Jalada Mobile Literary & Arts Festival 3 – 31 March 2017 12 cities across East Africa Jalada Mobile Literary & Arts Festival is a hybrid between a traditional festival and a bus literary and art tour, covering 12 cities/towns… Read More ›
African literature
CfP: Asixoxe – Let’s Talk: Africa of the Past, Africa of the Future, 5-6 May 2017; SOAS, London, deadline: 1 April 2017
Africa of the past, Africa of the future: The dynamics of time in Africanist scholarship and art SOAS Lecture Series on African Science Fiction 1st February 5-7pm (S320) 22nd February 6-8pm (S314) 1 March 5-8pm (MB563) 8th March 4-8pm (22 … Read More ›
One-Day Course: Mapping the City in Contemporary African Literature, Saturday 4 March 2017, University of Bristol
One-Day Course: Mapping the City in Contemporary African Literature Tutor: Kate Haines Date: Saturday 4 March 2017 Time: 10.30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Venue: Department of English, University of Bristol, 3/5 Woodland Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1TB How are contemporary African… Read More ›
Event: Nigerian Night, 25 January, London
Nigeria Night: Satirical and provocative portraits from two native voices Wednesday 25th January 19:00 London, Piccadilly Anietie Isong started his career as a journalist with Radio Nigeria. His short stories have been broadcast on the BBC and Radio Nigeria and… Read More ›
CfP: ALA conference 2017 – Africa and the World, deadline extended: 15 December 2016
Call for Abstracts African Literature Association Conference 2017 Africa and the World: Literature, Politics, and Global Geographies Yale University, 14-17 June 2017 New deadline for abstracts: 15 December 2016 The theme chosen for the June 14-17, 2017 conference at Yale… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: African Cultural Production and the Rhetoric of Humanism, deadline: 15 January 2017
Call for submissions: AFRICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND THE RHETORIC OF HUMANISM deadline: 15 January 2017 The French social philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, in his book Being Singular Plural, (2000) posits that existence is inherently co-existence. This deeply humanistic vision of… Read More ›
Establishing a New Literary Prize: The Huza Press Award for Fiction
AiW Guest: Louise Umutoni As part of Writivism 2016, University of Bristol, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for African Cultural Excellence collaborated to bring together an Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop. This four-day workshop held in August in Kampala… Read More ›
CfP: Ọyẹ: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture, deadline: 28 February 2017
Call for Papers Ọyẹ: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture deadline: 28 February 2017 Ọyẹ: Journal of Language, Literature and Popular Culture is an academic journal domiciled in the Department of English and Literary Studies of the Federal University,… Read More ›
Why is Translation Important?: Publishing African Literature Across Languages
AiW Guest: Edwige-Renée DRO As part of Writivism 2016, University of Bristol, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for African Cultural Excellence collaborated to bring together an Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop. This four-day workshop held in August in Kampala… Read More ›
Call for Abstracts: WAGADU special issue: African and Diasporic Women’s Literature, deadline: 27 September 2016
WAGADU: A Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies CFP: African and Diasporic Women’s Literature: Transitions, Transformations and Transnationalism With the new wave of African and African Diasporic women writers, the transnational sphere has enlarged to encompass voices that were… Read More ›
CfP: 3rd EALCS conference, 24-26 August 2017, Dar es Salaam, deadline: 31 November 2016
The 3rd Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies (EALCS) Conference University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 24th -26th August, 2017 Theme: Cartographies of War and Peace in Eastern Africa Call for Papers, deadline: 31 November 2016 The… Read More ›
Event: Print Culture and Publishing in Africa Colloquium, 13 September 2016, Oxford
Print Culture and Publishing in Africa 13 Sep 2016 Oxford Brookes University Print Culture and Publishing in Africa is a one-day colloquium taking place at Oxford Brookes University on Tuesday 13th September 2016 from 9.00am-6.00pm at Headington Hill Hall, Headington… Read More ›
Event: Open Book Festival, 7-11 September 2016, Cape Town
The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival 7 – 11 September 2016 HERE ARE SOME OF THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO WILL BE JOINING US! Some of you may have noticed names popping up… Read More ›
Call for Nominations: African Literature Association (ALA) Awards Announcement 2017, Deadline: 1 September 2016
The African Literature Association is currently accepting nominations for the following awards. Please note the deadlines and the specified individual to whom and all nominations and materials should be addressed. The awards will be presented at the ALA 43rd Annual… Read More ›
Event: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Love and War, 7 August 2016, London
Sunday 7 August 2016 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Love and War ‘Half a Yellow Sun’ Ten Years On Royal Festival Hall, London Reflect on the challenges of keeping love alive in times of war with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Adichie –… Read More ›
An Interview with Prof. Ernest Nneji Emenyonu on Pita Nwana’s Omenuko
AiW Guest: Kalapi Sen It is a truism in today’s world that ‘African literature’ covers a major portion of literary scholarship, included now on high-school syllabi as well as at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. And one name that has… Read More ›
Call for Proposals: Special Issue on Niyi Osundare and Poetry in Nigeria, deadline: 31 August 2016
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS At the Crossroads of Art and Society: Niyi Osundare and Poetry in Nigeria The seventieth birthday of Nigerian poet and professor of comparative literature, Niyi Osundare, invites deeper reflection on the poet-scholar’s life and contributions… Read More ›
Call for Artists and Writers: “Wild” by Artascent, Deadline 31 August 2016
“WILD” International Call for Artists and Writers by Artascent Deadline 31 August 2016 Theme: The untamed, free and undeveloped. The turbulent, unrestrained, emotional and extreme. Animals, people and places that are wild. It can be expressed in symbolic, literal, modern, traditional,… Read More ›
Event: Teju Cole presents Known and Strange Things, 9 August 2016, New York
Book Launch: Teju Cole presents Known and Strange Things In conversation with Amitava Kumar St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn, NY Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 PM Tickets $20.00 (includes event admission and a book) Since the publication and critical success of both… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Saraba Magazine, Issue 19 “Power” and 20 “Money”, Deadline: 15 May 2016
Saraba Magazine welcomes submissions for 2016. Saraba will explore the theme of “Power” for its nineteenth issue, and the theme of “Money” for its twentieth issue. Issue 19: POWER Power is everywhere, diffused and embodied. What is Power? Where is Power?… Read More ›
