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• Deep Rivulets of Feeling: A Review of Viola Allo’s Bird from Africa

  By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 28 April , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  AiW Guest: Tamara Moellenberg This month, Tamara Moellenberg continues our deep dive into Eight New Generation African Poets with a review of Viola Allo’s Bird from Africa. Here is a poet who writes from herself, who seeks to express, not impress–though impress she… Read More ›

• Event: 13th Festival de Cine Africano, 26 May – 4 June 2016, Tarifa / Tangiers

  By Africa in Words on 27 April , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  13th Festival de Cine Africano 26 May – 3 June 2016 – Tangiers 27 May – 4 June 2016 – Tarifa After having celebrated the last four editions in Cordoba, the African Film Festival-FCAT will hold its 13th edition in… Read More ›

• Q&A: Law is a form of literature – Busingye Kabumba

  By Africa in Words Guest on 25 April , 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  AiW Author: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire Dr. Busingye Kabumba teaches Human Rights and International Law at Makerere and other universities. Educated at the University of Pretoria, Harvard, Oxford and Makerere, Busingye is also a partner at Development Law Associates, a legal consulting… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: IBPF Poetry Mentorship / Residency Programme, Deadline: 2 May 2016

  By Africa in Words on 24 April , 2016 • ( 1 )

  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: IBPF POETRY MENTORSHIP/RESIDENCY PROGRAMME Deadline: 2 May 2016 This is to invite interested poets to apply for the first Ibadan Poetry Foundation (IBPF) Poetry Workshop. The Workshop is specifically for the upcoming and potential Nigerian writer who… Read More ›

• Event: Book Discussion on ‘City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp’ 27 April 2016, London

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

  

  Book Discussion on ‘City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp’ Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 7:15pm to 8:45pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG Speakers: Ben Rawlence (author of City of Thorns) &… Read More ›

• Exhibition: Fashion Cities Africa, 30 April 2016 – 8 January 2017, Brighton

  By Africa in Words on 17 April , 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Fashion Cities Africa Start: 30 April 2016 at 10:00 am End: 8 January 2017 at 5:00 pm Brighton Museum The first major UK exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion will open at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery on 30 April… Read More ›

• Event: An Evening of New African Fiction, University of Bristol, 20 April 2016

  By Africa in Words on 13 April , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  An Evening of New African Fiction: With Doreen Baingana, Elnathan John, Billy Kahora & Irenosen Okojie 5pm, Wednesday 20 April 2016 University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road, LT1 Free (no booking required) & refreshments will be provided Nikesh Shukla hosts a… Read More ›

• Event: 5th African Popular Cultures Workshop: (Re)Viewing the Visual, Sussex, 19 April 2016

  By Africa in Words on 13 April , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The School of English and the Sussex Africa Centre Postgraduate Committee invite you to the 5th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex (Re)Viewing the Visual Tuesday 19th April 2016, 12.45pm – 5.45pm English Social Space (B274), Arts… Read More ›

• Telling the African Story: A Review of Janet Kofi-Tsekpo’s Yellow Iris

  By Africa in Words Guest on 11 April , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Jovia Salifu This month, Jovia Salifu continues our deep dive into Eight New Generation African Poets. As a lover of poetry, it is always a wonderful feeling to come across beautiful poetry. It is even more exciting when… Read More ›

• CFP: Africa Research Day “Redefining the Past, Imagining the Future” 25 May 2016, London, Deadline 19 April 2016

  By Africa in Words on 10 April , 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  Call for Papers Africa Research Day “Redefining the Past, Imagining the Future” 25 May 2016, London, Deadline 29 April 2016 Looking at Africa’s past is not only relevant for students and researchers of history. Worldover, movements of de-colonisation are calling… Read More ›

• Event: Past Reflections: The African Impression on the World, 19 April 2016, London

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

  

  Past Reflections: The African Impression on the World 19 April 2016, 6.30 – 9pm Black Cultural Archives 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, London SW2 1EF Narrative Eye, in collaboration with Black Cultural Archives, uncovers the early migrations of African people across the globe… Read More ›

• Q& A: “It’s just not enough to be a lawyer” – Sophie Alal on law and literature

  By Africa in Words Guest on 4 April , 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  AiW Author: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire Sophie Alal founded Deyu African, a non-profit that publishes folk tales, literary work, commentary and journalism about arts and culture. She is an accomplished writer of short stories, poetry, and flash fiction. Her work has… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: The two Babishai 2016 Poetry Awards, Deadline 22 May 2016

  By Miriam Pahl on 3 April , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  THE TWO BABISHAI 2016 POETRY AWARDS Call for Submissions Deadline 22 May 2016 CATEGORY 1: THE BABISHAIKU 2016 POETRY AWARD Guidelines for submissions: “We are looking forward to Africa themed haiku i.e. haiku about African sights and sounds. Haiku must… Read More ›

• Longform Q&A: Margie Orford, ‘Queen of South African crime fiction’

  By Katie Reid on 31 March , 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Margie Orford – ‘the Queen of South African crime fiction’ – is also an award-winning journalist, photographer, film director, and children’s author. Her internationally acclaimed literary crime fiction novels, featuring her journalist lead Clare Hart who assists the police investigating… Read More ›

• Event: New Voices of Nigeria, 6 April 2016, Oxford Literary Festival

  By Africa in Words on 30 March , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  New Voices of Nigeria: Elnathan John, Sarah Ladipo Manyika and Leye Adenle Chaired by Paul Blezard Wednesday 6 April 2016 Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre A group of authors and publishers join forces to discuss new Nigerian writing to mark… Read More ›

• CfP: A Room of Her Own: Writing Women’s Independence around the Globe, 20th May 2016, Leeds, Deadline: 4 April 2016

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

  

  CFP: A Room of Her Own: Writing Women’s Independence around the Globe Friday 20th May 2016 University of Leeds (Blenheim Terrace House, 11-14, Room G.02), between 10.00 am until 5/6.00 pm The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is… Read More ›

• Living in and through Zambia: Review of Tanvi Bush’s ‘Witch Girl’ (Modjaji Books)

  By Africa in Words Guest on 24 March , 2016 • ( 4 )

  AiW Guest: Gráinne O’Connell Witch Girl is a 2015 novel that reads like a play. Indeed, I hope to see more titles by this author, including plays. The title of the book, Witch Girl, reflects in part that the protagonist… Read More ›

• Review: Moses Tladi UNEARTHED, South African National Gallery, 24 September 2015 – 31 March 2016

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

  

  AiW Guest: Anthea Gordon To get to the South African National Art Gallery (SANG) you walk through the Company Gardens in Cape Town’s city centre. After passing baobab trees, a rose garden, and fountains in the middle of green lawns,… Read More ›

• CfP: Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance, 21-24 July 2016, Abuja, Deadline 31 March 2016

  By Africa in Words on 23 March , 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance 2016 AfTA Annual International Conference University of Abuja, Nigeria 21 – 24 July 2016 Theatre and Performance have developed along several major lines of enquiry in Africa over the last six decades from… Read More ›

• CfP: Philosophy of “Race” and Racism, 27-29 June 2016, Oxford, Deadline 23 April 2016

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

  

  Philosophy of “Race” and Racism Conference 27-29 June 2016 University of Oxford, Philosophy Faculty W. E. B. Du Bois famously wrote that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line”. All of us now are well… Read More ›

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