In April, with theatre stages empty following the COVID-19 pandemic, Shakespeare ZA — a project of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa (SSOSA), set up to promote the work of South African theatre-makers, film-makers, translators, researchers and writers engaging with… Read More ›
Africa in Words will be taking a short break from posting new content over the Christmas period, but we will be back refreshed and raring to go in January. Meanwhile, so you can still get your Africa in Words fix,… Read More ›
Wahala: OED ‘trouble, affliction, calamity’ (from the OUP Blog) The death of Achebe has seen a wide range of tributes: reprints of interviews, quotes, images but also reflections and memories from those who knew this great writer, and writers influenced… Read More ›
Just two i-Player days left to catch up with the film version of the RSC’s production of Julius Caesar – “Shakespeare’s African play”. Set in a modern day African state after independence, with echoes of contemporary events in the Arab… Read More ›
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