Ons Klyntji, an independent magazine of literature, art, music, culture and design, published and launched every year in South Africa at the Oppikoppi music festival is looking for submissions “written or visual”. There is no set theme, but there… Read More ›
Film
Event: ‘Kalushi’ (23rd May, South London Gallery)
You are invited to the South by South screening of Kalushi (2017) directed by Mandla Dube at the South London Gallery on Wednesday 23rd May at 7pm South by South presents contemporary film from across Africa to audiences in the UK… Read More ›
Call for Creative Submissions: The Future of Universities (Deadline for Submission: 16th July)
Stellenbosch University Museum invites submissions of artworks for the Forward? Forward! Forward… exhibition that aims to reimagine higher education in South Africa. The exhibition aims to bring together a collection of 100 artworks which re-imagines the future of Stellenbosch University and higher… Read More ›
Event: ‘Her Broken Shadow’ A film by Dilman Dila (3rd May, London)
We are delighted to announce as part of the annual Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy there will be a screening of the Sci-fi film ‘Her Broken Shadow’ by Ugandan filmmaker Dilman Dila tomorrow at 7pm in SOAS… Read More ›
Event: 7th Annual International Igbo Conference (21st April, SOAS, London)
The Centre of African Studies invites you to the 7th Annual International Igbo Conference 2018, in partnership with SOAS, University of London: “Memory, Culture and Community: Remembering the past, Imagining the future” 21st April 2018, 10am-8pm Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre,… Read More ›
Event: 7th African Popular Cultures Workshop (10th April, University of Sussex)
The School of English and the Centre for Creative and Critical Thought invite you to the 7th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex Tuesday 10th April 2018, 14.00pm – 21.00pm The workshop, “East African Literary Cultures: from Writivism… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Film Africa (Submission deadline: 30th June)
Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African cinema from across the continent and diaspora. Now in its seventh year, the festival has become a key platform for African cinema in London and the UK. From Friday 2nd… Read More ›
CfP: African Literature Association (Abstract deadline: 25th March)
The 44th Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association: “The Environments of African Literature” will commence in May, 23rd-26th, at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. In calling attention to the Environments of African Literature, the 2018 African Literature Association… Read More ›
Event: Colours of the Alphabet, International Mother Language Day (SOAS, London, 21st Feb)
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Alastair Cole’s feature documentary film Colours of the Alphabet (2016, Zambia/UK/NZ), on language and childhood in Africa, will be screened at SOAS, London on Wednesday 21st February, 7-9pm. The screening will be followed… 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 ›
Event: Bertha DocHouse Presents Ouaga Girls
AiW thanks to Bertha DocHouse for this info on their upcoming film release… Bertha DocHouse Presents Ouaga Girls 13th October 2017 | Bertha DocHouse | Tickets: £9 (£7 conc.) “With Ouaga Girls I wanted to capture … when dreams, desires and courage… Read More ›
Review: Introduction to the filmmaker Tunde Kelani and review of his film Pyrolysis or Paralysis
AiW Guest: Babatunde Onikoyi Tunde Kelani is the preeminent Nigerian filmmaker and one of the most distinguished in Africa. His cinematographic endeavours, under the stables of Mainframe Television and Film Production and situated in the heart of the city of… Read More ›
Review – Film about South African struggle hero Solomon Mahlangu opens in local cinemas
AiW author: Heather Walker. A long-awaited South African film about struggle icon Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu opened in cinemas across South Africa this weekend. It will also be screened in London at the BFI on Thursday 6th April. Kalushi: The Story of… Read More ›
76 – a beautifully-told film about Nigeria’s pre-democracy years
AiW Guest: Yemisi Arowosafe Telling a historical tale as authentically and accurately as possible is one that every good story teller strives to attain. The Nigerian pre-democracy story is one that has been told in a myriad of fictional texts,… Read More ›
Film Review: Hissene Habré: A Chadian Tragedy by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
AiW Guest: Dare Dan Have you seen Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing (2012), the gruelling tale of the annihilation of communists in 1965/66 Indonesia? Well, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Hissene Habré: A Chadian Tragedy is such a story; no less provoking,… Read More ›
Film (p)review: ‘My Name is Adil’ – a lyrical autobiography of displacement and hope
AiW Author: Sarah Jilani Sarah Jilani previews My Name is Adil, which is showing this week in selected cinemas as part of the Royal African Society’s Film Africa festival 2016, running from Oct 28 – Nov 6 in London. Catch My Name is… Read More ›
Film Africa 2016 is now on!
Film Africa 2016 – The Time is Now for African Cinema Friday 28 October to Sunday 6 November, venues across London http://www.filmafrica.org.uk Film Africa is now on! The Royal African Society’s annual film festival, returns for its sixth edition, bringing London audiences… Read More ›
Call for applications: Film Reviewer for Africa in Words
Africa in Words is looking for a volunteer to join our team as a resident Film Reviewer. We have an average of 6500 readers each month from over 100 countries, with our largest readerships based in the UK, US, South… Read More ›
‘(Re)Viewing the Visual: Art, Photography, Film’ – Reflections on the 5th African Popular Cultures Workshop at the University of Sussex, 19 April 2016
Aiw Guest: Matthew Lecznar Now in its fifth year, the University of Sussex’s African Popular Cultures Workshop creates a lively space where practitioners, researchers and enthusiasts alike come together to consider and celebrate aspects of cultural production in Africa and… Read More ›
Ethiopia in Transition at Film Africa 2015
AiW Guest: Mike Thomas Four years after Lindiwe Dovey and Namvula Rennie founded Film Africa in 2011, in association with the Royal African Society (RAS) and SOAS, the 2015 edition of the film festival offered the Ethiopia in Transition strand,… Read More ›