AiW Guest: Anthony Molosi.AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa – presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – we offer here a mini-series of our Words on the Times Q&As, with poets who are… Read More ›
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Q&A – Andriy Lyubka (Ukraine): Poetry Africa Words on the Times
AiW Guest: Andriy Lyubka AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa – presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal – we offer here a mini-series of our Words on the Times Q&As, with poets who… Read More ›
Q&A – W.charly (Cameroon): Poetry Africa Words on the Times (en français)
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…
Q&A – Christine Yohannes (Ethiopia): Poetry Africa Words on the Times
AiW Guest: Christine Yohannes. AiW note: In collaboration with Poetry Africa, we are excited to share the first in a mini-series of Words on the Times Q&As with poets who are participating in the ‘powering up’ and ‘unmuting’ that is… Read More ›
AiW long read: Caine 2021 – A prize coming of age
AiW Guest: Doseline Kiguru AiW note: As with every year since “Joining the Caine Prize ‘Blog-Carnival’” back in 2013 — Africa in Words has engaged with the AKO Caine Prize for African Writers in the run up to the winner… Read More ›
Q&A: The New Brighton Art School – Madoda Honi
With AiW Guests: Dolla Sapeta and Madoda Honi. AiW note: A few weeks ago, Africa in Words published the first of our pioneering posts promoting the work of the New Brighton Art School. We sat down with Dolla Sapeta, its founder, to… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – author and educator Priscilla Musoki, Gogo Diaries Sweden
AiW note: Gogo Diaries Sweden is run by Zimbabwean author and educationist Priscilla Musoki, bridging the gap she has seen for children in the Diaspora by publishing bilingual books in the pandemic, grounded in a grandmother’s wisdom and love, storytelling… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Iryn Tushabe
AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Meron Hadero
AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Doreen Baingana
AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around the writing, the work, and that… Read More ›
Q&A Caine 2021: Words on the Times – Goretti Kyomuhendo, Chair of the Judges
With AiW Guest: Goretti Kyomuhendo. AiW note: Last week we ran reviews of each of the five shortlisted stories for the AKO Caine Prize 2021 by five new AiW Guest authors, re-opening our now annual critical conversations and feedback around… Read More ›
Review Caine 2021: “Repeat after me: My mother has been ushered into the spirit world” – Iryn Tushabe’s ‘A Separation’
We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›
Review Caine 2021: Satirizing Injustice – Rémy Ngamije’s ‘The Giver of Nicknames’
We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! 🎉🙌🏿 Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers 📚@dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero @TroyOnyango @wordsweaver Read the stories here: https://t.co/ZezqOVweS7 pic.twitter.com/4O4XtynJXf — The AKO… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Shine Your Eye lead actress Dienye Waboso
AiW note: In February this year, Volcano Theatre in Toronto reached out to Africa in Words to help publicise the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s play Shine Your Eye. Shine your Eye is a one-act play written by Binyavanga Wainaina. Set in… Read More ›
Review: Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts, Panels 1&2
AiW Guest: Clive Allanso. AiW note: Anticipating the final panel in the “Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts“ (BBTCA) series – “Responsible Solutions to New Obstacles” (June 30th, 2pm BST) – Clive Allanso summarises the conversations and debates of the previous… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – M Lynx Qualey for ArabLit
AiW note: ArabLit describe themselves as a translator-centered “loose collective” that produce a website, quarterly magazine (ArabLit Quarterly), and a limited book series (ALQ Books) focused on Arabic literatures in translation. They also run an annual ArabLit Story Prize, an… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Kimberley Nyamhondera, Press Officer & Marketing and Communications Manager
AiW note: Following Zahra Banday’s review of Chibundu Onuzo’s latest novel Sankofa last week and her accompanying Q&A with Chibundu — where they chat process and writing and various inspirations — we are excited to be sharing a Words on… Read More ›
Q&A – Chibundu Onuzo, author of ‘Sankofa’
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 ›
Review: “You only need the mbira” – T.L. Huchu’s ‘The Library of the Dead’
AiW Guest: Ranka Primorac. By the time I twigged that T. L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead was not aimed at my age group, it was no longer an option to stop reading. The author of the deft appropriation… Read More ›
Review: Making Death Part of Daily Life – Véronique Tadjo’s ‘In The Company Of Men’
AiW note: Véronique Tadjo is a writer and painter from Ivory Coast. This year marks the release of her latest novel in translation, In the Company of Men: the Ebola Tales (with HopeRoad Publishing, first pub. En Compagnie des Hommes,… Read More ›
