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• Q&A: The New Brighton Art School – Madoda Honi

  By Tom Penfold on 20 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With AiW Guests: Dolla Sapeta and Madoda Honi. AiW note: A few weeks ago, Africa in Words published the first of our pioneering posts promoting the work of the New Brighton Art School. We sat down with Dolla Sapeta, its founder, to… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – author and educator Priscilla Musoki, Gogo Diaries Sweden

  By Africa in Words Guest on 17 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Gogo Diaries Sweden is run by Zimbabwean author and educationist Priscilla Musoki, bridging the gap she has seen for children in the Diaspora by publishing bilingual books in the pandemic, grounded in a grandmother’s wisdom and love, storytelling… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Mazi Nwonwu of Omenana magazine

  By Africa in Words Guest on 13 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Omenana is a tri-monthly magazine by Mazi Nwonwu (Co-founder and Managing Editor), Chinelo Onwualu (Co-founder), Iquo DianaAbasi (Contributing Editor), and Godson ChukwuEmeka Okeiyi (Graphic Designer); it is open to submissions from speculative fiction writers from across Africa and… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Kikwetu: A Journal of East African Literature

  By Africa in Words Guest on 11 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili.   The journal was born out of a Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, and is run… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Habeeb Kolade of Agbowó literary magazine

  By Africa in Words Guest on 6 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Agbowó literary journal is an offshoot of UITES WRITE collective, which was founded by Habeeb Kolade and Dolapo Amusat, in 2015, to showcase literary work by University of Ibadan students and alumni.  The collective published electronic anthologies – the… Read More ›

• July’s Calls for & Opportunities… roundup

  By Africa in Words on 3 August , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Jump to: Scholarly & Academic Creative-Critical – Makers & Producers Catch up with our “calls for” post this month, for opportunities and contributions – academic and creative – collated from various platforms and across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. (This… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Iryn Tushabe

  By Africa in Words Guest on 22 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Meron Hadero

  By Africa in Words Guest on 21 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Doreen Baingana

  By Africa in Words Guest on 20 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›

• Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Goretti Kyomuhendo, Chair of the Judges

  By Africa in Words Guest on 19 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  With AiW Guest: Goretti Kyomuhendo. AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: “Repeat after me: My mother has been ushered into the spirit world” – Iryn Tushabe’s ‘A Separation’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 16 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: Leaps of Faith – Troy Onyango’s ‘This Little Light of Mine’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 15 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: It’s that time of the year again and AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is back! Every day this week, we are publishing Guest reviews of the five… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: Satirizing Injustice – Rémy Ngamije’s ‘The Giver of Nicknames’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 14 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: [Mis]understanding the Game – Meron Hadero’s ‘The Street Sweep’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 13 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: It’s that time of the year again and AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is back! Every day this week, we are publishing Guest reviews of the five… Read More ›

• Review Caine 2021: Acts of Humanity and Metaphors of Freedom – Doreen Baingana’s ‘Lucky’

  By Africa in Words Guest on 12 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Note: It’s that time of the year again and AiW’s annual review series of what is now the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is back! Every day this week, we will be publishing Guest reviews of the… Read More ›

• ‘Campus Gangsterism’ – A review of Femi Kayode’s “Lightseekers”

  By Africa in Words Guest on 8 July , 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  AiW Guest Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè AiW note: Our Guest Reviewer,Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè, reviews award-winning writer Femi Kayode’s debut novel Lightseekers, which was published by Raven Books and released in February 2021. You can find Adégòkè’s recent Q&A with Kayode here. When four Nigerian students accused of… Read More ›

• June’s Calls for & Opportunities… roundup

  By Africa in Words on 6 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Jump to: Scholarly & Academic Creative-Critical – Makers & Producers Alongside our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar that isn’t already on the site — we are introducing a new “Calls for” post this month, for… Read More ›

• In other Words… AiW news and June’s wrap

  By Africa in Words on 6 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We have also continued our separate “Calls for” post in our “Other Words” this month, rounding up opportunities… Read More ›

• Q&A: Words on the Times – Shine Your Eye lead actress Dienye Waboso

  By Africa in Words Guest on 2 July , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW note: In February this year, Volcano Theatre in Toronto reached out to Africa in Words to help publicise the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s play Shine Your Eye. Shine your Eye is a one-act play written by Binyavanga Wainaina. Set in… Read More ›

• Review: Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts, Panels 1&2

  By Africa in Words Guest on 29 June , 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  AiW Guest: Clive Allanso. AiW note: Anticipating the final panel in the “Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts“ (BBTCA) series – “Responsible Solutions to New Obstacles” (June 30th, 2pm BST) – Clive Allanso summarises the conversations and debates of the previous… Read More ›

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