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Spotlight on… Die Antwoord: the artifice of art, the art of artifice
AiW Guest: Sanya Osha …with a longer form read for us, at around 2.5k words… The recent ‘cancellation’ of Die Antwoord – the South African ‘zef’ subculture-proclaiming, alternative hip hop duo – and their subsequent withdrawal from the public eye,… Read More ›
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Q&A / Calls for… Nozipho Wabatagore and ‘Queer Africa: Resilience and Hopeful Now’
AiW note: this is the first in a welcome return for us at AiW to posts in the “Calls for…” category – calling for submissions to events, collections, issues, awards, all and sundries, etc. – in this case, for creative… Read More ›
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Q&A: Serawit Bekele Debele —Literatures of the Horn of Africa, a conversation series
AiW Guests Interviewers: Farida Elshafei, Ilana Graham, Lauryn Jenkins, Noha Choudhry. Interviewee: Serawit Bekele Debele. 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… Read More ›
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Q&A: Eyob Derillo– Literatures of the Horn of Africa, a conversation series
AiW Guests Interviewers: Jiali Chen, Josephine Stanton, George Ackerley, Natalia Bielecka Interviewee: Eyob Derillo Interview date: 12 January 2022. AiW note: This is one in a series of interviews carried out by undergraduate students as part of the module “Ethiopian,… Read More ›
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Review: The Renegade Poet, ‘Femi Morgan, coming through ‘The Year of Fire’
AiW Guest: Ugochukwu Anadị. ‘Femi Morgan’s most recent collection The Year of Fire (Baron’s Cafe, 2021) is a poetry of lamentations, of anger, and of defiant resilience. Forming itself around (re)negotiations, of the self and space, the slim volume of… Read More ›
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Q&A: Professor Ghirmai Negash – Literatures of the Horn of Africa, a conversation series
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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Review and Q&A: Leila Aboulela’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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Review: The Past Is Never Dead – Ever Obi’s ‘Some Angels Don’t See God’
AiW Guest: Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè. AiW note: Our Guest Reviewer,Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè, reviews Ever Obi’s second novel, a book which tackles the difficult and taboo subjects entangled around incestuous child sexuality in the home. Accompanying the review today is Adégòkè’s Q&A with… Read More ›
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Spotlight on… Afrobeats ascendant – into 2023
AiW Guest: Sanya Osha. Afrobeats is arguably a musical genre that initially evolved tied to the apron strings, albeit tenuously, of the magnificent legacy of Nigeria’s Fela Kuti – but one that has nonetheless managed to find its own direction… Read More ›
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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 ›
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Refocusing Le Retour: Three Franco-Senegalese Works
AiW Guest: Sebastian Boivin. In an increasingly dynamic and interconnected geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape, so many of us think about the journey of migrants; fewer about their return. Work regarding the topic, including in francophone text from Africa, has focused… Read More ›
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AiW Featured - archive highlights ›
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Archives spotlight – Past & Present: Maryse Condé – ‘Segu’ and ‘The History of the Cannibal Woman’
25 April , 2024
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Words on…Past & Present: The International Black Speculative Writing Festival (London & Remote)
29 January , 2024
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Q&A: Publishing roundtable – #ReadingAfricaWeek
6 December , 2023
Conversations with - interview, dialogue, Q&A ›
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Q&A: Koleka Putuma -Revolutionising the archive and (backspace) dancing… ‘Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come in’
8 May , 2024
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Q&A: Words on… e-Kitabu – the Rights Café, Nairobi International Book Fair
24 November , 2023
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Q&A: Words on… Ambassadors at the Rights Café, Nairobi International Book Fair
24 November , 2023
Reviews & Spotlights on... ›
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Review: Connection and Legacy – Remembering ‘Before Them, We’ (2022)
29 February , 2024
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Review: Tragedy and Resilience in Lagos – The Truth About Sadia by Lola Akande
10 November , 2023
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Spotlight on… Die Antwoord: the artifice of art, the art of artifice
25 August , 2023