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• Introducing Poetry Africa 2021 & AiW Words on the Times…

  By Africa in Words on 8 October , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW are excited to share advance news of a mini-series, in collaboration with Poetry Africa 2021, of our Words on the Times Q&A subset – with poets who are participating in the 25th edition of the festival this year. Running… Read More ›

• Calls for & Opportunities… roundup of September’s (2021)

  By Africa in Words on 6 October , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Alongside our sister post, our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar from our social media feeds, we catch up with our “calls for” posts this month, for opportunities and contributions – academic and creative – collated… Read More ›

• In other Words… AiW news & wrap for September

  By Africa in Words on 6 October , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  We also continue with our separate sister “Calls for” post as part of our “Other Words” this month,… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – TVOTRIBE

  By Africa in Words Guest on 16 September , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 10 September , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• August’s Calls for & Opportunities… roundup

  By Africa in Words on 2 September , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Jump to: Scholarly & Academic Creative-Critical – Makers & Producers Alongside our sister post, our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar from our social media feeds (already up on the site to check out at the… Read More ›

• In other Words… AiW news and July-August’s wrap

  By Africa in Words on 2 September , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. This month we are covering news and events across July and August following our short holiday hiatus from… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Eriye Onagoruwa, author of “Dear Alaere”, & Ibiso Graham-Douglas, founder of Paperworth Books Ltd

  By Africa in Words Guest on 27 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• AiW long read: Caine 2021 – A prize coming of age

  By Africa in Words Guest on 24 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Doseline Kiguru AiW note: As with every year since “Joining the Caine Prize ‘Blog-Carnival’” back in 2013 — Africa in Words has engaged with the AKO Caine Prize for African Writers in the run up to the winner… Read More ›

• Q&A: The New Brighton Art School – Madoda Honi

  By Tom Penfold on 20 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With AiW Guests: Dolla Sapeta and Madoda Honi. AiW note: A few weeks ago, Africa in Words published the first of our pioneering posts promoting the work of the New Brighton Art School. We sat down with Dolla Sapeta, its founder, to… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – author and educator Priscilla Musoki, Gogo Diaries Sweden

  By Africa in Words Guest on 17 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 13 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 11 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 6 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• July’s Calls for & Opportunities… roundup

  By Africa in Words on 3 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Jump to: Scholarly & Academic Creative-Critical – Makers & Producers Catch up with our “calls for” post this month, for opportunities and contributions – academic and creative – collated from various platforms and across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. (This… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Iryn Tushabe

  By Africa in Words Guest on 22 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 21 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 20 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Africa in Words Guest on 19 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Review Caine 2021: “Repeat after me: My mother has been ushered into the spirit world” – Iryn Tushabe’s ‘A Separation’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 16 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›

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