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Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 5: ‘God’s Children Are Little Broken Things’ by Arinze Ifeakandu
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 ›
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Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 4: ‘The Virus’ by Magogodi Makhene
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 ›
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Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 3: ‘Bush Baby’ by Chikodili Emelumadu
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 ›
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Event: Literary Crossroads, 29 June 2017, Nairobi
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 ›
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Event: East African Literary All Stars, 15 July 2017, London
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 ›
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Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 2: ‘Who Will Greet You At Home’ by Lesley Nneka Arimah
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 ›
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Call for Applications / Appel à candidature: Arts Management & Literary Activism Workshop, 5th Annual Writivism Festival, 17-20 August 2017, Kampala, Deadline 30 June 2017
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 ›
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Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews, Part 1: ‘The Story of the Girl Whose Birds Flew Away’ by Bushra al-Fadil
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 ›
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Event: An evening in conversation with the 2017 Caine Prize shortlisted authors, 28 June 2017, London
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 ›
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Call for Submissions: Film Africa 2017, deadline: 30 June 2017
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 ›
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CfP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature, deadline 1 August 2017
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 ›
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‘”It’s a passport!” my inner voice yells’. Review of Lola Akinmade Åkerström’s Due North
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 ›
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Event: Open Book Festival, 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town
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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Call for Submissions: The Single Story Foundation, deadline: 15 July 2017
Call for Submissions The Single Story Foundation deadline: 15 July 2017 TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted, realistic stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to… Read More ›
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Woe and Womb: A Review of Stay With Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyò
AiW Guest: Sana Goyal When asked about the seeds of her novel Stay With Me, Ayòbámi Adébáyò likes to tell the tale of how Yejide and Akin—two characters she created for a short story—persistently stayed in the corners of… Read More ›
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Event: Digital Blackness Conference, 30 June 2017, University of Sussex
Digital Blackness Culture, Theory and Technology in the Network Ecology 30 June 2017 The Digital Blackness Conference June 30th 2017 is open for registration. Themes on the day include black content creation, black feminist and queer discourses online, emerging… Read More ›
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Review: Introduction to the filmmaker Tunde Kelani and review of his film Pyrolysis or Paralysis
AiW Guest: Babatunde Onikoyi Tunde Kelani is the preeminent Nigerian filmmaker and one of the most distinguished in Africa. His cinematographic endeavours, under the stables of Mainframe Television and Film Production and situated in the heart of the city of… Read More ›
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Event: Novel Writers – Ayobami Adebayo ‘Stay with Me’, 9 June 2017, Spike Island, Bristol
Novel Writers Ayobami Adebayo, Stay with Me Spike Island, Bristol Friday 9 June, 6.30-8pm On Friday 9 June at 6.30pm, Ayobami Adebayo will be reading from and in conversation about her debut novel Stay with Me as part of Spike… Read More ›
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CFP: Interrogating the African literary ‘renaissance’, Université Paris 13- Campus de Villetaneuse, 5 July 2017, Deadline: 9 June 2017
Call for papers Interrogating the African literary ‘renaissance’ With a conference keynote and reading by Billy Kahora, writer and Kwani? editor Université Paris 13- Campus de Villetaneuse – July 5th 2017 As messy and artificial any attempt at literary periodisation… Read More ›
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Call for Applications: Kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship, deadline: 31 May 2017
Call for Applications kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship Deadline: 31 May 2017 THE PROGRAM What is the kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship? The kasahorow Writers’ Fellowship is a four-month program for writers. The program includes customized writing skills training and guidance to plan, write,… Read More ›
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