Review: Bound to be Re-Read? ‘Bound to Violence’– a Penguin Modern Classic...
By AiW Guest: Lizzy Attree. Author note: Huge thanks for Katie Reid’s editorial support and insight which really enhanced this article and perfected its final form. Le Devoir de Violence / Bound to...
View ArticleReview: The Social Eyes on Women, Motherhood, and their Being in Elizabeth...
AiW Guest: Tikondwe Chimkowola-Kadaluka. Elizabeth Allua Vaah’s Maame (Mawenzi House, 2020) is not just another clichéd tale about motherhood. Rather, it ties together a myriad of issues, with a...
View ArticleSpotlight Q&A: Editors & Writers talk – Ucheoma Onwutuebe’s ‘Where Are You...
AiW Guests: Ucheoma Onwutuebe and Lydia Mathis. AiW note: what follows is an email conversation between Nigerian writer Ucheoma Onwutuebe and 2023 Editorial Fellow at New York based literary magazine...
View ArticleSpotlight on… Editing Anthologies: Doorways, Communities, and Reference Texts
With AiW Guests: Chris Abani, Kwame Dawes, Joanne Hichens, and Hilda Twongyeirwe.Edited by: Ashawnta Jackson and Jessica Powers for #readingAfrica 2024 (Catalyst Press). Jackson and Powers:...
View ArticleReview: Of Motherhood and Negotiation – ‘Breastmilk’ by ‘Pemi Aguda (on the...
AiW Guest: Spemba Elias Spemba. AiW note: this is the first in our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series, of Nigerian writer ‘Pemi Aguda’s shortlisted story, ‘Breastmilk’, published in One Story,...
View ArticleReview: Family Dynamics in Uche Okonkwo’s ‘Animals’ (on the Caine Prize...
AiW Guest: Difrodah Mnyika. AiW note: this is the second in our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (full series here); today, our review is of Nigerian writer Uche Oknonkwo’s shortlisted story,...
View ArticleReview: The Alienated Migrant – Samuel Kọ́láwọlé’s ‘Adjustment of Status’ (on...
AiW Guest: Ekari Phiri. AiW note: Ekari’s piece continues our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (the complete Caine Prize series is here), today, of Nigerian writer Samuel Kọ́láwọlé‘s...
View ArticleReview: Home as Relationship – Tryphena L. Yeboah’s ‘The Dishwashing Women’...
AiW Guest: Beatrice Grace Munala. AiW note: Today’s post continues our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (in full with more here), as Beatrice Munala reviews Ghanaian writer Tryphena Yeboah’s...
View ArticleReview: Nadia Davids’‘Bridling’ (on the Caine Prize Shortlist 2024)
AiW Guest: Tanaka Chidora. AiW note: Today’s post is the final in our 2024 Caine Prize Shortlist Reviews series (in full, with more coverage, here). Tanaka Chidora reviews the winning story by Nadia...
View ArticleSpotlight on… Fanny’s D’Or: Voice Against Blade
With AiW Guest: Leonie B. Predić, including a conversation with Fanny’s D’Or. “You were the key to the doors of space, now you are a scar, a phase” In Chad, listed by Saifaddin Galal’s 2023 research...
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