With AiW Guests: Emmanuel E. Akanwa and Gil Ndi-Shang. AiW note: The Radio and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Cameroonian writer, Gil Ndi-Shang, recently released with Spears Books. “In The Radio and Other Stories, the scholar and the… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Zahra Banday AiW note: Following up on her review of Sankofa, “a fresh, funny and moving take on the theme of identity and place… crafted with gentle care but harbouring brutal realities,” Zahra Banday interviews its award-winning author,… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike AiW note: Ukamaka Olisakwe’s Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right was released with Indigo Press in September and from Masobe Books on the 27th October this year – marking itself as a “feminist classic in… Read More ›
The theme for the 7th Edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival is Black Bodies | Grey Matter. Ideas and ideals abound on the shape and form of the African body, but these are rarely formulated by those to whom… Read More ›
The Best of Africa is an online portal for African ideas and voices. Through creative submissions from their global network, they provide readers useful, intelligent and thoroughly researched commentary and analysis on Africa in order to showcase that the beauty… Read More ›
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 The team is drawn to creative, original and unpublished interviews no longer than 5000 words.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 ›
Africa in Dialogue is currently accepting submissions for its second issue. Seasoned and upcoming African interviewers, writers and critics are invited to submit original, unpublished dialogues with African Storytellers. Africa in Dialogue are interested in high quality, long-form, vibrant dialogues between… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Uche Peter Umez Widely regarded as one of Nigeria’s leading performance poets, Efe Paul Azino has been a headliner at many of the nation’s premier poetry venues. He is the Director of the Lagos International Poetry Festival,… Read More ›
This year the Aké Review (the official journal of the Aké Arts and Book Festival) asked guests ten questions ahead of the festival – from whether they write in their mother tongue to what karaoke song they would like to sing. Two of these… Read More ›
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