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• Review: Ebola ’76 by Amir Tag-Elsir

  By Africa in Words Guest on 17 December , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Réhab Abdelghany Ebola ’76 is a short novel by acclaimed Sudanese writer Amir Tag-Elsir, whose The Grub Hunter (2010) was short-listed for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2011 and long-listed for the Arab Booker. Published originally… Read More ›

• CfP: Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures, London, 1-2 April 2016, Deadline 31 December 2015

  By Africa in Words on 16 December , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Igbo Fusions: Past, Present and Futures 5th Annual International Igbo Conference 1-2 April  2016 – SOAS, University of London, UK Deadline: 31 December 2015 The Annual Igbo Conference has carved out a unique space, serving as a bridge between the… Read More ›

• CfP: Special issue: Spatialities and Colonial Legacies/Locations in Postcolonial Literature, Deadline 15 February 2016

  By Africa in Words on 13 December , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Spatialities and Colonial Legacies Locations in Postcolonial Literature Journal of Postcolonial Writing Deadline 15 February 2016 Space has been a central concern of postcolonial studies since the 1978 publication of Said’s Orientalism and its exposition of the ‘imaginative geographies’ of colonial conquest…. Read More ›

• List in the new ‘Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa’ – for March 2016

  By Africa in Words on 9 December , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The 2016 Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa is calling for people who want to list or advertise in its latest edition. Reviewing the last one in 2013, we agreed with  Publishing Perspectives that it was ‘a beauty’ – and the very definition of something… Read More ›

• Ethiopia in Transition at Film Africa 2015

  By Africa in Words on 7 December , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Mike Thomas Four years after Lindiwe Dovey and Namvula Rennie founded Film Africa in 2011, in association with the Royal African Society (RAS) and SOAS, the 2015 edition of the film festival offered the Ethiopia in Transition strand,… Read More ›

• Leading African Publisher to launch in the UK introducing the finest new voices from the continent

  By Africa in Words on 6 December , 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Cassava Republic Press, a leading African publishing house, is set to launch in the UK in April 2016 it was announced today. Introducing an eclectic list of quality literary fiction, crime, young adult fiction, children’s books, and romantic fiction under… Read More ›

• Fiction Writing Workshop with Taiye Selasi, Nnedi Okorafor and Helon Habila: Ake Arts & Book Festival, Review

  By Africa in Words Guest on 3 December , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Africa in Words Guest: Socrates Mbamalu Now in its third year, the Aké Arts and Book Festival is perhaps not only the largest and best organised gathering of African writers on the continent, but also the most representative of significant debates… Read More ›

• From Aké to Kwani? Litfest: Ten Questions with Taiye Selasi

  By Africa in Words on 2 December , 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  This year the Aké Review (the official journal of the Aké Arts and Book Festival) asked guests ten questions ahead of the festival – from whether they write in their mother tongue to what karaoke song they would like to sing.   Two of these… Read More ›

• Event: Women and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Medicine, Art, Activism, 7-8 December 2015, London

  By Africa in Words on 2 December , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  7-8 December 2015 Keynes Library (43 Gordon Square), Birkbeck, University of London, School of Arts The crisis of HIV/AIDS in South Africa is clearly not over. Women and children are bearing the brunt. Our symposium draws attention to the particular… Read More ›

• From Aké to Kwani? Litfest: Ten Questions with Siphiwo Mahala

  By Africa in Words on 1 December , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  This year the Aké Review (the official journal of the Aké Arts and Book Festival) asked guests ten questions ahead of the festival – from whether they write in their mother tongue to what karaoke song they would like to sing.  … Read More ›

• Review: poetry from Modjaji Books – ‘Now the World Takes These Breaths’ by Joan Metelerkamp and ‘The Attribute of Poetry’ by Elisa Galgut

  By Tom Penfold on 30 November , 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  AiW Guest: Tom Penfold. Now the World Takes These Breaths by Joan Metelerkamp Joan Metelerkamp is one of the most consistent and articulate poets of South Africa’s post-apartheid literary landscape. Alongside other contributors to the New Coin journal that she… Read More ›

• Event: 2015 Kwani? Litfest: Beyond the Map of English, 1 – 6 December 2015, Nairobi

  By Africa in Words on 29 November , 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  1st-6th December 2015 Nairobi The fifth edition of Kwani? Litfest, a biennial gathering of writers, artists and thinkers from across Africa, takes place from 1st- 6th December 2015.

• Review: Giving Thanks – Natasha Soobramanien’s ‘Genie and Paul’

  By rashenka on 26 November , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As a second-generation American, Thanksgiving seemed to me a less-accessible holiday than, say, Halloween: my grandparents weren’t always available and, frankly, turkey and football still both seem pointless. After leaving the country of my birth behind, though, I’ve started to… Read More ›

• Event: Professor Martin Evans: Situating Algeria within a Global Perspective, University of Sussex, 8 December 2015

  By Africa in Words on 25 November , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Comparisons, Connections, Public Engagement: Situating Contemporary Algeria within a Global Perspective Professor Martin Evans, Professor of Modern European History Tuesday 8 December, 6.30pm Chowen Lecture Theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK Algeria experienced one of the longest and bloodiest… Read More ›

• Borderless Words: The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2015

  By Africa in Words Guest on 23 November , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Iquo DianaAbasi The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2015 was themed ‘Borderless Words’, aptly so in this period of migrations within Africa and across Europe. The organizers say that in the light of border restrictions, they choose to see… Read More ›

• CfP: International James Baldwin Conference, American University of Paris, 26-28 May 2016, deadline 1 December 2015

  By Africa in Words on 22 November , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  International James Baldwin Conference American University of Paris 26-28 May 2016 The American University in Paris [AUP] is proud to announce its upcoming conference “A Language to Dwell In”: James Baldwin, Paris, and International Visions from 26-28 May 2016. The… Read More ›

• Winners Announcement for the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature

  By Africa in Words on 18 November , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The Winners of the new Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature were announced today (17 NOVEMBER 2015).  The prize has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages. 

• Event: History as Narrative, 19 November 2015, New York

  By Africa in Words on 18 November , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  History As Narrative New York 19 November 2015 The Mantle and Shakespeare & Co. invite you to an exclusive event with two of Africa’s hottest writers. Donald Molosi (Botswana) and Chinelo Okparanta (Nigeria) will read from their latest work and… Read More ›

• Series of Events: African Connections, Being Human – Festival of the Humanities, 19/21/22 November 2015, Bristol

  By Africa in Words on 15 November , 2015 • ( 0 )

  African Connections  Panel Debate / Film Screening / Poetry Workshop Bristol The 2015 Being Human – Festival of the Humanities has events happening all over the UK from 12 – 22 November and includes three events on “African Connections”.

• Event: From Africa to Future Study Day, The Showroom London, 14 November 2016

  By Africa in Words on 11 November , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Saturday 14th November, 12-8pm The Showroom  63 Penfold Street, NW8 8PQ London, United Kingdom This event is a part of From Africa to Future: SYFU residency in The Chimurenga Library @ The Showroom Join sorryyoufeeluncomfortable for a Study Day to develop… Read More ›

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