are participating in the ‘powering up’ and ‘unmuting’ that is… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – TVOTRIBE
AiW Note: We are happy to be able to share here a Q&A with the founder of online writing and creative arts community TVOTRIBE, Victoria Olajide. In 2021, TVOTRIBE celebrated their second anniversary with activities positioned around the theme “The… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Sandra Chege of Hadithi
Dear Reader, When last did you send a loved one a hand-written letter, or go to the post office expecting to receive one? When did you last begin a letter, on paper or in its pre-material compositional stage, and what… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Eriye Onagoruwa, author of “Dear Alaere”, & Ibiso Graham-Douglas, founder of Paperworth Books Ltd
AiW Note: We are delighted to be able to share here a set of Q&As based around the novel Dear Alaere, published by Paperworth Books in 2020. Both the author, Eriye Onagoruwa, and the book’s publisher and founder of Paperworth… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – author and educator Priscilla Musoki, Gogo Diaries Sweden
AiW note: Gogo Diaries Sweden is run by Zimbabwean author and educationist Priscilla Musoki, bridging the gap she has seen for children in the Diaspora by publishing bilingual books in the pandemic, grounded in a grandmother’s wisdom and love, storytelling… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Mazi Nwonwu of Omenana magazine
AiW note: Omenana is a tri-monthly magazine by Mazi Nwonwu (Co-founder and Managing Editor), Chinelo Onwualu (Co-founder), Iquo DianaAbasi (Contributing Editor), and Godson ChukwuEmeka Okeiyi (Graphic Designer); it is open to submissions from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature
AiW Note: Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili. The journal was born out of a Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, and is run… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Habeeb Kolade of Agbowó literary magazine
AiW note: Agbowó literary journal is an offshoot of UITES WRITE collective, which was founded by Habeeb Kolade and Dolapo Amusat, in 2015, to showcase literary work by University of Ibadan students and alumni. The collective published electronic anthologies – the… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Iryn Tushabe
AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Meron Hadero
AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Doreen Baingana
AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Goretti Kyomuhendo, Chair of the Judges
With AiW Guest: Goretti Kyomuhendo. AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Shine Your Eye lead actress Dienye Waboso
AiW note: In February this year, Volcano Theatre in Toronto reached out to Africa in Words to help publicise the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s play Shine Your Eye. Shine your Eye is a one-act play written by Binyavanga Wainaina. Set in… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Nzube Nlebedim of The Shallow Tales Review
AiW note: The Shallow Tales Review literary magazine is an online literary outfit that aims to share the unique African story. It was founded in August 2019 by Nigerian writer, critic and editor, Nzube Nlebedim, and is run by a three-man… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – M Lynx Qualey for ArabLit
AiW note: ArabLit describe themselves as a translator-centered “loose collective” that produce a website, quarterly magazine (ArabLit Quarterly), and a limited book series (ALQ Books) focused on Arabic literatures in translation. They also run an annual ArabLit Story Prize, an… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Kimberley Nyamhondera, Press Officer & Marketing and Communications Manager
AiW note: Following Zahra Banday’s review of Chibundu Onuzo’s latest novel Sankofa last week and her accompanying Q&A with Chibundu — where they chat process and writing and various inspirations — we are excited to be sharing a Words on… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Art And About Africa
AiW note: Art And About Africa is a free platform that allows its users to discover artists and art spaces in the vibrant African art scene on the continent, facilitating where to go, what to see, and who to engage… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Marina Novelli on “Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts”
The Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts Online Panel Discussions Series is part of a University of Brighton initiative that facilitates a contemporary art-based dialogue between key stakeholders from Africa and Europe. Based on participants’ personal and professional local and global… Read More ›
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