diaspora travel writing

CFP: African Travel Writing Encounters, University of Birmingham 9 March 2016, deadline 15 December 2015

By Africa in Words on 1 November , 2015 • ( 2 )

AFRICAN TRAVEL WRITING ENCOUNTERS Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham Wednesday 9 March, 2016 This workshop invites scholars of travel writing by Africans, along with practitioners of travel writing, to come together to discuss the past, present… Read More ›

Africa Travels, Africa Writes. Notes on African Intellectual Mobilities.

By Africa in Words Guest on 26 February , 2015 • ( 2 )

AiW guests: Janet Remmington and Nicklas Hållén Typically Africa has been framed as a destination, not source, of travellers. Also it has been taken to be the subject, not origin, of texts. Travel and movement of Africans are too often… Read More ›