AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Irene Staunton of Weaver Press
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Fay Gadsden of Gadsden Publishers
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and December’s wrap
Happy New Year! After a short break, we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, and catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ from the end of 2020 – news on AiW’s radar, collated from… Read More ›
Our 2020 Festive Favourites: Season’s Reading from Africa in Words
After a difficult year for everyone, the holiday time is looking harder than before. A time to normally spend with family and relaxation has become one of stress and uncertainty. However, we hope that the holidays can still be a… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Menzi Thango of Bhiyoza Publishers
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Shiraz Durrani and Kimani Waweru from Vita Books
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times– Francis Nyamnjoh and Kathryn Toure from Langaa RPCIG
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and November’s wrap
As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, we catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ we haven’t had out already on the site – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our social… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and September’s wrap
As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, we catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Please be in touch with any other ways and… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and August’s wrap
As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, we catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Please be in touch with any other ways and… Read More ›
The Treachery of Words: A Review of ‘Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu?’
AiW Guest: Thulani Angoma-Mzini In the anthology Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu (2019), award winning author Niq Mhlongo convenes a parliament of the who’s who of South African literati to dissect the term ‘black tax’. In South Africa the term… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and July’s wrap
As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, we catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Please be in touch with… Read More ›
In other Words… AiW news and April’s wrap
As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, our round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our platforms – has moved to a monthly edition for April. Please be in touch… Read More ›
Call for Papers: African Feminisms (Afems) Conference 2020 (Deadline: 31 March)
In Search of our Shrines: Feminist Healing and the Politics of Love African Feminisms (Afems) 27-29 August 2020 University of Cape Town The fourth edition of the African Feminisms (Afems) conference will be hosted from 27th – 29th August 2020… Read More ›
Review – An Artist’s Awakening: Two Women in One by Nawal El Saadawi
Following on from our review of Saqi Books’ 2020 reprint of Nawal El Saadawi’s The Fall of the Imam (first published in 1987), ‘A Dizzying Tale of Duality’, we are now reviewing the second in our series of their re-releases,… Read More ›
Event: Time of the Writer Festival, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (16–21 March)
23rd Time of the Writer Festival University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) 16 – 21 March 2020 The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA), in partnership with eThekwini Municipality, will host the 23rd Time of the Writer… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘No Victor! No Vanquished!’ Biafra War and its Literatures (Deadline: 28 February)
We are delighted to share this call for papers for a book project based on the course of the Biafra war and its literatures. On the 12th of January 1970, the ceasefire had been certified after the thirty-month Nigerian Civil… Read More ›
Call for Applications: African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme (Deadline: 16 February)
2nd Edition: African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship Programme 08 – 14 March 2020 Uganda The African Writers Trust Publishing Fellowship programme is open to early career publishers and creative writers intending to self-publish their manuscripts. Applicants will be selected from… Read More ›
CFP: SCOLMA 2020: ‘Publishing, Collecting & Accessing African-language Materials’ (Abstract Deadline: 03 February)
SCOLMA Annual Conference 2020 Oun a ní la ń gbé l’árugẹ [i] – (It is the heritage we have that we must celebrate): Publishing, Collecting and Accessing African-language Materials Monday 8 June, 2020 SALT, Paul Webley Wing, SOAS, University of… Read More ›
