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• El Anatsui at the October Gallery, 12 February – 28 March 2015

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

  

  El Anatsui, Selected Works October Gallery 12 February – 28 March 2015 El Anatsui is one of the most exciting contemporary visual artists of our time. Emerging from the vibrant post-independence art movements of 1960s and ’70s West Africa, he… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: RAL Journal (Deadline 15 March 2015)

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

  RAL Special Issue on Interrogating the “Post-Nation” in African Literary Writing: Globalities and Localities Guest Editor: Madhu Krishnan What is Africa? Where is Africa written and in whose image is Africa constructed? These questions have become commonplace refrains in discussions… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: Twelfth Cadbury Conference (Deadline 1 March 2015)

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

  Twelfth Cadbury Conference: Money Judgments 21-22 May 2015 University of Birmingham, UK The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham invites paper proposals for the 2015 Cadbury Conference, which will focus on research on money. The keynote address… Read More ›

• ‘This is literary achievement; where is yours?’ Radio Ghana’s ‘The Singing Net’ 60 years on

  By Africa in Words Guest on 28 January , 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Africa in Words Guest Victoria Smith: On 28th January 1955 the Ghanaian song Yaa Nom Montie played for the first time on radio as the theme music of the country’s first literary programme, Singing Net. The song’s composer, J.H. Kwabena… Read More ›

• Words on Teaching – “The Great War in Africa”

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

  

  Africa in Words Guest Anne Samson: Ready packaged resources for those who want to explore the Great War in Africa are scarce. However, that shouldn’t put teachers and other educators off doing so as the amount of useful material on… Read More ›

• Miners Shot Down – Film Screening, 5 Feb 2015

  By Africa in Words on 21 January , 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Miners Shot Down – Film Screening Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS Thursday 5 Feb, 7pm  In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live… Read More ›

• CFP: Researching Africa Day (deadline 25 Jan 2015)

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

  

  Researching Africa Day 2015 St Antony’s College, University of Oxford Saturday, 7th March 2015, 09:00 – 17:45 Every year, Researching Africa Day brings together post-graduate and early career researchers from across a range of disciplines. The day offers an opportunity… Read More ›

• Ankara Press: Q&A with Publisher Bibi Bakare-Yusuf

  By Emma Shercliff on 16 January , 2015 • ( 12 )

  

  Ankara Press is a new romance imprint published by Nigerian publishing house Cassava Republic Press. The imprint launched on 15th December 2014 with six new titles, set in locations in Nigeria, South Africa and the UK. AiW author Emma Shercliff… Read More ›

• Review: ‘Africa39’ – The Anthology and the Reader

  By Stephanie Santana on 6 January , 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  In her Editor’s Note to the recently published Africa39 anthology, Ellah Allfrey asserts, “There is no danger of ‘a single story’ here.” She is referencing, of course, Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, in which Adichie argues that a singular narrative about any… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: Postcolonial Studies Association Convention 2015

  By Africa in Words on 4 January , 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  PSA, University of Leicester (UK) 7 – 9 September 2015 Special Topic: Diasporas The first Postcolonial Studies Association Convention will be held at the University of Leicester from 7 to 9 September 2015. Contributions from academics and postgraduates investigating any area… Read More ›

• A year of African literature and film – in lists

  By Rebecca Jones on 29 December , 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Africa in Words is taking a break from our regular content over the festive season, but we’ll be back from next week. In the meantime, it’s that time of year for best-of lists, and the African literature and arts blogosphere… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects in African History

  By Africa in Words on 21 December , 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects in African History: Rethinking Historical Evidence and its Interpretation University of Birmingham, UK 12 – 14 November 2015 What types of evidence, data, and sources can we use to expand knowledge of the African past?… Read More ›

• Call For Submissions: Kwani? Poetry Anthology and The Kampala Poetry Anthology

  By Africa in Words on 21 December , 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Kwani? Poetry Anthology, Kenya Deadline: 20 January 2015 Due to the proliferation of Kenyan poetry groups and the diversity of poetic voices on the stage and page, the time has come for a forward-looking publisher to gather any such willing voices… Read More ›

• Mary Evans and Emeka Ogboh: Mirrors & Echoes Exhibition (Closing This Week – 20/12)

  By Africa in Words on 18 December , 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Mirrors & Echoes, Mary Evans and Emeka Ogboh Tiwani Contemporary Gallery, London 14 November – 20 December 2014 Tiwani Contemporary is pleased to present Mirrors & Echoes – Mary Evans and Emeka Ogboh, a collaboration between these two artists. This is… Read More ›

• Celebrating the Publication of Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s ‘Dust’

  By Lilly Kroll on 15 December , 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  On 4 December 2014, in the grand setting of Marlborough House (Binyavanga Wainaina wryly explains away his lateness as a consequence of getting lost in Prince Charles’s bedroom) a polite, excited crowd gathers to celebrate the publication of Yvonne Adhiambo… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: ALA Conference 2015

  By Africa in Words on 14 December , 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  41st Annual Conference of the African Literature Association (ALA) Theme: African Futures and Beyond, Visions in Transition University of Bayreuth, Germany June 3rd – June 6th Colonial fantasies have imagined the African continent as the incarnation of the past, banning… Read More ›

• What Are Publishers Looking For in Fiction?: Report from Ake Festival, November 2014

  By Africa in Words Guest on 12 December , 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  AiW Guest Emma Shercliff The theme of the second Ake Festival, which took place from 18-22 November 2014 in Abeokuta, Nigeria, was ‘Bridges and Pathways’. Festival Director Lola Shoneyin had emphasized that the focus this year would be ‘on building… Read More ›

• Review: Transition Magazine’s Special Issue on Nelson Mandela (116)

  By Africa in Words Guest on 10 December , 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest Kristen Roupenian A surprising number of essays in Transition’s special issue on Nelson Mandela share the same basic argument: in the ongoing transformation of Mandela into a global icon, something important is being lost. Therefore, those who wish… Read More ›

• Q&A: Felwine Sarr – Writer, musician and co-founder of Jimsaan publishing house (Dakar, Senegal)

  By Africa in Words Guest on 8 December , 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Interview and translation by AiW Guest Ruth Bush Felwine Sarr co-founded Editions Jimsaan in 2012. His co-founders are Boubacar Boris Diop and Nafissatou Dia Diouf, both leading figures in the Senegalese cultural scene. Alongside Jimsaan, which seeks to showcase new writing… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: The 4th Annual International Igbo Conference (deadline 16 January 2015)

  By Africa in Words on 7 December , 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  The 4th Annual International Igbo Conference Theme: Igbo Womanhood, Womanbeing and Personhood SOAS, University of London April 17-18, 2015 Igbo womanhood has been central in the conceptualisation of several African feminist theories. African Womanism is influenced by ‘the Igbo concept of… Read More ›

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