Season’s greetings from the team at Africa in Words! Thanks for your readership and for another year of conversations on writing and culture from the African continent. As 2017 comes to a close, the blog is moving through some transitions…. Read More ›
AiW thanks to Saraba Magazine for this info on their upcoming print issue… “Transitions,” our first print issue, will be released October 2, 2017. We have gathered writings—reportage, short stories, travel essays, poems—befitting of our foray into print. Our contributors are writers… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Novel Writers Ayobami Adebayo, Stay with Me Spike Island, Bristol Friday 9 June, 6.30-8pm On Friday 9 June at 6.30pm, Ayobami Adebayo will be reading from and in conversation about her debut novel Stay with Me as part of Spike… Read More ›
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