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 ›
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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 ›
Event: LUCAS Annual Lecture with Professor Ato Quayson (06 Dec, University of Leeds)
LUCAS Annual Lecture We are delighted to announce details of the LUCAS Annual Lecture for this academic year: Conscripts of Colonial Modernity in Chinua Achebe’s Rural Novels Professor Ato Quayson (New York University)
Call for Submissions: Mawazo Novel Writing Workshop
AiW thanks to Mawazo Africa Writing Institute for this info about their upcoming writing workshop… Call for Submissions: Mawazo Novel Writing Workshop Mawazo Africa Writing Institute announces a Call for Submissions for its first writing workshop: Writing the Novel, led by award-winning author Jennifer… Read More ›
Event: Open Book Festival, 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town
Open Book Festival 6-10 September 2017, Cape Town Open Book Programme is Live! A record number of events at Open Book Festival The full programme of events has been announced for the seventh Open Book Festival. The Festival takes… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Etisalat Prize for Literature 2018, deadline: 18 September 2017
Lagos, Nigeria, 26 June 2017: Following the successful completion of the fourth edition of its flagship pan-African literary prize, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat, has announced a call for entries for the 2018 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The opening… Read More ›
Event: Kaduna Book & Arts Festival, 5-8 July 2017, Kaduna
As part of its centenary celebrations, Kaduna State is introducing a literary event to its cultural calendar. The Kaduna Book & Arts Festival 2017 (KABAFEST) will feature over 50 writers, artists, actors, poets and performers who will share their work with… Read More ›
CfP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature, deadline 1 August 2017
CFP: Afropolitan Literature as World Literature (edited collection, Bloomsbury Publishing) deadline 1 August 2017 Afropolitanism currently inflects many academic and popular conversations about African literature. The term is mobilized to celebrate African influence in the world and to characterize… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: The Single Story Foundation, deadline: 15 July 2017
Call for Submissions The Single Story Foundation deadline: 15 July 2017 TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted, realistic stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to… Read More ›
Woe and Womb: A Review of Stay With Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyò
AiW Guest: Sana Goyal When asked about the seeds of her novel Stay With Me, Ayòbámi Adébáyò likes to tell the tale of how Yejide and Akin—two characters she created for a short story—persistently stayed in the corners of… Read More ›
Event: Literary Weekender, Ghana & Nigeria: a Literary Highlife, 25-28 May 2017, London
Litro Magazine’s Literary Weekender London’s first literary festival celebrating Ghanaian and Nigerian literature and their cultural landscapes Journey to West Africa for Litro Magazine’s latest #WorldSeries instalment – an inaugural Literary Weekender – to explore the cultural and… Read More ›
Event: Postcolonialism in Interdisciplinary Perspective, 17 May 2017, Birmingham
Postcolonialism in Interdisciplinary Perspective. Wednesday 17th of May 2017 The Danford Room, Dept. of African Studies and Anthropology, Second Floor, Arts Building, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT 9:00 – 9:30 Registration/ Tea and Coffee (Fage Library) 9:30 – 9:45 Welcome… Read More ›
Call for Volunteers: Africa Writes, London, 30 June – 2 July, deadline 10 May 2017
Africa Writes will be back for its 2017 edition at The British Library from Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July. We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about African literature and would like to be a part of the… Read More ›
CfP: Africa and New Networks of Cultural Mobility, 6-7 Oct 2017, Toronto, deadline: 1 Apr 2017
Call for Papers Africa and the New Networks of Cultural Mobility Opportunities, Strategies and Limitations University of Toronto, October 6-7, 2017 “Issues of culture and identity have come to the forefront of international relations. This is not a passing… Read More ›
Event: Literature and the Humanities in an Age of Autocracy Workshop, 24 March 2017, Bristol
Literature and the Humanities in an Age of Autocracy Workshop 24 March 2017 |University of Bristol 10.00-18.00 This third and final workshop in the ‘Ethics, Affect and Responsiblity: Global Citizenship and the Act of Reading’ will take place… Read More ›
Event: Jalada Mobile Literary & Arts Festival, 3-31 March 2017, East Africa
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 ›
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 ›
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