In the lead up to the British Library’s Exhibition West Africa: Word Symbol, Song, Nana Ocran sat down with writer and cultural historian Gus Casely-H...
Peter Wiggins meets Emmanuel Jal, the Sudanese hip-hop star.
“I am still a soldier. But now my weapon is music.”
Emmanuel Jal was a child when the second...
"Word, Symbol, Song - The British Library's first major exhibition of it's African collections opens today; with a focus on West Africa's vibrant literary herit...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/854759703/exhibition-catalogues-for-1-54-contemporary-africa?ref=project_link
A famous poet once wrote ‘a thing of beaut...
#THIS: Hannah Pool, Journalist and Curator, Africa Utopia at Africa Writes, the Royal African Society's annual literature festival, chairing 'African Books to I...
The #ScienceAfrica unconference is fast becoming an established event on the calendar for anyone interested in Africa's scientific and overall development; this...
How did you get here?
It would be a lot of fun if I had an enthralling story to tell, involving long-eared beings, secret rituals and coded verse. But I do...
Ahead of Africa Writes, which this year hosts a panel on literary magazines that have have shaped the production and reception of African literature and ideas, ...
Dear Oxonians,
Far be it for us to suggest how you ought to vote – in the upcoming elections for Professor of Poetry at your esteemed institution. What’s On ...