AiW Note: Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili. The journal was born out of a Nairobi-based writing group in 2015, and is run… Read More ›
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“We can draw from the past and create something new, or we can just present the past as it was”: Talking Nostalgia, Memory, and Creative Collaboration with Wanjeri Gakuru
AiW Guests: Isobella Norman, Leyla Mohammed and Leoni Fretwell. Wanjeri Gakuru is a freelance journalist, essayist and filmmaker invested in gender equality and social justice. From 2018, Wanjeri has been the Managing Editor of Jalada Africa, a Pan-African writers’ collective… Read More ›
Q&A: Words on the Times – Shiraz Durrani and Kimani Waweru from Vita Books
AiW note: To celebrate the past thirty years of independent distributing and bookselling at African Books Collective (ABC), we are running a series highlighting the wonderful work of those who make up ABC. We will be talking to some of… Read More ›
A Review of ‘Nairobi Noir’, a collection of short stories edited by Peter Kimani
AiW Guest: Maëline Le Lay. Initially published by Akashic Books, the New York publisher of Kenyan novelist and journalist Peter Kimani (author of the highly regarded Dance of the Jakaranda), this collection of short stories complements the rich collection of “noir”… Read More ›
Q&A with Angela Wachuka – Literary producer and co-founder of Book Bunk
AiW Guests: Jess Irving and Jessica Smith Angela Wachuka is one of Kenya’s leading literary producers. In 2018, with Wanjiru Koinange, she founded Book Bunk. From 2008 to 2017, Wachuka was Executive Director of Kwani Trust, where she published Africa’s… Read More ›
Exhibition: Michael Armitage at Norval Foundation (South Africa, June 2020)
Norval Foundation brings rising Venice Biennale star Michael Armitage to South Africa At just 35, Kenyan artist Michael Armitage is swiftly emerging as one of the most exciting young voices of contemporary art, heralded as a stand-out artist at the… Read More ›
CFP: ‘Binyavanga Wainaina: Literary Legacies and Creative Futures’, ASAUK 2020 (Deadline: 22 March)
Binyavanga Wainaina: Literary Legacies and Creative Futures At ASAUK 2020 Cardiff, Wales, UK 08-10 September 2020 Following the general call, we are delighted to share the call for papers for the thematic stream ‘Binyavanga Wainaina: Literary Legacies and Creative Futures’… Read More ›
Review of “Dog Meat Samosa”: Short stories by Stanley Gazemba
In the first story in Stanley Gazemba’s collection Dog Meat Samosa (Regal House Publishing, 2019), Mukabwa is a subordinate member of staff, a disgruntled hospital cashier working in the morgue. As the narrator reveals, Mukabwa is nonetheless in a position… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Rhetorical (Re)invention of Africa in the 21st Century (Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2020)
The African Association for Rhetoric in collaboration with the United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Announces its 9th biennial Conference, themed: ‘RHETORICAL (RE)INVENTION OF AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY’ July 22-24, 2020 In the milieu that saw most African nations… Read More ›
Caine Prize 2019 Shortlist: A Review of Cherrie Kandie’s “Sew My Mouth”
AiW Guest: Temitayo Olofinlua This is the third in AiW’s annual Caine Prize for African Writing review series, reviewing all five of the shortlisted stories of 2019’s offerings. We’ve long used the opportunity to talk through the writing recognised by… Read More ›
Call for Applications: Archives Workshop in Nairobi (Deadline: 7 June)
‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ Week-Long Collaborative Archives Workshop Nairobi, 17-23 October 2019 ‘Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s’ is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will run from 1 September 2018 to 31 August… Read More ›
Save the Date: International Publishers Association Africa Seminar (June 14-15, Nairobi)
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Petina Gappah are two of the many delegates set to attend the International Publishers Association Africa Seminar in Nairobi from June 14-15, 2019. The seminar will take place at Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi, and the theme… Read More ›
Call for Papers and Panels: ASAA Conference 2019 (Deadline: May ,15 & 30)
The 2019 ASAA Conference Nairobi October 24-26, 2019 The theme of African Studies Association of Africa’s (ASAA) 3rd Biennial Conference 2019 is African and Africana Knowledges: Past Representations, Current Discourses, Future Communities. The conference will be held for the first… Read More ›
Caine Prize 2018 Shortlist: A Review of Makena Onjerika’s “Fanta Blackcurrant”
AiW Guest: Beverly Akoyo Ochieng’ AiW’s annual Caine Prize review series is back. We’ve been talking about prize culture for a long time at Africa in Words; Kate Wallis started off this series in 2013. In the coming days we are… Read More ›
Call Out: New Writing & Artwork, RadioBook Rwanda, Deadline 25 January 2018
Huza Press (RW) invites submissions of short fiction and nonfiction by Rwandan writers and artwork by Rwandan and Kenyan artists for a new imprint created in collaboration with No Bindings (UK) and Kwani Trust (KE). This new book series brings… Read More ›
Event: Literary Crossroads, 29 June 2017, Nairobi
Literary Crossroads Jennifer Makumbi and Okwiri Oduor 29 June 2017, 6pm, Goethe Institute Nairobi The Literary Crossroads Series brings together African writers on the continent and from the diaspora to discuss contemporary trends and themes in literature. The June session… Read More ›
Innovative exhibition puts African cities on the fashion map
AiW Guest: Harriet Hughes Fashion Cities Africa, the first major UK exhibition dedicated to presenting contemporary African Fashion design, opened at Brighton museum in April 2016. The aim of the exhibition is to present the fashion cultures of four African… Read More ›
Q&A: Ifeanyi Awachie on curating Yale’s Africa Salon: bringing African conversations and African cool to Yale
Africa Salon is a contemporary African arts and culture festival founded in 2015 at Yale University. The Salon is a week-long feast of visual art, music, dance, literature, film and more from Africa and the diaspora, and it has brought… Read More ›
Exhibition: Three Photographers/Six Cities, 30 April – 25 September 2016, Philadelphia
Three Photographers/Six Cities April 30, 2016 – September 25, 2016 Philadelphia Museum of Art Experience six African cities through the work of three extraordinary photographers. This exhibition offers an in-depth look at three photographers who create powerful pictures of… Read More ›
Exhibition: Fashion Cities Africa, 30 April 2016 – 8 January 2017, Brighton
Fashion Cities Africa Start: 30 April 2016 at 10:00 am End: 8 January 2017 at 5:00 pm Brighton Museum The first major UK exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion will open at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery on 30 April… Read More ›
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