Alain Mabanckou in Conversation Sunday 2 July 17:00 – 18:30 £10 / £8 / £7 The prolific Francophone Congolese poet and novelist discusses language, style and politics. Author of six volumes of poetry and six novels, including African Psycho, Broken…
With acclaimed Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou joining Africa Writes on July 2nd, we’ve teamed up with AFREADA to run a short story writing competition with the chance to win £100! We are inviting writers, anywhere and everywhere, to participate in a 500-word…
18 March 2017 The second day of the Rwanda leg of the festival saw us climbing the long winding roads to Musanze in the north of the country. We were going to meet a group of students who had formed…
17 March 2016 We joined partners Huza Press and Jalada Africa in Rwanda for the Kigali leg of the Jalada Mobile Literary and Arts Festival, supported by British Council #EastAfricaArts. The festival tours 5 countries in 28 days, and represents…
Africa Writes is back! Friday 30 June – Sunday 2 July 2017 Brought to you by The Royal African Society Join us for an exciting summer weekend at the British Library celebrating the best of contemporary literature from Africa and…
Africa Writes joins the Jalada Mobile Literary & Arts Festival Date & Time: 3rd – 31st March 2017 Venues: 5 countries and 12 towns: Kenya (Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu, Mombasa), Uganda (Kampala, Kabale), DRC (Goma), Rwanda (Kigali) and Tanzania (Mwanza, Arusha, Dar…
Written by Kelechi Iwumene Africa Writes 2016: A whirlwind weekend for African literature that celebrated the festival’s fifth year at The British Library, 1-3 July. From Bisi Alimi’s drag alter ego, to the fiery wisdom of Nawal El Saadawi, to…
A Brief History of Africa Writes – by Sheila Ruiz, Head of Programmes, Partnerships & Operations at The Royal African Society The idea was simple – to offer an annual platform to showcase established and emerging literary talent from across Africa…
A Child’s Eye View of Corruption[1] A review of Robtel Neajai Pailey’s Gbagba by Daniel Agbiboa Corruption has become the real stuff of public discourse and everyday practice in many African societies, implicating both citizens and subjects, both public and private…
Continued from The F Word (Episode 2): Harassment and #killallmen K: You said something very interesting Henry. You talked about men asserting their power over women to affirm their masculinity- and the idea that women don’t have control over their…