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Review: Can We Really Decolonize the American University? – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o...
AiW Guest: Kadiatou Keita. It was exhilarating at first. I cheered Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on like he was performing. The March 2021 installment of the University of Yale’s English Department...
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Q&A with poet Romeo Oriogun: Sacrament of Bodies
AiW Guests: Fisayo Amodu, Dora Houghton & Bryony Gooch. Romeo Oriogun is an award-winning poet from Nigeria. His previous work includes the chapbooks Burnt Men, The Origin of Butterflies and Museum...
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Tasting Feelings: A Review of Iquo DianaAbasi’s ‘Efo Riro’
AiW Guest: Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè. Iquo DianaAbasi’s debut collection of short stories, Efo Riro (Parresia 2020), puts meat on the bones of the observation that the sense of taste is somehow wired...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Open Hearts Big Dreams & Ready Set Go Books
AiW note: Open Hearts Big Dreams (OHBD) is a not-for-profit organisation working to provide literacy resources and opportunities for students in Ethiopia. Their main project is Ready Set Go Books, an...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Marina Novelli on “Building Bridges through...
The Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts Online Panel Discussions Series is part of a University of Brighton initiative that facilitates a contemporary art-based dialogue between key...
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Review: “You only need the mbira”– T.L. Huchu’s ‘The Library of the Dead’
AiW Guest: Ranka Primorac. By the time I twigged that T. L. Huchu’s The Library of the Dead was not aimed at my age group, it was no longer an option to stop reading. The author of the deft...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Art And About Africa
AiW note: Art And About Africa is a free platform that allows its users to discover artists and art spaces in the vibrant African art scene on the continent, facilitating where to go, what to see, and...
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Q&A -‘Farewell Amor’ (2020) filmmaker Ekwa Msangi: talking immigration,...
AiW Guests: Libby Gervais, Abi Taphouse, James Truscott & Maddy Holmes “Let’s actually think about who they are, not just what they are here to take from us”. Ekwa Msangi. Ekwa Msangi is a film...
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Review: “Flying Forward with Your Head Facing Back”– Chibundu Onuzo’s ‘Sankofa’
AiW Guest: Zahra Banday AiW note: Our Guest Reviewer, Zahra Banday, appraises Award-winning writer Chibundu Onuzo’s third novel, Sankofa, which was published by Virago Books and went on sale on 3 June...
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Q&A – Chibundu Onuzo, author of ‘Sankofa’
AiW Guest: Zahra Banday AiW note: Following up on her review of Sankofa, “a fresh, funny and moving take on the theme of identity and place… crafted with gentle care but harbouring brutal realities,”...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Kimberley Nyamhondera, Press Officer & Marketing...
AiW note: Following Zahra Banday’s review of Chibundu Onuzo’s latest novel Sankofa last week and her accompanying Q&A with Chibundu — where they chat process and writing and various inspirations —...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – M Lynx Qualey for ArabLit
AiW note: ArabLit describe themselves as a translator-centered “loose collective” that produce a website, quarterly magazine (ArabLit Quarterly), and a limited book series (ALQ Books) focused on...
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Review: The Heshoo Beshoo Group – Armitage Road
AiW Guest: Phumelele Mzimela This rare apartheid-era collector’s item Armitage Road (originally released in 1970) is the only record by South African jazz ensemble The Heshoo Beshoo Group. In 2020, the...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Nzube Nlebedim of The Shallow Tales Review
AiW note: The Shallow Tales Review literary magazine is an online literary outfit that aims to share the unique African story. It was founded in August 2019 by Nigerian writer, critic and editor, Nzube...
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Review: Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts, Panels 1&2
AiW Guest: Clive Allanso. AiW note: Anticipating the final panel in the “Building Bridges through Contemporary Arts“ (BBTCA) series – “Responsible Solutions to New Obstacles” (June 30th, 2pm BST) –...
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Q&A: Words on the Times – Shine Your Eye lead actress Dienye Waboso
AiW note: In February this year, Volcano Theatre in Toronto reached out to Africa in Words to help publicise the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s play Shine Your Eye. Shine your Eye is a one-act play written...
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‘Campus Gangsterism’– A review of Femi Kayode’s “Lightseekers”
AiW Guest Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè AiW note: Our Guest Reviewer,Tọ́pẹ́-ẸniỌbańkẹ́ Adégòkè, reviews award-winning writer Femi Kayode’s debut novel Lightseekers, which was published by Raven Books and...
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Review Caine 2021: Acts of Humanity and Metaphors of Freedom – Doreen...
We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers @dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero...
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Review Caine 2021: [Mis]understanding the Game – Meron Hadero’s ‘The Street...
We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers @dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero...
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Review Caine 2021: Satirizing Injustice – Rémy Ngamije’s ‘The Giver of...
We are absolutely delighted to announce the Shortlist for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing! Congratulations to all five of our shortlisted writers @dbaing01 @remythequill @meronhadero...
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