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• Failures of Gilroy’s Black Atlantic (1993)

  By Arani Guerra on 24 June , 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic – book and concept – has been a relevant reference for African and Atlantic studies. In JSTOR, a database of academic papers, when the words “black Atlantic” and “Gilroy” are used in the search engine, more… Read More ›

• Writing Africa’s Futures: an ASAUK/Caine Prize Event. July 5th, 2013.

  By Africa in Words on 23 June , 2013 • ( 0 )

  

    Friday, 5 July, 14:00–17:00 FREE (booking recommended) at the British Library Conference Centre http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event145399.html As part of the Africa Writes festival and in collaboration with the Caine Prize, the Royal African Society and the British Library, this event celebrates 50… Read More ›

• Q&A: Poet, writer and educator Warsan Shire

  By Katie Reid on 21 June , 2013 • ( 35 )

  

  Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet, writer and educator based in London. Her poetry reads as both artistic and activist practice, documenting stories of journey, trauma and sexual violence, alienation, assimilation, transformation and recuperation. Warsan’s début book, Teaching My Mother… Read More ›

• Writing South Africa Now: A Colloquium. University of Cambridge, 2 July.

  By Katie Reid on 19 June , 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Writing South Africa Now: A Colloquium, July 2nd, 2013 Faculty of English, University of Cambridge Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 Confirmed Plenary speaker: Dr Nadia Davids (Queen Mary, University of London) ‘Writing and Performing South Africa’s Past in the Present: an Exploration of… Read More ›

• CFP: East Africa at 50 – A Celebration of Histories and Futures (deadline 30 June)

  By Africa in Words on 19 June , 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  10-12 September 2013, University of Nairobi, Kenya Call for Papers East Africa at 50 is an initiative that brings together scholars, writers, journalists, filmmakers and other knowledge producers for a reflection and celebration of the Eastern African region from the vantage… Read More ›

• Bayan Layi : Blogging the Caine Prize

  By C E Hastings on 17 June , 2013 • ( 6 )

  

    I just talk without direction, like the harmattan wind that just blows and blows, scattering dust.  Me, I just like to say it as I remember it. And sometimes you have to explain the story. Sometimes the explanation lies… Read More ›

• Short Story Day Africa 2013

  By Katie Reid on 13 June , 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  “Short Story Day Africa exists because we have something to tell the world. About us. In our own voices.” Now in its third year, Short Story Day Africa sets aside the shortest day (or night) of the year – this year it’s… Read More ›

• Blogging the Caine Prize: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘The Whispering Trees’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 11 June , 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  AiW Guest Sylvia Gasana Hauntingly beautiful!  Those are the two first words that come to mind when describing Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘The Whispering Trees’.  I’m always very excited to read a story that has a title that instantly transports you…. Read More ›

• Blogging the Caine Prize – Pede Hollist’s ‘Foreign Aid’

  By Katie Reid on 7 June , 2013 • ( 11 )

  

  Coming to the Caine Prize blog party late in terms of Pede Hollist’s ‘Foreign Aid’, I’m aware that a lot of the ground on this story has already been covered – see the end of this post for links to… Read More ›

• ‘Deliver us from Evil’: A Review of Tope Folarin’s ‘Miracle’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 31 May , 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  AiW Guest Gbemisola Abiola. Tope Folarin’s Miracle depicts the prevailing belief in Christian supernaturalism, and the apparent promise of prosperity it holds for the African adherent, as the means of achieving success in the Diasporas. While the story is set in… Read More ›

• Blogging the Caine Prize: Tope Folarin’s ‘Miracle’

  By Rebecca Jones on 31 May , 2013 • ( 11 )

  

  There were moments in Tope Folarin’s ‘Miracle’ where I found myself part of a sweaty crowd in a packed church, as the pastor says ‘let us pray’, the ‘tinny Nigerian gospel music’ rings out, and prayer commences with ‘sweating and… Read More ›

• Perhaps you missed…

  By C E Hastings on 28 May , 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Spotted around the web: short stories, novels and debate. Bakwa magazine: Why does the West ignore intellectual property when Africa is concerned? What does the New York Times really know about music in Africa? Can hip-hop save an artist’s life?, Fashion:… Read More ›

• Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, ‘Yoruba Women, Work and Social Change’ (Indiana University Press, 2009)

  By C E Hastings on 23 May , 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Marjorie Keniston McIntosh’s new(ish) book,  Yoruba Women, Work and Social Change’ has been on my shelf to read for longer than it should have been. McIntosh’s introduction promises a study ‘of adaptability and syncretism, not of simple continuity or abrupt… Read More ›

• Literary Prizes: Joining the Caine Prize ‘Blog-Carnival’

  By Kate Wallis on 20 May , 2013 • ( 20 )

  

  Last week saw the announcement of the shortlist for the 14th Caine Prize for African Writing. The shortlist of 5 stories was selected by judges Gus Casely-Hayford (Chair), Sokari Douglas Camp, John Sutherland, Nathan Hensley and Leila Aboulela out of… Read More ›

• Fela Kuti and Bob Marley: two ports of the Black Atlantic

  By Africa in Words Guest on 12 May , 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  This post is part of the series Gilroy’s Black Atlantic. Click here to read the first post of the series, here to read the second and here to read the third AiW Guest Tiago C. Fernandes SIDE A: FELA KUTI Fela Anikulapo Kuti was born in… Read More ›

• Meet Paul Theroux – Radio 4’s Bookclub programme

  By Africa in Words on 9 May , 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Radio 4’s Bookclub programme is looking for readers to meet the travel writer Paul Theroux and talk to him about his book Dark Star Safari, his account of travelling from Cairo to Cape Town [reviewed by John Ryle in The Guardian 2002]…. Read More ›

• Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate Study Day: “Allah n’est pas obligé: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures”

  By Africa in Words on 9 May , 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate Study Day  “Allah n’est pas obligé: The Location of Islam in Francophone Cultures” University of Stirling, 20 June 2013 Keynote Speaker: Philip Dine (National University of Ireland, Galway) PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 9:30 – 10:15 Registration 10:15… Read More ›

• Culture, politics and intellectual practice through Gilroy’s “The Black Atlantic”

  By Africa in Words Guest on 7 May , 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  This post is part of the series Gilroy’s Black Atlantic. Click here to read the first post of the series and here to read the second. The book “The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness” written by Paul Gilroy is extremely insightful to… Read More ›

• GHANA POETRY PRIZE 2013

  By Africa in Words on 6 May , 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Poetry Foundation Ghana announces its inaugural (2013) GHANA POETRY PRIZE. This will be an award of $ 1,000. This is built on the hugely successful 2012 Online Competition which was done under the name Ghana Poetry Awards. The aim of… Read More ›

• Pulp what? At the Franschhoek Literary Festival – 17-19 May

  By Katie Reid on 2 May , 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Looking forward to chatting about all things African pulp fiction (with pulp zine Jungle Jim in the main frame from at least me) at this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival – with Sean O’Toole, Jenna Bass (of Jungle Jim editorial fame, among a host of other fames), Stacy… Read More ›

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