AiW Guests: Yasmine Arasteh, Skye Frewin & Sally Wright. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a prominent Nigerian writer and journalist. He is the author of the short story collection The Whispering Trees (2012), the novel Season of Crimson Blossoms (2015), and… Read More ›
Peter Adjaye is a contemporary conceptual sound artist, specialising in cross disciplinary collaborations. He is a musicologist, composer, DJ-producer and musician. His unique set of skills and vast experience have enabled him to work closely with his brother, the award-winning… Read More ›
AiW note: In the first of Africa Writes’ online events this year, Ifeanyi Awachie, London-based Igbo curator and writer, will be in conversation with the 2020 AKO Caine Prize shortlisted writers this evening, Monday 20th July at 19.00 BST (20.00… Read More ›
The Costume Institute of the African Diaspora’s (CIAD) 2nd Biennial Conference London College of Fashion New date: 10 October, 2020 Bringing together academics and researchers from across the world who are working within the field of Material Culture, African Fashion,… Read More ›
AiW note: This conversation follows on from our cast back to last March (2019) and Chelsea Haith’s review of the Q&A’s main text, Popoola’s 2017 novel, When We Speak of Nothing: ‘Experimental…Representative and Complex’ – #PastAndPresent . AiW Guests: René… Read More ›
Film Africa 2020 30 October – 8 November London, UK Film Africa is the Royal African Society’s biennial London festival, celebrating the best African and African diaspora cinema from across the continent. Now in its ninth year, Film Africa has… Read More ›
The Black Book Festival London Saturday 14 March, 2020 11am-7pm The Black Book Festival is a celebration and showcase of African-Caribbean writing and global Black writing in general. This is an event that presents the work of old and new… Read More ›
Toyin Ojih Odutola “A Countervailing Theory” Open now, and until 26 July 2020 Barbican Centre, London The first-ever UK exhibition by Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola, this epic cycle of new work will explore an imagined ancient myth, with an… Read More ›
SCOLMA Annual Conference 2020 Oun a ní la ń gbé l’árugẹ [i] – (It is the heritage we have that we must celebrate): Publishing, Collecting and Accessing African-language Materials Monday 8 June, 2020 SALT, Paul Webley Wing, SOAS, University of… Read More ›
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London is hosting an exquisite exhibition of ‘African Textiles from the Karun Thakar Collection’, arguably one of the world’s largest private collections of African textiles. Featuring high quality material, that highlights the sophistication of historical… Read More ›
We are delighted to share information about this exhibition: Sokari Douglas Camp’s work in welded steel is on show at Petronilla Silver in London. The sculptor Sokari Douglas Camp (CBE) works primarily in steel. Her subjects are rooted in Nigeria,… Read More ›
We the People Film Festival # 8: Nelson Mandela Film Screening SOAS, London 25 November, 1900-2100 “The State against Mandela and the others” Directors: Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte. Nelson Mandela seized centre stage during a historic trial in 1963 and… Read More ›
Life Through Extraordinary Mirrors Contemporary Art Exhibition At October Gallery, London Until 23 November 2019 Life Through Extraordinary Mirrors is an exhibition of contemporary art exploring the globalized twenty-first century. The exhibition includes the work of some of Africa’s foremost… Read More ›
In 2019 the award winning Nigerian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia launched the first ever African Concert Series in London, featuring monthly events of music by African classical composers. Described by the BBC World Service as “the African Art Music makes a comeback”, the programme of… Read More ›
The School of Arts at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London seeks to appoint a Lecturer (or Senior Lecturer) in the Art History of Africa in the Department of the History of Art & Archaeology…. Read More ›
1-54 London returns! 7th edition at Somerset House 03 – 06 October 2019. Founded by Touria El Glaoui in 2013, 1-54 is the first leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora with annual editions… Read More ›
Zadie Smith, bestselling and award-winning author, will be discussing her brand new – and first – collection of short stories Grand Union with Diana Evans at The Royal Institution in London on 2nd October. ‘Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from… Read More ›
Exhibition: Here Is Elsewhere Thabiso Sekgala Hayward Galley, London 28 August – 6 October 2019 Here Is Elsewhere is an exhibition of the work of late South African photographer Thabiso Sekgala. Sekgala’s first solo exhibition in the UK brings together… Read More ›
Translating Possibilities SOAS, London 12 September 2019 A public night of readings, performances, films and dance celebrating translated poetry moving beyond the page. About this Event Translating Possibilities will bring together a mix of different languages, translation practices and poetic… Read More ›
Utopian Acts is collecting decolonial utopian resources! During the 2019 Utopian Studies Society conference in Prato this month a number of delegates discussed the lack of attention being paid to indigenous, black and decolonial studies scholarship within the field. Utopian… Read More ›
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