Queen Mary University London

CfP: The Verbal Text & National Literary Historiography, 10-12 November 2016, London, Deadline 01 April 2016

By Africa in Words on 17 February , 2016 • ( 1 )

The Verbal Text & National Literary Historiography An Interdisciplinary Conference 10-12 November 2016 Queen Mary University of London Call for Papers Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2016 Sustained attention to the place of the verbal text in national literary historiographies… Read More ›

Review: Nadia Davids’ ‘An Imperfect Blessing’ (Umuzi, 2014)

By Africa in Words Guest on 27 July , 2015 • ( 2 )

AiW Guest: Ed Charlton. In the same way as the vicissitudes of the weather—sudden hailstorms, raucous gales, sweltering humidity—often mark our experience of a place more vividly than any of the customary variations in climate, it is the petty familial… Read More ›