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• Call for Entries: Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival 2015

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

  

  Call for entries: short films and documentaries for  Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival 2015 Film-makers of African nationality are invited to submit short films of no longer than 30 minutes and/ or documentary films of 30 minutes or more for Africa in… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Emergent Discourses on African Literature (Deadline 12 May 2015)

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

  

  Emergent Discourses on African Literature at Africa Writes Friday 3 July 2015, 2:00-3:30PM, British Library Africa Writes invites PhD students and early career researchers to present and discuss new research on African literatures. Africa Writes is an annual festival organised by the Royal African… Read More ›

• Great War in Africa Conference 2015, Stellenbosch

  By Africa in Words on 6 May , 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Great War in Africa Conference Stellenbosch, South Africa 29 – 30 June 2015   The First World War has shaped the world in which we live. The emphasis has fallen heavily upon the Western Front. Increasing light has also been… Read More ›

• African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability

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

  

  African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability 15 May 2015 – 16 May 2015 CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT – SG1&2 Convenors Britt Baillie (University of Cambridge, Affiliated Lecturer in the Division of Archaeology) Chris Boonzaaier (University… Read More ›

• Africa Writes 2015 – Call for Volunteers (deadline Monday!)

  By Africa in Words on 29 April , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The Royal African Society is looking for volunteers with a passion for African literature to help run Africa Writes, which returns for its fourth year running! About us Africa Writes is an annual festival organised by the Royal African Society,… Read More ›

• Saraba issue 17: Survival – now out

  By Rebecca Jones on 27 April , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  A quick heads up that the latest issue of Saraba Magazine is now out, and available to download for free here: http://www.sarabamag.com/the-survival-issue This issue is themed around ‘Survival’, and as Saraba puts it: “A word from the 1590s, “survival” implies the… Read More ›

• Centre of African Studies 50th Anniversary Lecture: Yinka Shonibare MBE RA

  By Africa in Words on 26 April , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Yinka Shonibare Wednesday, May 13th | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Brunei Galler Lecture Theatre (BGLT), SOAS The Centre of African Studies is honoured to welcome the renowned artist Yinka Shonibare MBE RA to deliver our annual lecture, marking the… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Researching Nigeria Day

  By Africa in Words on 22 April , 2015 • ( 1 )

  Researching Nigeria Day 18th June 2015 University of Birmingham The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites participants to present and discuss new research on Nigeria at a daylong workshop on 18th June 2015. The… Read More ›

• ‘Ratnakara’ (the creator of gems): photography across the Indian Ocean

  By C E Hastings on 21 April , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m a big fan of the digitisation projects going on around universities and archives to make historical photographs accessible to everyone. Whilst it’s amazing to see an original daguerrotype, beautifully preserved and framed (or even in a special collection room… Read More ›

• “What’s Happening Over There?”: World Literature from the Global South – Man Booker International Public Panel, 26.03.2015

  By Africa in Words Guest on 17 April , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Sarah Middleton. It has become hard to imagine living in a place where there’s a constant supply of electricity. In Cape Town we experience load-shedding, like the rest of the country, as a measure to prevent the collapse… Read More ›

• CFP: Postcolonial Mobilities in the Francophone World

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

  

  Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, in association with Liverpool University Press, welcome reflections on the following: Postcolonial Mobilities in the Francophone World Friday 13 & Saturday 14 November 2015 Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London, The large-scale movement… Read More ›

• Q&A with Muthi Nhlema: Time Travel, Nelson Mandela, and Digital Publishing

  By Stephanie Santana on 13 April , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Malawian writer Muthi Nhlema’s story “Ta O’Reva,” about a time-traveling Nelson Mandela, is competing in a “Long-Short Story Contest” held by online publisher Freeditorial. The contest, which will conclude on July 4, 2015, will be decided by the highest number… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: The Journal of History and Cultures

  By Africa in Words on 12 April , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The Journalof History and Cultures (JHAC) is inviting postgraduates and early career academics to submit articles or book reviews for its next issue. JHAC is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to pioneering new research in history and cultures. Drawing on… Read More ›

• Zanele Muholi & Lerato Dumse at the University of Brighton (12/03/15)

  By Africa in Words Guest on 10 April , 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  AiW Guest: Tessa Lewin.  On 12th March 2015 the University of Brighton was visited by two extraordinary South Africans – Zanele Muholi and Lerato Dumse. They were talking about queer black visual activism in South Africa, 21 years after the advent… Read More ›

• Funmi Olawumi at Union Chapel, London (10/05/15)

  By Africa in Words on 8 April , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Joyful Noise presents: Funmi Olawumi Friday 10 April, 7pm Union Chapel, London Price: £17 / £15 concessions Nigerian singer Funmi Olawumi, the leader and founder of the Yoruba Women Choir, performs an intimate show with her band as she premiers… Read More ›

• New African fiction, poetry and non-fiction for the coming months

  By Rebecca Jones on 6 April , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  As the seasons change and Spring begins to arrive here in the UK, it seems a good time look forward to some forthcoming African fiction, non-fiction and poetry releases due over the next few months. What are you looking forward… Read More ›

• Review: Stellenbosch Dirt Colloquium, March 2015

  By Africa in Words Guest on 2 April , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest: Eckard Smuts. Now, almost two weeks after the event, as I try to assemble a tidy picture of the sway and flow of our numerous discussions, an image comes back to me: a horn, black, from the mouth… Read More ›

• Future Sounds of Mzansi – Film Screening

  By Africa in Words on 1 April , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Future Sound of Mzansi – Film Screening 28 April 2015, 8pm Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS dir. Nthato Mokgata & Lebogang Rasethaba, South Africa 2014, 1h38m Co-directed by performance artist and producer Spoek Mathambo, this documentary aims to explore, express, and… Read More ›

• 4th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex: Alternative Archives

  By Africa in Words on 30 March , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The School of English and the Sussex Africa Centre Postgraduate Committee invite you to the 4th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex Alternative Archives Monday 13th April 2015, 1.30pm – 7.30pm English Social Space (B274), Arts B… Read More ›

• Modjaji’s 8th Birthday Party

  By Africa in Words on 29 March , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  On March 29th, Modjaji Books are having a party to celebrate being 8 years old this year. We are also setting up a Poetry Fund so that Modjaji Books can sustain our existing poetry publishing endeavours as well as create new… Read More ›

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