AiW Guest: Wassing Wadaï Charles, aka W.charly
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After yesterday’s opening Q&A with Christine Yohannes (Ethiopia), today we share Poetry Africa Poets’ Words on the Times responses from slam artist Wassing Wadaï Charles, aka Charly (note – les réponses de Charly sont en français), below…
Francophone literature
Gaël Faye in Conversation: A Review
AiW Guest: Akua Banful. I walked into the large room on the second floor of Albertine, the French consulate affiliated bookstore in New York, and immediately felt the energy and anticipation of the crowd. The old, the young, the francophone… Read More ›
CFP/Appel: African Literature and the Press / Presse et littérature africaine(s)
19 – 20 March 2018 – Conference – Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3 – RIRRA21 African Literature and the Press / Presse et littérature africaine(s) Call for papers / Appel à communications Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. The principal language of… Read More ›
Event: West African Literature and Thought in French: Translating Cultures, 22 January 2016, London
West African Literature and Thought in French: Translating Cultures Friday 22 January 2016, 10.30-17.00, British Library Conference Centre Some of the most important contemporary writing in French has emerged from West Africa. This event brings together authors (leading… Read More ›
CFP: Postcolonial Mobilities in the Francophone World
Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, in association with Liverpool University Press, welcome reflections on the following: Postcolonial Mobilities in the Francophone World Friday 13 & Saturday 14 November 2015 Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London, The large-scale movement… Read More ›