AiW Guest: Paige Nick. AiW note: today we bring you a combination post ~ a Words on the Times with Paige Nick – founder of The Good Book Appreciation Society, a Book Club on Facebook with over 16,000 members,… Read More ›
CfP: Special Issue: Postcolonial Text (Abstract Deadline: 16th March)
“Literary Networks and Digital Media in Contemporary African Literatures” Postcolonial Text, Double Guest Issue 13:3 & 13:4, 2018 The aim of this double guest issue of Postcolonial Text is to examine the notion of network(s) in relation to literary production… Read More ›
Q&A with Thulani Lupondwana on her Facebook Fiction, ‘Diary of a Cheating Husband’
At 23 years of age, Thulani Lupondwana is one of the few Facebook diary writers from South Africa who has continued to capture readers’ interest and “likes.” Following the enormous success of Mike Maphoto’s Diary of a Zulu Girl in… Read More ›
CfP: Social Media in Africa: Beyond the hashtag, 27 April 2017, Edinburgh, deadline 27 January 2017
Call for papers: ‘Social Media in Africa: Beyond the hashtag’ ‘Social Media in Africa: Beyond the hashtag’ Call for papers that address the diverse uses and affects of social media in Africa. Workshop: 27th April 2017; CAS, University of Edinburgh;… Read More ›