**Dates for Africa Writes 2021 have now moved to 4 – 24 October** Due to external factors, the festival has moved from September to October. This webpage has been updated with the new dates. Africa Writes festival returns for…
Africa Writes have teamed up with University of Alberta Press to bring you an excerpt from Valerie Mason-John’s I Am Still Your Negro. Here’s a blurb of the poetry collection: Spoken-word poet Valerie Mason-John unsettles readers with potent images of…
Africa Writes – Exeter Book Club Presents: Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Afterlives Date: Tuesday 30 March Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT) Location: Crowdcast Tickets: FREE (suggested donations: £2 / £5 / £10) With Abdulrazak Gurnah and Novuyo Rosa Tshuma. “To read…
Africa Writes – Exeter Book Club Presents: Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King Date: Tuesday 26 January Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT) Location: Crowdcast Tickets: FREE (suggested donations: £2 / £5 / £10) With Maaza Mengiste and Ndinda Kioko. Join Booker…
Africa Writes – Exeter Book Club Presents: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s The First Woman Date: Tuesday 24 November Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT) Location: Crowdcast Tickets: FREE (suggested donations: £2 / £5 / £10) With Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Billy Kahora….
As half-term comes to an end in the UK, and the looming prospect of an isolating Winter holiday break approaches, we’ve found these wonderful resources for parents and guardians to use with their children. Have a look and we hope…
Africa Writes have teamed up with Bloomsbury to bring you an excerpt from Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Afterlives. Here’s a blurb of the historical fiction novel: Restless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops;…
As of 2019, Africa Writes festival adopted a biennial model with the aim of returning with a full summer festival weekend at the British Library in 2021. With this in mind we planned and programmed two very special events for…
Sensuous Knowledge Masterclass with Minna Salami Date: Tuesday 20 October Time: 17:00 – 19:00 (BST) Location: Zoom Tickets: £35 / £17 (concession tickets for Senior 60+, Student, Under 18 and Unemployed) Drawing from Africa-centric and Black feminist thought, Minna Salami…
Africa Writes have teamed up with Myriad Editions to bring you a moving excerpt from the newly published paperback edition of Margaret Busby’s New Daughters of Africa. This excerpt is written by author and essayist Zadie Smith. Zadie Smith wrote…