Literature

Dialogues Short Story Writer 

Gerald Kraak Award Shortlist: A Dialogue with Amatesiro Dore

August 1, 2017 africaindialogue 2 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african lit, African Storytelling, christianity in africa, featured, Gerald Kraak Award, Literature, religious intolerance

Amatesiro Dore is an alumnus of the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop, Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency and

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Dialogues Poet 

Gerald Kraak Award Shortlist: A Dialogue with Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese

July 28, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Poetry, African Storytelling, canon, featured, Gerald Kraak Award, heritage, Literature

 Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese was born in 1990 in Durban. She is currently based in Stellenbosch and is a PhD student at

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Dialogues Poet 

Brunel International African Poetry Prize Shortlist: A Dialogue With Kechi Nomu

June 4, 2017 africaindialogue 3 Comments African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Author, Brunel International African Poetry Prize, featured, Interviews, Literature, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Poets, Writers

Kechi Nomu was born in 1987. She grew up in Nigeria under two Nigerian dictatorships. Her poems have appeared in

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Dialogues Journalists 

Re-Imagining Culture: A Dialogue With Caroline Anande Uliwa

May 21, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Musician, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Afropolitan, featured, Feminism, Journalism, Literature, Poems, Poetry

Caroline Anande Uliwa is a Culture Journalist, Poet & Singer from Tanzania. She has been working in print media in

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Dialogues Poet 

Poetry as Translation: A Dialogue With Ladan Osman

May 7, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, Africa Writers, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Chapbook, featured, Journalism, Literature, Poems, Poetry

Ladan Osman is a Somali-American poet and teacher. She is the author of the chapbook, Ordinary Heaven and poetry  book collection, The

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Dialogues Poet 

Poetry Meets Music: A Dialogue with Tsitsi Jaji

March 27, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa Writers, African Literature, African Poetry, African Stories, African Storytelling, Author, Literature, Poem, Poetry

Tsitsi Jaji is a Zimbabwean American, who grew up in Harare before moving to the U.S. for college. She earned

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Dialogues Poet 

The Poetry of the Observable World: A Dialogue With Liyou Libsekal

February 7, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa Writers, African Literature, African Poetry, African Stories, African Storytelling, Chapbook, Literature, Poem, Poetry

Liyou Libsekal is an Ethiopian poet living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She grew up traveling and living mainly in East

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Dialogues Poet 

The Poetry of Embodiment: A Dialogue with Kobus Moolman

February 3, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa Writers, African Poetry, African Stories, Author, Literature, Poem, Poetry, Theatre, Writers

Kobus Moolman is an award-winning poet and playwright from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He is an Associate Professor at the University of

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Dialogues Poet 

The Art of Unlearning: A Dialogue With Koleka Putuma

January 17, 2017 africaindialogue 4 Comments Africa Writers, African Storytelling, Author, Director, Literature, PEN SA, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Theatre, Writers

Koleka Putuma is an award winning Theatre Director, Writer, and Performance Poet based in Cape Town, South Africa. Her plays

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Dialogues Poet 

On Womanhood and Belonging: A dialogue with Ijeoma Umebinyuo

November 20, 2016 africaindialogue 4 Comments African Literature, Author, Chapbook, Literature, Mental Illness, Nigeria, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Questions for Ada, Writers

Ijeoma Umebinyuo was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She is the author of Questions for Ada, her first published

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