AiW Guest: Ben Verghese. Africa Writes is the annual literary festival from the Royal African Society – a celebration of contemporary African literature from across the continent and the diaspora, held in early July. Last year (2013), AiW were at the festival covering… Read More ›
By AiW Guest: Ross Wignall. First, from us at AiW, a quick intro to the Sussex Africa Centre, a new initiative in its founding year, celebrating the University of Sussex’s history of international scholarship and engagement with the African continent…. Read More ›
By AiW Guest: An anonymous academic labourer, somewhere in the South-East of England. Recently I helped teach a course on South African protest and resistance literature. We looked at fiction and poetry from the late 1970s to the late 80s,… Read More ›
Book reading and discussion with KGEBETLI MOELE AND RACHEL ZADOK 11TH FEBRUARY 2014, 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, LIBRARY Children are not only young people developing but subjects in their own right. This premise is the starting point to discuss social constructions of… Read More ›
We are organising a conference to commemorate Chinua Achebe’s work and influence, and to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Arrow of God, which many consider Achebe’s greatest novel. The conference will be held at the University of London… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Uche Peter Umez. “the good poem must and should be readable, friendly to the spoken word without being pedantic and pedestrian” Interviewer’s Note: Remi Raji, Nigerian poet, scholar, literary organiser, and cultural activist, is the author of six poetry… Read More ›
Cissé, al-Qaeed, Bakupa and Bonetti head four jury committees in Luxor African Film Festival 2014 320 films from 46 countries in this third edition Egyptian star Elham Shahine in jury of long competition Tributes to Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz and Mahamet Saleh… Read More ›
Africa in Words will be taking a short break from posting new content over the Christmas period, but we will be back refreshed and raring to go in January. Meanwhile, so you can still get your Africa in Words fix,… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Uche Peter Umez. “Ironies and satires provide poetry with a kind of cynical beauty…” Interviewer’s Note: Musa Idris Okpanachi teaches English Linguistics at the Department of English, Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria. His poems have appeared in Vultures… Read More ›
Binyavanga Wainaina has recently been contracted to coordinate the Africa39 Longlist – 120 of the most promising fiction authors under the age of 40 from Africa, South of the Sahara and diaspora… This is a huge undertaking and will lead… Read More ›
The NOVELLA (Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives and Linked Approaches) ESRC Research Node, Institute of Education and The Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London. ‘Walking the margins with Sudanese forced migrants in Cairo’. Steve Thorpe, University of East London…. Read More ›
Teju Cole introducing Ivan Vladislavic in Chelsea: “One of the best writers in the world… one of the great modern prose stylists.” Agreed. — Africa is a Country (@AfricasaCountry) November 5, 2013 (Tweeted from 192 Books in New York, where Teju Cole, author… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Graham Riach. The first edition of new literary magazine Prufrock, which appeared in autumn this year, cuts quite a dash. The cover must be somewhere around a Pantone 2635c, I imagine, with a line drawing of J. Alfred’s… Read More ›
Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS) Panel Discussion Contemporary Cultures of Opposition in Africa 15 January 2014 15:00-17:00 Room: L67 SOAS, University of London “Alternatives to manipulation and domestication of the poor in arts for development: the danger… Read More ›
Issue Three: A Tall Glass of Water, Summer 2013 Deadline for completed submissions: Monday, November 11th Prufrock and Fox & Raven are joining forces to publish the best of short genre fiction in South Africa. Submit your original story of up… Read More ›
By AiW Guest: Steffan Horowitz The latest issue (August 2013) of Chimurenga’s quarterly pan-African gazette, the Chronic, and its accompanying Chronic Books magazine are now available in print or for download. It features contributions from the likes of Akin Adesokan,… Read More ›
SHOWCASE and Bureau Africa have just released their newest production, a series of film interviews with Ghanaian contemporary visual artists. The video project is now internationally launched under the title “The Black Stars of Ghana – Art District“ and comprises a series of documented conversations… Read More ›
By AiW Guest: Uche Peter Umez. “Different writers in different locations at different times find their different reasons for writing.” Interviewer’s Note: AFAM AKEH, the author of Stolen Moments (1988), has won prizes and other honours for his poems, short stories… Read More ›
From the 11th to the 19th October. The African Film Festival of Cordoba, 10 years breaking stereotypes. 66 films by 31 different countries in the programme, along with parallel activities, exhibitions and a space for professionals. The African Film Festival… Read More ›
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