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 ›
books and films
Event: Ake Arts & Book Festival, Lagos (24-27 October)
The theme for the 7th Edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival is Black Bodies | Grey Matter. Ideas and ideals abound on the shape and form of the African body, but these are rarely formulated by those to whom… Read More ›
Images of Africa in Children’s Books
Last month I babysat a friend’s child. It was Friday night and there I was, sitting next to him in his bed: it was story telling time. I drew from a pile of books a colourfully covered one, with a… Read More ›
Spotlight on…Akinwumi Isola
This post is the first in an occasional series of writer profiles, looking especially at those working in African languages. For readers and speakers of Yoruba, Akínwùmí Ìsòlá [pronounced Ishola] needs little introduction. A charismatic and stern-looking figure affectionately nicknamed… Read More ›
The Cape Town Book Fair 2012 – new directions in fiction (and some recommended reads)
I was at the Cape Town Book Fair back in June (June 15-17, 2012). I approached a range of publishers and booksellers exhibiting and asked what was ‘new’ for them in South African fiction, and to give me their latest fiction-must-reads –… Read More ›
CFP: Paradoxa – African Science Fiction
Paradoxa <http://www.paradoxa.com> is seeking submissions of previously unpublished essays on subjects related to AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION. Submissions should be directed to Paradoxa’s guest editor, Mark Bould at mark.bould@gmail.com by March 1, 2013. In 2010, Pumzi, the first Kenyan sf movie, won… Read More ›
Introducing Material Books
My next few posts on ‘Africa in Words’ are going to be focused on things I’ve been up to ‘professionally’, rather than my ‘research’ – although the two have some nicely blurred lines and intersections. This is partly because I… Read More ›
Become a book or film reviewer of the African Studies Review
New Film Review Editor for the African Studies Review The African Studies Association (US) and the Editors of the African Studies Review announced the appointment of Professor Kenneth Harrow, Michigan State University, as the Film Review Editor of the African Studies Review…. Read More ›
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