Annual AMLA Fellowship 15 August – 30 November 2018 Have you recently set up or are you thinking of setting up a new platform that promotes African literature? Are you employed in a recently established literary and cultural initiative? Would… Read More ›
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Event: An Evening with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Naomi Kruger (29th May, London)
North West Literary Arts and Lancaster University present an evening of words with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Naomi Kruger on the 29th May from 7pm – 9pm. Jennifer Makumbi will be reading from Kintu as well as a story from her forthcoming… Read More ›
CfP: ‘Africa Bibliography’ (Open Call)
We are delighted to announce this open call for papers on topics relating to research, libraries, archives and publishing in and on Africa, and in African studies. Usually one article is published annually with the print and online version of Africa Bibliography,… Read More ›
Call for Creative Submissions: The Future of Universities (Deadline for Submission: 16th July)
Stellenbosch University Museum invites submissions of artworks for the Forward? Forward! Forward… exhibition that aims to reimagine higher education in South Africa. The exhibition aims to bring together a collection of 100 artworks which re-imagines the future of Stellenbosch University and higher… Read More ›
Event: Focus Africa Music Festival 2018 (2nd June, London)
Focus Africa Music Festival 2018 Rich Mix, Main Space Bethnal Green, London Saturday 2nd June 7pm-1am After selling out last year, Focus Africa Music Festival is back to offer something totally different. Focus Africa Music Festival is one of the newest… Read More ›
Event: ‘Her Broken Shadow’ A film by Dilman Dila (3rd May, London)
We are delighted to announce as part of the annual Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy there will be a screening of the Sci-fi film ‘Her Broken Shadow’ by Ugandan filmmaker Dilman Dila tomorrow at 7pm in SOAS… Read More ›
Call for Applications: CHCI First Africa Humanities Workshop, Addis Ababa University (Application Deadline: 1st June)
You are invited to participate in the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes’ First Africa Humanities Workshop January 3rd – 18th, 2019 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia CHCI is proud to announce Addis 2019, a two-week workshop held at Addis Ababa University… Read More ›
Call for Poetry and Fiction: Special Issue: Postcolonial Text (Submission Deadline: 29th June)
“Literary Networks and Digital Media in Contemporary African Literatures” Postcolonial Text, Double Guest Issue 13:3 & 13:4, 2018 We are delighted to announce a call for fiction and poetry to be included in a Double Guest Issue of Postcolonial… Read More ›
Online Event: Meja Mwangi in discussion, Global Read Webinar Series (17th May)
You are invited to join the Webinar discussion with Children’s Africana Book Award Winner Meja Mwangi, author of The Mzungu Boy Wednesday 17th May at 6.00-7.15pm (CST); 12.00-1.15am (GMT) Join the online Global Read Webinar Series discussion on Wednesday, May… Read More ›
Event: The Karin Barber Pop-Up Lab: “Generation and Regeneration” (09-10 September, University of Birmingham)
The Karin Barber Pop-Up Lab: “Generation and Regeneration” Journal of African Cultural Studies At University of Birmingham 9th and 10th September 2018 Over the course of her career, Karin Barber inaugurated the field of African popular culture studies, and has… Read More ›
Working Group Call-out: Afrikult (Application Deadline: 30th April)
The team at Afrikult are looking for educators, activists, academics, artists and writers to join us for a trial working group session that will discuss the uniformity of the current English literature curriculum at secondary school level in England, with… Read More ›
Event: Africa Writes 2018 (London, 29th June-1st July)
It is time to save the date for Africa Writes 2018 Friday 29th June – Sunday 1st July 2018 Africa Writes returns for an exciting summer weekend at the British Library celebrating the best of contemporary literature from Africa and… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Film Africa (Submission deadline: 30th June)
Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African cinema from across the continent and diaspora. Now in its seventh year, the festival has become a key platform for African cinema in London and the UK. From Friday 2nd… Read More ›
CfP: Asixoxe Conference on African Philosophy, London & Prague (Abstract Deadline: 23 April & 21 May)
The fifth edition of Asixoxe –Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy: Africa in a Polycentric World: Cosmopolitanism and the Local, organized jointly by the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL) of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)… Read More ›
CfP: “Boundaries”, UNISA, South Africa (Abstract deadline: 15th April)
We are delighted to announce the 4th International Interdisciplinary Biennial Conference at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Department of English Studies. The conference will take place in September, 2nd-6th, at Valley Lodge (South Africa). This is a call for… Read More ›
CfP: African Literature Association (Abstract deadline: 25th March)
The 44th Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association: “The Environments of African Literature” will commence in May, 23rd-26th, at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. In calling attention to the Environments of African Literature, the 2018 African Literature Association… Read More ›
Event: AWA, International conference and exhibition launch (Montpellier, France, 19th March)
We are delighted to announce this international conference (African Literature and the Press) which will inaugurate the Afrophonie week at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3. The conference programme can be found here: https://africanreadingcultures.blogs.ilrt.org/fr/programme This conference is part of a larger project on ‘Popular print… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal (Deadline for Submission: 30 March)
We are delighted to share that: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal seeks new, well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. TSSF accepts all kinds of stories, whether… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowships in African Studies, Yale University (Application deadline: 01 April 2018)
We are delighted to announce that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Social Sciences: MacMillan Center at Yale University is offering Postdoctoral Fellowships in African Studies (Social Sciences and Humanities) The Council on African Studies at the Whitney and Betty… Read More ›
Call for Chapters: Imagined Communities, Imaginary Scapes: Asian Africans in Exile (Proposals deadline: 1st June)
We are delighted to announce this call for chapter proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled Imagined Communities, Imaginary Scapes: Asian Africans in Exile. The focus for the volume will be on issues of identity and selfhood as explored through literary works,… Read More ›