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• Familiar, yet utterly new: A Review of Fred Strydom’s The Inside Out Man

  By Africa in Words Guest on 25 July , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

      AiW Guest: Kimmy Beach Bent is a gifted jazz pianist who plays in seedy nightclubs, lives in the “Crack Radisson”—a run-down flat in a Johannesburg suburb—and doesn’t seem to need much more in his life. With that deceptively… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue 1st Issue, deadline: 31 August 2017

  By Africa in Words on 16 July , 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Africa in Dialogue, an online interview magazine is excited to announce a call of submission for its First Issue. From  inception, Africa in Dialogue has been engaging in dialogues  with Africa’s leading storytellers on various contemporary, historic, philosophical and social discourses… Read More ›

• CfP: (Re)framing Narratives of Africa, 3-4 November 2017, BIEA Nairobi, deadline: 30 September 2017

  By Africa in Words on 12 July , 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  GRADUATE CONFERENCE 2017 (Re)framing Narratives of Africa BIEA Graduate Conference November 3rd and 4th 2017 BIEA, Nairobi, Kenya   This year’s BIEA Graduate Conference is on the theme of (Re)framing Narratives of Africa. The narratives used to describe ‘Africa’ have… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Etisalat Prize for Literature 2018, deadline: 18 September 2017

  By Africa in Words on 9 July , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Event: Kaduna Book & Arts Festival, 5-8 July 2017, Kaduna

  By Africa in Words on 5 July , 2017 • ( 1 )

  

    As part of its centenary celebrations, Kaduna State is introducing a literary event to its cultural calendar. The Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017 (KABAFEST) will feature over 50 writers, artists, actors, poets and performers who will share their work with… Read More ›

• Refreshingly focused on the fiction, but struggling for definition: a review of A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, edited by Ernest N. Emenyonu.

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 5 July , 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Matthew Lecznar Since the turn of the 21st-century, few authors have been able to implant themselves on the global literary imagination with the kind of deftness and flare exhibited by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The author’s… Read More ›

• Review of Illuminate Theatre Performance: Unsettling the Certainties of the Air-Conditioned Room

  By Africa in Words on 3 July , 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Carli Coetzee The second conference of the Lagos Studies Association has just taken place, at the University of Lagos. The conference had many memorable moments, but the one that stands out for me was when the panel was… Read More ›

• Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 5: ‘God’s Children Are Little Broken Things’ by Arinze Ifeakandu

  By Africa in Words Guest on 30 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: David Borman This week, we are featuring reviews of the five stories shortlisted for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. The prize winner will be announced on Monday 3 July. The fifth and final review of the… Read More ›

• Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 4: ‘The Virus’ by Magogodi Makhene

  By Africa in Words Guest on 29 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: David Reiersgord This week, we will feature reviews of the five stories shortlisted for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. The prize winner will be announced on Monday 3 July. Today’s review is of South African author Magogodi… Read More ›

• Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 3: ‘Bush Baby’ by Chikodili Emelumadu

  By Africa in Words Guest on 28 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Iquo DianaAbasi This week, we will feature reviews of the five stories shortlisted for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. The prize winner will be announced on Monday 3 July. Today’s review is of Nigerian author Chikodili Emelumadu’s story… Read More ›

• Event: Literary Crossroads, 29 June 2017, Nairobi

  By Africa in Words on 28 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Literary Crossroads Jennifer Makumbi and Okwiri Oduor 29 June 2017, 6pm, Goethe Institute Nairobi The Literary Crossroads Series brings together African writers on the continent and from the diaspora to discuss contemporary trends and themes in literature. The June session… Read More ›

• Event: East African Literary All Stars, 15 July 2017, London

  By Africa in Words on 28 June , 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  East African Literary All Stars 15 Jul 2017, 2:30 pm Southbank Centre, London Stretching from the Arabian sea to the cities of Khartoum, Nairobi, Hargesya and beyond, the ‘Greater Horn of Africa’ is a meeting place of cultures that has… Read More ›

• Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 2: ‘Who Will Greet You At Home’ by Lesley Nneka Arimah

  By Africa in Words Guest on 27 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Kufre Usanga  This week, we will feature reviews of the five stories shortlisted for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. The prize winner will be announced on Monday 3 July. Today’s review is of Nigerian author Lesley Nneka… Read More ›

• Call for Applications / Appel à candidature: Arts Management & Literary Activism Workshop, 5th Annual Writivism Festival, 17-20 August 2017, Kampala, Deadline 30 June 2017

  By Africa in Words on 27 June , 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 1: ‘The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away’ by Bushra al-Fadil

  By Africa in Words Guest on 26 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Rebekah Bale This week, we will feature reviews of the five stories shortlisted for the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing. The prize winner will be announced on Monday 3 July. Our first review is of Sudanese author… Read More ›

• Event: An evening in conversation with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted authors, 28 June 2017, London

  By Africa in Words on 25 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  An evening in conversation with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted authors   Tue 28 June 2017 | 6pm – 8pm | SALT |  Paul Webley Wing | Senate House | SOAS University Chair: Lizzy Attree (Director Caine Prize) Discussant: Carli… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Film Africa 2017, deadline: 30 June 2017

  By Africa in Words on 21 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Call for Submissions Film Africa 2017 deadline: 30 June 2017 Want to see your film on the big screen? Submissions for Film Africa 2017 are now open! Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African… Read More ›

• CfP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature, deadline 1 August 2017

  By Africa in Words on 18 June , 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• ‘”It’s a passport!” my inner voice yells’. Review of Lola Akinmade Åkerström’s Due North

  By Africa in Words Guest on 15 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest:  Janet Remmington With Nigerian passport in hand, fifteen-year-old Lola crossed the Atlantic to study in the US.  The ‘little green book’ soon accumulated visas, each costing hundreds of dollars, as she took to traversing borders in different continents…. Read More ›

• Event: Open Book Festival, 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town

  By Africa in Words on 14 June , 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival 6 – 10 September 2017 LET THE READING BEGIN! The first announcement of the year is always a big moment for us. Finally we can share our… Read More ›

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