2019 Caine Prize Conversation Saturday 6 July, 17:00 – 18:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium With Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria), Meron Hadero (Ethiopia), Cherrie Kandie (Kenya), Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti (Cameroon), Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor (Nigeria). Chaired by Prof. Fareda Banda….
New Daughters of Africa Saturday 6 July, 19:00 – 20:30 £15 / £12 / £10 / £9 for RAS Members Celebrating Black women’s writing in a landmark anthology Twenty-five years after Margaret Busby’s landmark anthology Daughters of Africa, this new companion volume…
Love & Sickle Cell in Stay With Me Sunday 7 July, 11:00 – 11:45 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium The author in conversation with award winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ discusses love, desire and the devastating consequences of…
Literary Innovation in East Africa Sunday 7 July, 11:15 – 12:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Bronte Room With Sitawa Namwalie, Huza Press, Storymoja, Writivism & others. Chaired by Caitlin Pearson. In this session, we showcase some of the most exciting…
Interrogating the Text: Workshop for Book Reviewers and Critics Sunday 7 July, 11:00 – 12:30 British Library Knowledge Centre, Eliot Room With Sarah Ozo-Irabor and Niki Igbaroola. What constitutes a ‘good’ and ‘objective’ review? In this interactive workshop, we will…
German Calendar No December by Sylvia Ofili Sunday 7 July, 12:00 – 12:30 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium Book launch with the author chaired by Olumide Popoola. Exploring mixed identity and migration with humanity and humour, we present the…
Not My Time To Die by Yolande Mukagasana Sunday 7 July, 12:30 – 13:00 British Library Knowledge Centre, Bronte Room Book launch with the author and translator Dr. Zoe Norridge. Chaired by Véronique Tadjo. Yolande Mukagasana’s moving memoir is one…
Translating Comic Strips from North Africa Sunday 7 July, 13:00 – 14:30 British Library Knowledge Centre, Eliot Room With Nariman Youssef and Sawad Hussain. A beginner’s introduction to the art of translation where you will learn the process of transforming comic…
Everything You Have Told Me Is True by Mary Harper Sunday 7 July, 12:45 – 13:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Main Auditorium Book launch with the author chaired by Dr. Idil Osman. BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper presents an intimate…
The Reading Salon Sunday 7 July, 13:15 – 14:15 British Library Knowledge Centre, Bronte Room With Michael Donkor, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Sumayya Lee & others. Discover an imaginative space of writers reading from their work. Come, sit and listen to the…