5th International Congo Research Network (CRN) Congress 15-16 September 2020 The Becoming of Congo: Epistemologies, Practices, and Imaginaries The Congo Research Network (CRN) is organizing its fifth international conference, to be held at the University of Milan on 15-16 September… Read More ›
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Event: Life Through Extraordinary Mirrors, October Gallery (Closes 23 November)
Life Through Extraordinary Mirrors Contemporary Art Exhibition At October Gallery, London Until 23 November 2019 Life Through Extraordinary Mirrors is an exhibition of contemporary art exploring the globalized twenty-first century. The exhibition includes the work of some of Africa’s foremost… Read More ›
Event: AKAA Art Fair 2019 (Paris, 09-11 November)
The 4th Edition of ‘Also Known As Africa’ (AKAA) Art Fair from 9-11 November, 2019 in Paris Also Known As Africa (AKAA), the only art fair in France dedicated to contemporary art and design from Africa, is back for the 4th… Read More ›
“Chance, eloko pamba”: A review of In Koli Jean Bofane’s Congo Inc.: Bismarck’s Testament
AiW Guest: Connor Pruss Arjun Appadurai notably explained that globalization is marked by a new role for the imagination in social life in which the world may consist of regions (seen processually), but regions also imagine their own worlds. The… Read More ›
Event: Makala & director Q&A (01 Feb, Bertha DocHouse, London)
We are delighted to announce that Bertha DocHouse will be screening Cannes’ critic’s choice award winner Makala, from French director Emmanuel Gras, on the 1st February. “Emmanuel Gras’ camera embraces the subject’s every move with rapt intimacy and cinematic poetry.” – Variety… Read More ›
The Problem with the Prophet: Review of Alain Mabanckou’s Black Moses
AiW Guest: Sarah Ahrens The first thing that struck me about the English translation of the latest novel of Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa’s arguably most successful living writer was its title: Black Moses is quite a departure from the original French… Read More ›
New African fiction, poetry and non-fiction for the coming months
As the seasons change and Spring begins to arrive here in the UK, it seems a good time look forward to some forthcoming African fiction, non-fiction and poetry releases due over the next few months. What are you looking forward… Read More ›
Review: Alex Mvuka Ntung’s autobiography Not My Worst Day
When I first sat down to review this book I felt resistant. Not My Worst Day is an autobiography that narrates Alex Mvuka Ntung’s childhood and young adulthood in the Great Lakes Region, describing his experiences during the Rwandan Genocide… Read More ›
A lesson well learned: my internship at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool
Africa in Words Guest: Rianne Walet I am a cultural heritage student from the Netherlands. From September 2013 till February 2014 I had the privilege of doing an internship with the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool. For five lovely months… Read More ›