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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 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 ›
“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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN) (Formerly NESA) In collaboration with Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria announces 32nd Annual National Conference 50th Anniversary of the Association and 2016 IFESAN Date: 5 – 8 September , 2016; Venue: Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University English… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Tamara Moellenberg This month, Tamara Moellenberg continues our deep dive into Eight New Generation African Poets with a review of Viola Allo’s Bird from Africa. Here is a poet who writes from herself, who seeks to express, not impress–though impress she… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Jovia Salifu This month, Jovia Salifu continues our deep dive into Eight New Generation African Poets. As a lover of poetry, it is always a wonderful feeling to come across beautiful poetry. It is even more exciting when… Read More ›
AiW Author: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire Sophie Alal founded Deyu African, a non-profit that publishes folk tales, literary work, commentary and journalism about arts and culture. She is an accomplished writer of short stories, poetry, and flash fiction. Her work has… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Gráinne O’Connell Witch Girl is a 2015 novel that reads like a play. Indeed, I hope to see more titles by this author, including plays. The title of the book, Witch Girl, reflects in part that the protagonist… Read More ›
Teju Cole: Black on All Sides 22 March 2016 19:00-21:30 Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Decolonising Our Minds are pleased to welcome Teju Cole, world-renowned writer, art historian and photographer, for a talk at… Read More ›
