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Of Women And Frogs: A Dialogue With Bisi Adjapon

June 21, 2019July 8, 2019 africaindialogue 1 Comment Africa in Dialogue, African artists, African Fiction, african literary magazine, African Literature, African Stories, african storytellers, African Storytelling, African Writers, Author, featured

OF WOMEN AND FROGS A DIALOGUE WITH BISI ADJAPON Bisi Adjapon’s writings have appeared in journals and newspapers including McSweeney’s Quarterly,

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2019 Brunel International African Poetry Prize 

Brunel International African Poetry Prize -Shortlisted Poet: A Dialogue With K. Eltinae

May 22, 2019May 25, 2019 africaindialogue 1 Comment Africa in Dialogue, African artists, african literary magazine, African Literature, African Poetry, African Poets, african storytellers, African Storytelling, African Writers, Author, Brunel International African Poetry Prize, featured, Interviews

BRUNEL INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN POETRY PRIZE – shortlisted poet A DIALOGUE WITH K. Eltinae K. Eltinaé is a Sudanese poet of

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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 Poet 

Poetry of the Human Body: A Dialogue With Mahtem Shiferraw

April 26, 2017 africaindialogue 3 Comments African Literature, African Poetry, African Storytelling, Author, featured, Mahtem Shiferraw, Poem, Poet, Poetry

Mahtem Shiferraw is a poet and visual artist who grew up in Ethiopia & Eritrea. Her work has been published

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Dialogues Poet 

Poetry and the Fullness of Things: A Dialogue With Ejiofor Ugwu

April 5, 2017April 6, 2020 africaindialogue 2 Comments Africa Poetry Book Fund, Africa Writers, African Poetry, African Storytelling, Author, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Writers

Ejiọfọr Ugwu  lives and writes in Nsukka, Nigeria. His poetry chapbook The Book of God was selected by African Poetry

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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 Filmmakers 

Speculative Elements in African Storytelling and Film: A Dialogue With Dilman Dila

February 19, 2017February 3, 2019 africaindialogue 0 Comments African Stories, African Storytelling, Author, Documentaries, Filmmaking, Prose, Short Films, Uganda

Dilman Dila is a writer, film maker and a social activist from Uganda. He is the author of Cranes Crest

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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 6 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, 2016September 30, 2018 africaindialogue 5 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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