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• Call for submissions: Praxis Magazine Online (Open call)

  By Africa in Words on 17 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Praxis Magazine Online is currently inviting submissions in four genres: POETRY, FICTION, NON-FICTION, and JOURNAL STORIES. Specific guidelines for each area appear below, along with the email address for submissions in each genre. Praxis Magazine encourages new and existing contributors to… Read More ›

• Event: Afems Conference 2019, Wits, South Africa (5-7 September)

  By Africa in Words on 14 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  African Feminisms (Afems) 2019 Theorising from the Epicentres of our Agency Wits University 5-7 September 2019​ The third edition of the African Feminisms (Afems) conference will happen from the 5-7 September 2019 at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, in… Read More ›

• Of Odyssean Saga and Romantic Tragedy – a review of Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra of Minorities

  By Africa in Words Guest on 12 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest Tọ́pẹ́ Salaudeen-Adégòkè ‘You paid me evil for all I did for you…’ –An Orchestra of Minorities.  ‘If the luminous intensity of Good did not give the night of Evil its blackness, Evil would lose its appeal.’ –Literature and… Read More ›

• Call for submissions: The Igby Prize For Nonfiction, The Kalahari Review (Deadline: 20 August)

  By Africa in Words on 10 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  You are invited to submit your non-fiction work to The Kalahari Review by 20th August. The theme for this month’s memoir/essay contest at The Kalahari Review is ‘Where we live and why’. Each month The Kalahari Review follows a theme; last… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Sawti Poetry Prize (Deadline: 10 August)

  By Africa in Words on 7 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Sawti Poetry Prize | Tuzo Ya Ushairi Ya Sawti 3 Categories  3 Winners   £500 Prize Each The Sawti Poetry Prize is open! The project organisers welcome submissions in the following languages; English, Arabic, and Kiswahili. This prize is a contribution… Read More ›

• Call for submissions: Utopian Acts (Open call)

  By Africa in Words on 3 August , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Utopian Acts is collecting decolonial utopian resources! During the 2019 Utopian Studies Society conference in Prato this month a number of delegates discussed the lack of attention being paid to indigenous, black and decolonial studies scholarship within the field. Utopian… Read More ›

• Event: Edinburgh International Book Festival (10-26 August)

  By Africa in Words on 31 July , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘The world’s largest public conversation of the written world’ is back! Edinburgh International Book Festival 10-26 August 2019 This year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival programme features non-fiction, fiction, poetry, personal stories, and world affairs. We are delighted to share some… Read More ›

• Call for Applications: Film Africa Travel Grants 2019-2020

  By Africa in Words on 27 July , 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  We are delighted to share this call for applications for Film Africa Travel Grants, a pilot scheme delivered by the Royal African Society in partnership with the British Council. Since its inception in 2011, Film Africa has gone from strength… Read More ›

• Event: ‘Deep End’, Somerset House, London (02 August)

  By Africa in Words on 24 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  ‘Deep End’ Somerset House Studios, Lancaster Rooms London Friday 02 August 1930-2300 Deep End is an evening of poetry, performances and live music exploring Black diasporic identity. Deep end describes a body of water where the depth is greatest. It can also speak… Read More ›

• Event: Zimbabwe International Book Fair (29 July – 2 August)

  By Africa in Words on 20 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Zimbabwe International Book Fair Harare 29 July – 2 August 2019 The dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) have been set for 29 July – 2 August 2019. The event will take place in Harare Gardens, Harare. ZIBF is Africa’s premier book… Read More ›

• Event: International Festival of Poetry and Performative Arts, Maputo (25-27 July)

  By Africa in Words on 17 July , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

   The Mozambican-German Cultural Center (CCMA), Goethe-Zentrum Maputo and the Poetas D’Alma Collective will host the first edition of the International Festival of Poetry and Performative Arts in Maputo to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Poetry Night program, one of… Read More ›

• Call for papers: Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 (Deadline: 30 September)

  By Africa in Words on 13 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease at 60 Northeast Modern Language Association Convention Massachusetts, USA 5-8 March 2020 As Chinua Achebe’s second novel, No Longer at Ease, first published in 1960, arrives at its 60th anniversary, scholars have an opportunity to… Read More ›

• Event: Chibundu Onuzo’s 1991 (13 September)

  By Africa in Words on 10 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  On Friday 13th September Chibundu Onuzo will be at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in London as part of the Africa Utopia Festival 2019. Author of The Spider King’s Daughter Chibundu Onuzo returns with her autobiographical show featuring narrative, music, song… Read More ›

• Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “Skinned”

  By Africa in Words Guest on 9 July , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Tolulope Akinwole AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back, adding to our conversations over the years about prizes and prize culture – see Kate Wallis’ kick off from back in 2013. In the coming days we are… Read More ›

• Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Tochukwo Okafor’s “All Our Lives”

  By Kristen Stern on 7 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: The Caine Prize has recently removed Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor’s “All Our Lives” from the 2019 shortlist, following a decision that there had been “failure to attribute an original source.” Short Story Day Africa, who awarded its 2017 Prize… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: ‘Afrofuturistic Elements’, Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, U.S.A (Deadline: September 01)

  By Africa in Words on 6 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The 10th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, Interdisciplinary Conference at James Madison University, Virginia, USA, 20-21 February 2020 We are delighted to share this call for papers for the panel titled, “The African Notebook: Afrofuturistic Elements in College… Read More ›

• Call For Submissions: Ake Review 2019 (Deadline: 8 July)

  By Africa in Words on 3 July , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We are delighted to share this call for submissions for the Ake Arts and Books Festival’s annual journal. Writers are invited to submit their works for publication in the 2019 edition of the Ake Review. The theme for this year’s festival… Read More ›

• Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Cherrie Kandie’s “Sew My Mouth”

  By Africa in Words Guest on 2 July , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Temitayo Olofinlua This is the third in AiW’s annual Caine Prize for African Writing review series, reviewing all five of the shortlisted stories of 2019’s offerings. We’ve long used the opportunity to talk through the writing recognised by… Read More ›

• Q&A: Margaret Busby on ‘New Daughters of Africa’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 29 June , 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guests: Ellen Mitchell and Sophie Kulik Margaret Busby (OBE) is a Ghanaian born editor, publisher, writer and broadcaster based in London, and has been described as the “Doyenne of Black British Publishing”. Busby was Britain’s youngest and first black… Read More ›

• Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Meron Hadero’s “The Wall”

  By Ellen Addis on 28 June , 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back with this, the second in our reviews of the five shortlisted stories for 2019. In the spirit of our broader and longer conversations about prize culture at Africa in Words – Kate Wallis… Read More ›

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