AiW Guest: Pelu Awofeso “I am a student of Chinua Achebe,” Okey Ndibe says near the end of his reading at University of Lagos’ Faculty of Arts last July. “But as a writer, my temperament is between [Wole] Soyinka, Achebe… Read More ›
University of Lagos
Review of Illuminate Theatre Performance: Unsettling the Certainties of the Air-Conditioned Room
AiW Guest: Carli Coetzee The second conference of the Lagos Studies Association has just taken place, at the University of Lagos. The conference had many memorable moments, but the one that stands out for me was when the panel was… Read More ›
CfP: Lagos – From the Pepperfarm to the Megacity (and Beyond), 15-17 June 2017, Lagos, Deadline: 30 Oct 2016
LAGOS: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Space, Society, and the Imagination of an African Crossroads LAGOS: From the Pepperfarm to the Megacity (and Beyond) An Interdisciplinary Conference on Space, Society, and the Imagination of an African Crossroads Faculty of Arts University… Read More ›
CFP: DirtPol One-Day Workshop – Mediating Waste: Media and the Management of Waste in Lagos
Call for papers Mediating Waste: Media and the Management of Waste in Lagos A One-Day Workshop on Weds 16th March 2016 at the University of Lagos At the centre of this interdisciplinary workshop is the idea that there are fruitful… Read More ›
Call for Applications: 6 Full-Time Project Researchers ‘The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa, 1880-present’, Kenyatta University & University of Lagos
University of Sussex English Professor Steph Newell has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant of 2.2 million euro to lead a five-year survey of contemporary urban life in Africa as revealed in attitudes to and perceptions of “dirt”…. Read More ›
The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa – workshop and launch. University of Sussex. Oct 8th, 4pm.
Workshop at the University of Sussex, Tuesday 8th October 4pm-6pm. This workshop marks the launch of a 5-year ERC funded research project involving the University of Sussex, Kenyatta University and the University of Lagos. School of English Social Space (Arts B274) followed by… Read More ›