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• Event: Words that travel: Rhythms of Literature, 21 January 2017, London

  By Africa in Words on 7 December , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  We are BACK! We know you have all been eagerly waiting for this announcement, some probably more than others (we know who you are…), but we are thrilled nonetheless to share with you our final instalment for 2016: Words that Travel:… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric of Humanism, deadline: 15 January 2017

  By Africa in Words on 4 December , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Call for submissions: AFRICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND THE RHETORIC OF HUMANISM deadline: 15 January 2017   The French social philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, in his book Being Singular Plural, (2000) posits that existence is inherently co-existence. This deeply humanistic vision of… Read More ›

• CfP: 17th Annual Africa Conference, University of Texas at Austin, 31 Mar – 2 Apr 2017, deadline 30 November 2016

  By Africa in Words on 30 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Call For Papers 17th Annual Africa Conference at the University of Texas at Austin (March 31-April 2, 2017 Austin, TX) Convened by: Dr. Toyin Falola, Department of History, UT Austin   “Rupturing Colonial Legacies:Colonialisms and Decolonizations in Africa and the… Read More ›

• “I write what I like”: Aké Arts & Book Festival 2016 in Abeokuta, Nigeria

  By Africa in Words Guest on 29 November , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Nathan Suhr-Sytsma The fourth incarnation of the Aké Arts & Book Festival took place 15-19 November 2016, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, the birthplace of Wole Soyinka, and shares a name with Soyinka’s classic memoir of his childhood, Aké. The… Read More ›

• ‘El Hadji Sy. At First I Thought I was Dancing’ in Warsaw: Process, Collectivity and Multiple Interpretations

  By Africa in Words Guest on 28 November , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Karolina Marcinkowska This week, AiW Guest Katarzyna Kubin continues her new series examining the relationship between Africa and Eastern/Central Europe, with this guest piece by Karolina Marcinowska about an exhibition by artist El Hadji Sy in Warsaw, Poland.  The exhibit titled El Hadji… Read More ›

• Establishing a New Literary Prize: The Huza Press Award for Fiction

  By Africa in Words Guest on 27 November , 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  AiW Guest: Louise Umutoni As part of Writivism 2016, University of Bristol, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for African Cultural Excellence collaborated to bring together an Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop. This four-day workshop held in August in Kampala… Read More ›

• Exhibition: Eye to Eye, New Paintings by Abe Odedina, 29 Nov – 4 Dec 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 27 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Eye to Eye – New Paintings by Abe Odedina Copeland Gallery, London Private View: Thursday 1st December, 6.30 – 9.30pm Exhibition: 29th November – 4th December 11.00am – 8.00pm Copeland Gallery, Copeland Park & Bussey Building, 133 Copeland Road, London,… Read More ›

• CfP: Ọyẹ: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture, deadline: 28 February 2017

  By Africa in Words on 23 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Call for Papers Ọyẹ: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture deadline: 28 February 2017 Ọyẹ: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture is an academic journal domiciled in the Department of English and Literary Studies of the Federal University,… Read More ›

• CfP: 23rd ISAPS Conference (International Society for African Philosophy and Studies) 10-11 July 2017, Vienna, deadline: 31 Dec 2016

  By Africa in Words on 20 November , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Call for Papers: 23rd ISAPS Conference (International Society for African Philosophy and Studies) 10th and 11th of July 2017 University of Vienna (Austria) African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna (Austria) in conjunction with the IWK… Read More ›

• A Review of South African Literature Beyond the Cold War by Monica Popescu

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 17 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

   This week, AiW Guest Katarzyna Kubin launches her new series examining the relationship between Africa and Eastern/Central Europe with a review of Monica Popescu’s South African Literature Beyond the Cold War. AiW Guest: Katarzyna Kubin Colonial and postcolonial history has customarily been perceived along a North-South axis,… Read More ›

• Event: Cultural Compounds : What is this ‘New’ Black in Black Popular Culture? London, 19 November 2016

  By Africa in Words on 16 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Cultural Compounds – Conference 1 19 November 2016, SOAS, London ‘WHAT IS THIS [NEW] “BLACK” IN BLACK POPULAR CULTURE?’ Stuart Hall, Social Justice (1993) We take as our starting point, the title of Stuart Hall’s essay, ‘What Is This “Black”… Read More ›

• A New Series on Africa and Eastern/Central Europe

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 14 November , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  A new AiW series curated by AiW Guest Katarzyna Kubin examines relations between Africa and Eastern/Central Europe.  AiW Guest: Katarzyna Kubin In the essay “How Poles Became White,” the anthropologist, Kacper Pobłocki, writes: “Ideas tend to get ‘incarcerated’ into places. One… Read More ›

• Event: AFRIFF film festival, Lagos, 13-20 November 2016

  By Africa in Words on 13 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  AFRIFF African International Film Festival 6th edition Lagos, 13 – 20 November 2016 This season, the annual Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) returns for its sixth year of cinematic celebration with an impressive line-up of movie premieres, film screenings, industry… Read More ›

• A Review of Route 234: An Anthology of Nigerian Travel Writing

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 10 November , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Jade Lee For all of the genre’s diverse geographical settings, much travel writing has depended on a relatively consistent viewpoint. For the Western reader (especially the white, male variety) there are certain expectations of where the travelogue will… Read More ›

• CfP: Legacies of Biafra: Reflections on the Nigeria-Biafra war 50 years on, 21-22 April 2017, London, deadline: 31 Dec 2016

  By Africa in Words on 9 November , 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  The 6th Annual International Igbo Conference Theme: Legacies of Biafra: Reflections on the Nigeria-Biafra war 50 years on SOAS, University of London, April 21-22, 2017 Call for Papers The Annual Igbo Conference has carved out a unique space, serving as… Read More ›

• Why is Translation Important?: Publishing African Literature Across Languages

  By Africa in Words Guest on 7 November , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  AiW Guest: Edwige-Renée DRO As part of Writivism 2016, University of Bristol, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for African Cultural Excellence collaborated to bring together an Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop. This four-day workshop held in August in Kampala… Read More ›

• CfP: “Imagining Africa’s Future: Language, Culture, Governance, Development, SOAS Africa Conference, 20-21 July 2017, London, deadline 10 Dec 2016

  By Africa in Words on 6 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS SOAS Africa Conference, 2017 “Imagining Africa’s Future: Language, Culture, Governance, Development” 20th and 21st of July 2017 Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS-University of London deadline: 10 December 2016 The SOAS Centre of African studies (CAS) hereby calls… Read More ›

• Q&A: Leye Adenle interviews Julie Iromuanya on her debut novel Mr. and Mrs. Doctor

  By Africa in Words on 4 November , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This is the second in a series of three posts in which debut authors Leye Adenle, Jowhor Ile and Julie Iromuanya interview each other on their first books. Here Leye Adenle and Julie Iromuanya discuss Julie’s first novel Mr. and… Read More ›

• Q&A: Jowhor Ile interviews Leye Adenle on Easy Motion Tourist

  By Africa in Words on 4 November , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This is the first in a series of three posts in which debut authors Leye Adenle, Julie Iromuanya, and Jowhor Ile interview each other on their first books. Here Jowhor Ile and Leye Adenle discuss Leye’s first novel Easy Motion… Read More ›

• Q&A: Julie Iromuanya interviews Jowhor Ile on his debut novel And After Many Days

  By Africa in Words on 4 November , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This is the last in a series of three posts in which debut authors Leye Adenle, Julie Iromuanya, and Jowhor Ile interview each other on their first books. Here Julie Iromuanya and Jowhor Ile discuss Jowhor’s first novel And After… Read More ›

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