Nnedi Okorafor

In other Words… AiW news and April’s wrap

By Africa in Words on 5 May , 2021 • ( 0 )

Catching up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. April’s most read Reviews and General posts one from #Present | & one from our archives – #Past (click… Read More ›

In other Words… AiW news and August’s wrap

By Africa in Words on 1 September , 2020 • ( 0 )

As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, we catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ – news on AiW’s radar, collated from across our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Please be in touch with any other ways and… Read More ›

Review – The Smouldering Fires of Aké Arts & Book Festival 2019

By Africa in Words Guest on 15 January , 2020 • ( 0 )

AiW Guest: Temitayo Olofinlua Earlier in the year, I watched The Hate U Give and If Beale Street Could Talk and, through these films, saw how the American justice system hurls itself against black bodies until it is bent out… Read More ›

Event: Ake Arts & Book Festival, Lagos (24-27 October)

By Africa in Words on 16 October , 2019 • ( 0 )

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 ›

Call for submissions: K & L Prize for African Literature 2020

By Africa in Words on 11 September , 2019 • ( 0 )

The team at K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 are calling for short story entries from young African writers on the theme ‘Africanfuturism’. Africanfuturism, a term coined by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, is a genre that often depicts… Read More ›

‘Strange and unsettling’: Review of ‘Lagos Noir’

By Chelsea Haith on 24 December , 2018 • ( 0 )

Chris Abani‘s introduction to this strange and unsettling collection of noir shorts reveals the essence of the collection’s geographical inspiration: “the unsettled darkness that continues to lurk in the city’s streets, alleys, and waterways.” Lagos is the first African city… Read More ›

Finding Fictions, Forging a Feminist Fantastic: Reflections on ‘This F-Word’, the 5th edition of the Aké Arts and Book Festival (Abeokuta, 14-18 November, 2017)

By Africa in Words Guest on 22 January , 2018 • ( 0 )

By Matthew Lecznar Last November, I had the pleasure of attending the 5th edition of the Aké Arts and Book Festival. Organised by the Lagos-based Book Buzz Foundation, Aké is a five-day cultural extravaganza that takes place in and around… Read More ›

Event: African Speculative Fiction Lecture Series, London, February-March 2017

By Africa in Words on 1 February , 2017 • ( 0 )

African Speculative Fiction Lecture Series SOAS, University of London 1 February – 22 March 2017 The Department of African Languages and Cultures, SOAS, University of London, is hosting a new a lecture series from February 2017 focusing on speculative fiction… Read More ›

Event: Open Book Festival, 7-11 September 2016, Cape Town

By Africa in Words on 4 September , 2016 • ( 0 )

The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival 7 – 11 September 2016 HERE ARE SOME OF THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO WILL BE JOINING US! Some of you may have noticed names popping up… Read More ›

What do children read?: A Review of ALT 33 Children’s Literature and Story-telling

By AFRICA IN WORDS GUEST on 16 June , 2016 • ( 0 )

Following AiW’s Q&A with Professor Emenyonu last week, and to kick-off our summer review series on African children’s literature, Tamara Moellenberg reviews ALT 33: Children’s Literature and Story-telling. AiW Guest: Tamara Moellenberg Children’s Literature and Story-telling, the latest issue of African Literature Today, brings much-needed attention to… Read More ›