Africa in Dialogue

Dialogues Visual Artists 

Offer Yourself Without Expecting Anything In Return: A Dialogue with Yisa Akinbolaji

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 africaindialogue 7 Comments Africa in Dialogue, african art, african artist, African Visual Artists, Award-winning Visual Art, diaspora, Emmanuel Nwaneri, featured, fine arts, Guest Interviewer, Interview, Nigeria, Painting, visual artists, Yisa Akinbolaji

OFFER YOURSELF WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN A DIALOGUE WITH YISA AKINBOLAJI Yisa Akinbolaji is a Winnipeg-based painter, artist and

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

How A Child Tells Violence: A Dialogue with Hussani Abdulrahim

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Author, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, featured, fiction, Hussani Abdulrahim, Interview Series, literary magazine, Nigeria, Nigerian Fiction, Nigerian literature, Nigerian Poet, nigerian writer, Uchenna Emelife

HOW A CHILD TELLS VIOLENCE A DIALOGUE WITH HUSSANI ABDULRAHIM Hussani Abdulrahim is a writer from Nigeria. He is a

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2022 Gerald Kraak Prize Dialogues 

Judgement Before Knowledge, Of The Boys Whose Hearts Were Sepulchres: A Conversation with Moso Sematlane

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Author, African Fiction, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Basotho, featured, fiction, Lesotho, literary magazine, Moso Sematlane, Mosotho Writer, queer literature, Queer Narratives, queer stories, Uchenna Emelife, Writing

JUDGEMENT BEFORE KNOWLEDGE, OF THE BOYS WHOSE HEARTS WERE SEPULCHRES A DIALOGUE WITH MOSO SEMATLANE Moso Sematlane is a writer

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Dialogues Poet 

Vignettes in the Heart: A Dialogue with Sarah Lubala

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa, Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Literature Curators, African Poetry, Botsotso Publishing, Congo, Congolese Poet, curation, DRC, Elijah Bwojji, featured, Interview, life writing, Poet, Sarah Lubala, South Africa, Uganda

VIGNETTES IN THE HEART A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH LUBALA Sarah Lubala is a Congolese-born, South Africa-based writer. Her family fled

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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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2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Dialogues 

Finding Humanity in the Monstrous: A Dialogue with Ntsika Kota

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Winner, Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature, African Writers, Aisha Kabiru Mohammed, Award-winning Fiction, Award-winning Literature, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Writers, Eswatini, featured, Interview Series, Ntsika Kota, Short Stories, winner

FINDING HUMANITY IN THE MONSTROUS A DIALOGUE WITH NTSIKA KOTA Born in Mbabane, Eswatini, Ntsika Kota is a chemist by

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2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Dialogues 

Keeping Climate Discourse in the Light: A Dialogue with Charlie Muhumuza

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature, african speculative and fantasy fiction, African Writers, Aisha Kabiru Mohammed, Charlie Muhumuza, climate change activism, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Writers, featured, Interview Series, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Uganda

KEEPING CLIMATE DISCOURSE IN THE LIGHT A DIALOGUE WITH CHARLIE MUHUMUZA Charlie Muhumuza is a Ugandan writer and lawyer. His

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2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Dialogues 

Hate as a Manifestation of Ignorance: A Dialogue with Dera Duru

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature, African Writers, Aisha Kabiru Mohammed, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Writers, Dera Duru, featured, Gender Activism, Interview Series, LGBTQIA+, Nigeria, queer literature, Short Stories

HATE AS A MANIFESTATION OF IGNORANCE A DIALOGUE WITH DERA DURU Dera Duru is a Nigerian writer and laboratory scientist.

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2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Dialogues 

Resistance in the Face of Misogyny: A Dialogue with Franklyn Usouwa

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 africaindialogue 0 Comments 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature, African Writers, Aisha Kabiru Mohammed, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Writers, featured, Franklyn Usouwa, Gender Activism, Interview Series, Nigeria, Short Stories, women's rights

RESISTANCE IN THE FACE OF MISOGYNY A DIALOGUE WITH FRANKLYN USOUWA Franklyn Usouwa is a Nigerian storyteller presently studying for

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