Book Review: ‘Stay with Me’ by Ayobami Adebayo
Yejide and Akin’s fairytale romance is being put to the ultimate test by the pressure to conceive. Akin’s family have taken matters into their…
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The Afropolitan Festival, 03.02.17- 05.02.17, Brussels
The Afropolitan Festival is three days of exceptional programming dedicated to Afropolitan art, creativity and state of mind, presented by BOZAR and its partners,…
We Are Still Writing Against Ourselves – Desiree Reynolds on female literary characters
Why do our heroines have to be ‘beautiful’? Can a female character… just be? What is it saying about literature that we as women…
Conversation Starter: An Interview with Cassiah Joski-Jethi
Fresh from the success of her award-winning play ‘Under My Thumb’, writer Cassiah Joski-Jethi is not resting on her laurels. She’s back with a brand…
Highlights from the 2016 Africa Writes Festival – Theatre Review: ‘The Immigrant’ by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
100 years from now and, oh, how the tables have turned. Oliver (Edmund Wiseman) is a Brit seeking refuge in the economically-strong African Union…
Afropea Now! International Festival, Linz 25.09.14 – 27.09.14
Welcome to Afropea Now! 25. – 27. Sept. 2014 | Linz | Austria After its first two editions in…
Miles Morland Foundation Scholarships for writers of African Heritage: Deadline 31.10.14
The Miles Morland Foundation is a charity which supports culture and education in Africa, particularly the continent’s literature. In recognition of the financial challenges…
Island Voices Launch, George Padmore Institute, London 29.07.14
Barbara Jenkins Reading @ The George Padmore Institute, New Beacon Books, London 20.05.14
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Zurich – Reading & conversation, 14/05
The nigerian writer will read excerpts from her latest novel, Americanah. The love story between Ifemelu and Obize starts in Nigeria in the 90s…
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