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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...
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Review: 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...
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Spotlight 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...
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Spotlight 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:...
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Review: 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,...
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Review: 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,...
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Review: 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...
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Review: 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...
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Review: 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...
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Spotlight 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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