CinemAfrica is a festival in Scandinavia that showcases African film. It was started in 1998 and today it has become the largest festival in Scandinavia for films from the African continent and diaspora. This year, CinemAfrica will take place between… Read More ›
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Event: Translating Possibilities (SOAS, 12 September)
Translating Possibilities SOAS, London 12 September 2019 A public night of readings, performances, films and dance celebrating translated poetry moving beyond the page. About this Event Translating Possibilities will bring together a mix of different languages, translation practices and poetic… Read More ›
Call for Applications: AEGIS Summer School (Deadline: 30 September)
African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections on a Continent in Transition AEGIS Summer School 9-13 June 2020 Cagliari, Italy The 2020 Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) Summer School will address the theme of African Futures: Promises, Projections and Reflections… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Film Africa Travel Grants 2019-2020
We are delighted to share this call for applications for Film Africa Travel Grants, a pilot scheme delivered by the Royal African Society in partnership with the British Council. Since its inception in 2011, Film Africa has gone from strength… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Lake of Stars Festival 2019, Malawi (Deadline: 30 June)
After 15 years, Lake of Stars Festival returns this year in an exciting new format: Lake of Stars Discovery. The three-day celebration will take place in Kachere Kastle, 27-29 September. Located in the Nkhata Bay district, northern Malawi, Kachere Kastle is a… Read More ›
Call for Papers and Panels: ASAA Conference 2019 (Deadline: May ,15 & 30)
The 2019 ASAA Conference Nairobi October 24-26, 2019 The theme of African Studies Association of Africa’s (ASAA) 3rd Biennial Conference 2019 is African and Africana Knowledges: Past Representations, Current Discourses, Future Communities. The conference will be held for the first… Read More ›
Open Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue
Africa in Dialogue publishes unsolicited individual and book interviews. Submissions are open year-round. The team is drawn to creative, original and unpublished interviews no longer than 5000 words. They accept interviews between African interviewers and storytellers. The given definition of an African… Read More ›
Event: ‘Speaking Through Walls’, Sethembile Msezane at Tyburn Gallery, London (Until 23 April)
Sethembile Msezane ‘Speaking Through Walls’ at Tyburn Gallery, London Ends 13 April 2019 We are delighted to share that Tyburn Gallery is presenting Speaking Through Walls, Sethembile Msezane’s first UK solo exhibition. Using interdisciplinary practice encompassing performance, photography, film, sculpture and… Read More ›
Event: African Gaze – film posters from Ghana exhibition (SOAS London: Ends 23 March)
African Gaze: Hollywood; Bollywood and Nollywood film posters from Ghana From the Collection of Karun Thakar & the late Mark Shivas At SOAS, Brunei Gallery, London Showing until 23 March 2019 The late 1980s in Ghana saw the emergence of… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Intercultural Encounters’, A Book in Honour of Ojaja II (Deadline: 30 April)
Intercultural Encounters, Historicity and Cultural Communication for Development In honour of Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Arole Oodua, Ojaja II While diverse accounts of the origin of the Yoruba have been appropriated by historians and scholars in cultural studies such as… Read More ›
Call for Papers: African Places, African Spaces, University of Leeds (Deadline: 31 January)
Last day to submit your ideas for: ‘African Places, African Spaces’ Finding Africa Seminar Series, 2019 University of Leeds In light of contemporary concerns with decolonisation and meditations on the meaning of the continent of Africa, both within the academy… Read More ›
Call for papers: ‘(Re)membering Africa: Women’s Narratives’, University of Houston (Deadline: 04 January 2019)
(Re)membering Africa: Women’s Narratives on the Continent and Beyond Workshop: March 28 – 30, 2019 University of Houston In his book, Re-membering Africa, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o states that “the history of Africa has not simply been one of deprivation, dispossession… Read More ›
Event: Film Africa at South London Gallery (02-11 November)
This November Film Africa have curated a selection of screenings at the South London Gallery to coincide with this year’s Film Africa Festival and the SLG’s South by South programme. Film Africa 2018 takes the declaration from Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu as… Read More ›
Q&A: Silas Miami, Co-screenwriter on Kenyan Oscar hopeful ‘Supa Modo’
Supa Modo, Kenya’s submission to the 2019 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film category, tells a tale of terminal illness, community, and the power of pretending. When there is nothing more the doctors can do for her, Jo (Stycie… Read More ›
Event: Ake Arts & Book Festival (25-28 October, Lagos)
Ake Arts & Book Festival is fast approaching! The sixth edition of the festival will take place for the first time in Lagos on October 25 – 28, 2018. The theme for this year is Fantastical Futures and events and conversations will… Read More ›
Save the date: Africa in Motion Film Festival (26 October – 4 November 2018, Scotland)
Save the date!! Be in Edinburgh-Glasgow for Africa in Motion Film Festival 2018 26 October – 4 November About AiM Africa in Motion (AiM) is an annual African film festival taking place in Scotland, consisting of film screenings and complementary… Read More ›
Event: Nordic Africa Days 2018 (19-21 September, Uppsala, Sweden)
The Nordic Africa Days (NAD) biannual international conference 19-21 September 2018 Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden The conference starts today at 4pm. The programme and more information can be found here A few highlights include: Thursday 20th 9am… Read More ›
Event: Edinburgh International Book Festival (11-27th August)
Save the date!! Book your tickets!! The Festival Set in a specially created tented village in the heart of Edinburgh, the Edinburgh International Book Festival offers something for just about every age and interest, bringing readers and writers together for… Read More ›
Call for Support in Burkina Faso: A CITY WITHOUT A CINEMA
4 DAYS LEFT!! Help raise essential funds for the future of cinema in Burkina Faso A CINEMA FOR BOBO-DIOULASSO Despite strong demand from the Bobolese community, access to an adapted and accessible cinematographic experience is lacking today in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Liberation beyond the Nation (Abstract Deadline: 1st September)
You are invited to submit papers for the conference: LIBERATION BEYOND THE NATION: COMPARISONS, INTERACTIONS AND METHODOLOGIES The conference is supported by the Journal of Southern African Studies and organised by the University of Oxford and the University of the Western… Read More ›