AiW Guest: Jade Munslow Ong. AiW note: The 11th of December 2020 marks 100 years since Olive Schreiner’s death. Here, Jade Munslow Ong discusses Schreiner’s legacies as a pioneering feminist, anti-colonialist and author of the first South African novel. 100… Read More ›
CinemAfrica is a festival in Scandinavia that showcases African film. It was started in 1998 and today it has become the largest festival in Scandinavia for films from the African continent and diaspora. This year, CinemAfrica will take place between… Read More ›
Call for Papers Student movements and (post-)colonial emancipations : transnational itineraries, dialogues and programmes 9 December 2016, Université Paris Diderot Deadline for abstracts: 20 September 2016 This one-day conference investigates the role of student movements in individual and collective emancipations, from… Read More ›
Call for Papers Struggles for Liberation in Contemporary Southern African Literatures and Cultural Spaces Symposium at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 10-11 November 2016 Confirmed Keynote Speaker: Achille Mbembe Authors: Mandla Langa and Niq Mhlongo The year 2015… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Jeanne-Marie Jackson South Africa’s literary world, as part of the country’s broad current turmoil, offers evidence for more than just a shallow reading of cultural déjà vu. This evidence goes by the name of Salman Rushdie, who unexpectedly… Read More ›
