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• Event: Writing the South African City Colloquium, 16-17 June 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 8 June , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Writing the South African City LSE, London 16th-17th June Registration is now open for this year’s Writing South Africa Now: a Colloquium, hosted in London by LSE Cities, in association with the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge. The colloquium is open… Read More ›

• Q&A with Ernest Emenyonu on African Children’s Literature

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

  

  At the recent African Literature Association conference in Atlanta, Africa in Words had the opportunity to speak with Ernest N. Emenyonu, Professor and Chair of the Africana Studies department at the University of Michigan-Flint, about African Literature Today’s latest issue, “Children’s Literature… Read More ›

• Event: Africa Together Conference, 10 June 2016, Cambridge

  By Africa in Words on 5 June , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Africa Together 2016 3rd Annual Africa Together Conference Theme: Engendering an Inclusive Africa 10th June 2016 Cambridge University Union, Cambridge The African Society of Cambridge University (ASCU) is proud to announce the third annual ‘Africa Together’ conference to be held… Read More ›

• Event: Africa Writes, 1-3 July 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 3 June , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Africa Writes is the Royal African Society’s annual literature festival. Celebrating its 5th year, Africa Writes 2016 will bring together over 50 authors, poets, publishers and experts for a stimulating and exciting three days! Every year the festival showcases established… Read More ›

• 2016 Caine Prize Shortlist: Review of Abdul Adan’s “The Lifebloom Gift”

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 2 June , 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  It’s Caine Prize season again! Before the judges’ announcement on 4th July, we’re having a look at each of the shortlisted stories. This week, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva reviews Abdul Adan’s “The Lifebloom Gift.” AiW Guest: Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva “The Lifebloom Gift” will be remembered as one of the… Read More ›

• CfP: Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History, 24-25 March 2017, Nashville, Deadline 15 November 2016

  By Africa in Words on 1 June , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History, 24-25 March 2017, Nashville, Tennessee Deadline 15 November 2016 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) invites proposals for its second annual conference scheduled to take place at Vanderbilt University on March 24-25, 2017…. Read More ›

• Review: Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 30 May , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  AiW Guest: Rashi Rohatgi Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology Anthologie Des Meilleures “Nouveaux” Poètes Africains 2015 Antologia Dos Melhores “Novos” Poetas Africanos 2015 “We couldn’t give poets topics because we are not Africa. We didn’t want to determine what Africa… Read More ›

• Exhibition: Call me by my name – Stories from Calais and beyond, 2-22 June 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 29 May , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Call me by my name: Stories from Calais and beyond Londonewcastle Project Space, 28 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP 2 June – 22 June 2016 | 12pm–8pm (open every day) Free admission ‘Call me by my name’ is the latest exhibition… Read More ›

• Review: Things We Lost in the Fire by Vuyelwa Maluleke

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 26 May , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Toni Stuart  Vuyelwa Maluleke’s Things We Lost in the Fire is a meditation on all that still lies broken within and between South Africans. It is at once a meditation on the woundedness of South Africa’s black men, and,… Read More ›

• CfP: African and Diasporan African Literature: Imaginings, Modernities and Visions, 5-6 October 2016, Pretoria, Deadline: 30 May 2016

  By Africa in Words on 25 May , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Call for Papers Second Call Tydskrif vir Letterkunde and the Southern Modernities Project present a conference on “African and Diasporan African Literature: Imaginings, Modernities and Visions” 5-6 October 2016 University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Deadline for Proposals: 30 May… Read More ›

• Q&A with Toni Stuart: Poetry gives people the power to make their voices heard

  By mattlecznar on 23 May , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  AiW Guest: Matthew Lecznar Toni Stuart is a South African poet, performer and spoken word educator, who presently works between Cape Town and London. Her work has been published in anthologies, journals and non-fiction books in South Africa and internationally. In 2013,… Read More ›

• CfP: Circulations: The (un)making of Southern Africa beyond and across borders, 3-4 November 2016, Johannesburg, Deadline: 30 May 2016

  By Africa in Words on 22 May , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  International Conference “Circulations: the (un)making of Southern Africa beyond and across borders” Johannesburg, 3-4 November 2016 Venue: Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, Wits University, East Campus Deadline: 30 May 2016 While transnational approaches have flourished in history and… Read More ›

• Event: Cassava Republic Press Salon with Hawa Jande Golakai and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, 27 May 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 18 May , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Event: Cassava Republic Press Salon with Hawa Jande Golakai and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, hosted by Margie Orford in Waterstones Piccadilly, London

• Event: An eye for the “other”: Representations of alterity in contemporary postcolonial “texts”, 18 May 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 15 May , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  An eye for the “other”: Representations of alterity in contemporary postcolonial “texts” Date: 18 May 2016 Time: 5:00 PM Finishes: 18 May 2016 Time: 7:00 PM Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: L67 Type of Event: Forum Series: CCLPS Critical Forum The condition… Read More ›

• Review: A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 12 May , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Matthew Lecznar A General Theory of Oblivion tells the real life story of Ludovica Fernandes Mano, a Portuguese woman who spent most of her life in Luanda, Angola. The narrative is framed by Ludo’s remarkable decision to brick herself… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: Saraba Magazine, Issue 19 “Power” and 20 “Money”, Deadline: 15 May 2016

  By Africa in Words on 11 May , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Saraba Magazine welcomes submissions for 2016.  Saraba will explore the theme of “Power” for its nineteenth issue, and the theme of “Money” for its twentieth issue. Issue 19: POWER Power is everywhere, diffused and embodied. What is Power? Where is Power?… Read More ›

• Q&A: Justice is merely a feeling – Peter Kagayi

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

  

  AiW Author: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire Peter Kagayi is a Ugandan poet and lawyer. Recently announced as Anglophone coordinator at Writivism, he has taught Literature in various secondary schools in Uganda and was President of the Lantern Meet of Poets until recently. He curates… Read More ›

• Event: Future Assembly Exhibition “It’s also a Solo Journey” and Artists’ Platforms, 29 April – 22 May 2016, London

  By Africa in Words on 8 May , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  New art initiative Future Assembly announces Session One Exhibition and Public Programme It’s also a Solo Journey, News of the world gallery, 50 Resolution Way, Deptford, London, SE8 4NT, 29 April to 22 May 2016 Artists’ Platforms, Diaspora and Transnational… Read More ›

• CfP: 32nd Annual National Conference and 2016 IFESAN, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Deadline: 15 July 2016

  By Africa in Words on 4 May , 2016 • ( 2 )

  English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN) (Formerly NESA) In collaboration with Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria announces 32nd Annual National Conference 50th Anniversary of the Association and 2016 IFESAN Date: 5 – 8 September , 2016; Venue: Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University English… Read More ›

• Event: Manchester Literature Festival Presents: Marlon James, 27 May 2016, Manchester

  By Africa in Words on 1 May , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Manchester Literature Festival Presents: Marlon James 27 May 2016, 7pm, Manchester One of the most exciting voices to emerge from the Caribbean, Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize with A Brief History of Seven Killings. A fictional account… Read More ›

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