Following the conversation between AiW Guest Aurélie Journo and the founder of Hekaya, Abu Amirah: “Heroes and scholars are everywhere”: Q&A , we are delighted to share that the Swahili Literary Festival is back for its second year. The Swahili… Read More ›
‘Towards the African Renaissance’ The Global Pan-African Conference (G-PAC) The Gambia 25 – 26 May 2020. We are delighted to share this call for papers for the inaugural Gambia-based Global Pan-African Conference 2020, which commemorates the 120th anniversary of the… Read More ›
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 ›
We are delighted to announce that the internationally acclaimed music and arts festival, Lake of Stars, is bringing its trademark cross-genre blend of artists and musical styles from the tropical shores of Lake Malawi to London and Glasgow this month…. Read More ›
YALE UNIVERSITY’S SECOND ANNUAL AFRICA SALON BRINGS NAME ARTISTS, VIBRANT PERFORMANCES, UNIQUE PROJECTS TO NEW HAVEN Festival offers week-long celebration of contemporary African arts and culture 28 March – 3 April 2016 New Haven The second annual AFRICA SALON, Yale… Read More ›
The Performance of Pan-Africanism: from Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals International Conference 20-22 October 2016 Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Florida State University Keynote speakers: Andrew Apter (UCLA), Cheryl Finley (Cornell University), Souleymane Bachir… Read More ›
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