19 – 20 March 2018 – Conference – Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3 – RIRRA21 African Literature and the Press / Presse et littérature africaine(s) Call for papers / Appel à communications Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2017. The principal language of… Read More ›
Ruth Bush
CfP: Paper, Airwaves, Screen: From Text to Audience in African Popular Culture, 12-13 July 2017, Bristol, deadline: 15 February 2017
Paper, airwaves, screen: from text to audience in African popular culture CALL FOR PAPERS University of Bristol, UK 12-13 July 2017 deadline: 15 February 2017 Confirmed keynotes: Lydie Moudileno (University of Pennsylvania), Tsitsi Jaji (Duke University) Recent artworks,… Read More ›
Establishing a New Literary Prize: The Huza Press Award for Fiction
AiW Guest: Louise Umutoni As part of Writivism 2016, University of Bristol, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for African Cultural Excellence collaborated to bring together an Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop. This four-day workshop held in August in Kampala… Read More ›
Why is Translation Important?: Publishing African Literature Across Languages
AiW Guest: Edwige-Renée DRO As part of Writivism 2016, University of Bristol, Stellenbosch University and the Centre for African Cultural Excellence collaborated to bring together an Arts Management and Literary Entrepreneurship Workshop. This four-day workshop held in August in Kampala… Read More ›
Q&A: Felwine Sarr – Writer, musician and co-founder of Jimsaan publishing house (Dakar, Senegal)
Interview and translation by AiW Guest Ruth Bush Felwine Sarr co-founded Editions Jimsaan in 2012. His co-founders are Boubacar Boris Diop and Nafissatou Dia Diouf, both leading figures in the Senegalese cultural scene. Alongside Jimsaan, which seeks to showcase new writing… Read More ›
The Book in Africa: A Day Symposium
AiW Guest Ruth Bush This lively one day event took place in London at Senate House on 20 October 2012, was led by Dr Caroline Davis (Oxford Brookes) and brought together a number of researchers working in the broad area of… Read More ›