African Writers

Dialogues Novelist 

Centering History and Education in Fiction: A Dialogue with Leila Aboulela

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African History, African Novel, African Writers, AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, Award-winning Fiction, diaspora, featured, historical fiction, historical novel, Leila Aboulela, Novelist, Saliha Haddad, Sudan, Sudanese history, Sudanese novelist, Sudanese writer

CENTERING HISTORY AND EDUCATION IN FICTION A DIALOGUE WITH LEILA ABOULELA Leila Aboulela is an award-winning novelist whose work has

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Doing Unimaginable Things With Language: A Dialogue with Kasimma

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Interview Series, Kasimma, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, Nigerian novelist, nigerian writer, Novelist, Uchenna Emelife

DOING UNIMAGINABLE THINGS WITH LANGUAGE A DIALOGUE WITH KASIMMA Kasimma is from Igboland—obodo ndị dike! She holds the 2022 Nikky

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2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize Dialogues 

The Fictional Character as a Teacher: A Dialogue with Howard Meh-Buh Maximus

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, african short stories, African Writers, Afritondo Short Story Prize, Award-winning Fiction, Award-winning Literature, Davina Philomena Kawuma, fiction, Howard Meh-Buh Maximus, Interview Magazine, Interview Series

THE FICTIONAL CHARACTER AS A TEACHER A DIALOGUE WITH HOWARD MEH-BUH MAXIMUS Howard Meh-Buh Maximus is a Cameroonian writer and

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2022 Isele Poetry Prize Dialogues 

A Kind of Haunting: A Dialogue with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Isele Poetry Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, African Writers, Award-winning Literature, Award-winning poetry, contemporary poetry, Davina Philomena Kawuma, Interview Magazine, Interview Series, The Isele Poetry Prize, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

A KIND OF HAUNTING A DIALOGUE WITH UCHECHUKWU PETER UMEZURIKE Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is an assistant professor in the Department

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Succumbing to the Chaos of the Story: A Dialogue with Kanyinsola Olorunnisola

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, nigerian writer, Uchenna Emelife

SUCCUMBING TO THE CHAOS OF THE STORY A DIALOGUE WITH KANYINSOLA OLORUNNISOLA Kanyinsola Olorunnisola is an experimental writer of Yoruba

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Write What You Feel: A Dialogue with Ola W. Halim

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, fiction, Gerald Kraak Award, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, nigerian writer, Ola W. Halim, queer literature, Queer Narratives, queer stories, Uchenna Emelife

Write What You Feel A DIALOGUE WITH OLA W. HALIM Ola W. Halim teaches English Studies and Literature-in-English and writes

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Dialogues Novelist 

The Historical Roots of a Landscape: A Dialogue with Bridget Pitt

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african authors, African Fiction, african literary magazine, African Literature, African Nonfiction, African Novel, African Poetry, african storytellers, African Storytelling, African Writers, Bridget Pitt, Commonwealth Writers, featured, fiction, historical fiction, historical novel, Kris Van der Bijl, Novelist, Novels, Prose

THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF A LANDSCAPE A DIALOGUE WITH BRIDGET PITT Bridget Pitt is a South African author and environmental activist

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Dialogues Non-Fiction Writer 

We Cannot Police Our Way Out of Every Social Problem: A Dialogue with Temitope Oriola

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Nonfiction, African Writers, African writing, diaspora, Emmanuel Nwaneri, featured, Guest Interviewer, Human Rights, Interview, Nigeria, nigerian writers, nonfiction, Temitope Oriola

WE CANNOT POLICE OUR WAY OUT OF EVERY SOCIAL PROBLEM A DIALOGUE WITH TEMITOPE ORIOLA Temitope Oriola is professor of

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Dialogues Non-Fiction Writer 

Not the South Africa We Fought For: A Dialogue with Gertrude Fester

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Nonfiction, African Writers, African writing, featured, freedom fighter, Gertrude Fester, Guest Interviewer, Historical nonfiction, Human Rights, Interview, Literature, Lumumba Mthembu, nonfiction, South Africa

NOT THE SOUTH AFRICA WE FOUGHT FOR A DIALOGUE WITH GERTRUDE FESTER Professor Gertrude Fester was born in 1952. She

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2021–2022 Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa Dialogues 

Remaining Conscious Amidst Surrender: A Dialogue with Sarah Isaacs

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2021–2022 Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa, African Fiction, African Literature, African Writers, Award-winning Fiction, Award-winning Literature, award-winning manuscript, award-winning novel, contemporary fiction, Davina Philomena Kawuma, Interview Magazine, Interview Series, Novels, Sarah Isaacs, shortlisted writers, South Africa

REMAINING CONSCIOUS AMIDST SURRENDER A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH ISAACS Sarah Isaacs is a writer and visual storyteller based in Cape

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