Africa Writes have teamed up with Jacaranda Books to bring you a delightful monthly read from the publisher’s Twenty in 2020 releases. In September we are spotlighting Deadly Sacrifice by Stella Oni. Here’s a short blurb: #TwentyIn2020 mystery begins as…
Symposium – How should we write Yorùbá? Date: Wednesday 2 September – Thursday 3 September Time: 15:00 – 17:00 (BST/WAT both days) Tickets: FREE Two webinars on writing Yorùbá, a major language of West Africa, in the 21st century. …
Africa Writes x First Five Live with Yomi Ṣode Date: Thursday 27 August Time: 19:00 – 20:15 (BST) Location: Zoom (streamed on Facebook Live) Tickets: FREE (suggested donations £2 / £5 / £10) With Yomi Ṣode and Paul Mendez. First…
Kenkey Party: Ghanaian Storytelling for Children Tuesday 25 August, 14:00 – 14:30 (BST) Location: Zoom Tickets: FREE (suggested donations £2 / £5 / £10) With Oyoo Nii-Owoo and Efua Okine. Leebi ko lɛ, Kɔmi kɛ kenaŋ eba Akwei kɛ Naa…
Stories of Silk: Somali Storytelling for children Tuesday 25 August, 11:00 – 11:30 (BST) Location: Zoom Tickets: FREE (suggested donations £2 / £5 / £10) With Deqa M Abdi. Sheekoysheeko, sheekoxariir ah, shimbir baa dhuustay, shaah bay karisay…..koob bay shubatay….
Africa Writes have teamed up with Jacaranda Books to bring you a delightful monthly read from the publisher’s Twenty in 2020 releases. In July we are spotlighting If I Don’t Have You by Sareeta Domingo. Here’s a short blurb: A #TwentyIn2020…
2020 AKO Caine Prize Conversation Monday 20 July, 19:00 – 20:30 (BST) Location: Zoom (streamed on Facebook Live) Price: FREE (suggested donations: £2 / £5 / £10) With Erica Sugo Anyadike (Tanzania), Chikodili Emelumadu (Nigeria & UK), Jowhor Ile (Nigeria), Rémy…
Africa Writes have teamed up with Jacaranda Books to bring you a delightful monthly read from the publisher’s Twenty in 2020 releases. In June we are spotlighting Bad Love by Maame Blue. Here’s a short blurb: #TwentyIn2020 romance Bad Love is…
We at the Royal African Society are looking for a dynamic, innovative Programme Manager who is committed to enhancing cultural representation in the curriculum and improving educational outcomes for children. The Programme Manager will have responsibility for the delivery of the…
We, at Africa Writes, stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Black Trans Lives Matter. Black Women’s Lives Matter. Black Children’s Lives Matter. In this trying time for many of us, especially for the global Black community, there has been…