African Literature

Books Gerald Kraak Award 

Africa in Dialogue Interviews Gerald Kraak Award 2017 Shortlists

July 18, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Issues, African Literature, African Storytelling, Gender Activism, Human Rights, Interview Magazine, Interviews, Sexuality

INTRODUCTIONS by Gaamangwe Joy Mogami To read is to have all your three eyes turned upside down, onto themselves, outwards

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Dialogues Short Story Writer 

The Caine Prize For African Writing Shortlists: A Dialogue With Magogodi Makhene

July 6, 2017July 17, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature, African Storytelling, featured, Interview Magazine, Interviews, The Caine Prize For African Writing

Magogodi oaMphela Makhene (South Africa) for ‘The Virus’ published in The Harvard Review 49 (Houghton Library Harvard University, USA. 2016).

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Dialogues Short Story Writer 

The Caine Prize For African Writing 2017 Shortlists: A Dialogue With Arinze Ifeakandu

July 5, 2017July 17, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Fiction, African Literature, African Storytelling, African Writers, featured, Interviews, The Caine Prize For African Writing

Arinze Ifeakandu (Nigeria) for ‘God’s Children Are Little Broken Things’ published in A Public Space 24 (A Public Space Literary

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Books The Caine Prize For African Writing 

Africa in Dialogue Interviews The Caine Prize For African Writing 2017 Shortlists

June 30, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 5 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Storytelling, African Writers, Interviews, Short Stories, The Caine Prize For African Writing

My fascination with communing in conversational spaces with African storytellers comes from my belief that there is an astounding wisdom

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Dialogues Poet 

Brunel International African Poetry Prize: A Dialogue With Sahro Ali

June 25, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Brunel International African Poetry Prize, featured, Interviews, Poems, Poetry, Writer

Sahro Ali is a Somali-Australian hybrid. Her work explores ghosts of the diaspora, memories and trauma. She is a managing

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Dialogues Poet 

Brunel International African Poetry Prize Shortlists: A Dialogue With Rasaq Malik

June 23, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Books, African Issues, African Literature, African Poetry, African Poets, African Storytelling, Brunel International African Poetry Prize, featured, Poetry

Rasaq Malik is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in various

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Dialogues Novelist 

Our Everyday African Lives: A Dialogue With Stanley Gazemba

June 21, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Author, African Books, African Literature, African Stories, African Storytelling, Interviews

Stanley Gazemba (Kenya) is the author of three novels: The Stone Hills of Maragoli (winner of the 2003 Jomo Kenyatta

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Dialogues Novelist 

The Politics of Identity and Belonging: A Dialogue With JJ Bola

June 11, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 2 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Issues, African Literature, African Novel, African Poets, African Storytelling, featured, Interviews, JJ Bola, No Place to Call Home, Refugee Crisis

JJ Bola is a Kinshasa born, London raised writer, poet, and educator.  He has published three books of poetry Elevate

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Dialogues Poet 

The Disappearances of Women: A Dialogue With Titilope Sonuga

May 29, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 5 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Issues, African Literature, African Poetry, African Storytelling, Chibok Girls, Feminism, Interviews, Nigeria, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Women Issues, Women Stories

Titilope Sonuga is an award-winning poet, writer & performer based in Lagos, Nigeria. She renders, both in verse and in

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Dialogues Poet 

Brunel International African Poetry Prize Shortlist: A Dialogue with Richard Oduor Oduku

May 10, 2017August 14, 2017 africaindialogue 0 Comments Africa in Dialogue, African Literature, African Poetry, African Poets, African Stories, African Storytelling, Brunel International African Poetry Prize, featured, Interviews, Poems, Poetry

Richard Oduor Oduku is a post-cynical humanist, a researcher, and a poet and writer. He studied Biomedical Science and Technology

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