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

February 7, 2017September 30, 2018 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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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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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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Poetry as a Meditation on Human Existence: A Dialogue with Gbenga Adesina

October 16, 2016September 30, 2018 africaindialogue 2 Comments Africa Writers, African Stories, African Storytelling, Brunel University African Poetry Prize, Chapbook, Human Existence, Literature, Painter of Water, Poem, Poetry

Gbenga Adesina is a poet and essayist from Nigeria. He is the joint winner of the 2016 Brunel University African

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Africa in Dialogue Announces New Interns for March to August 2022

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AFRICA IN DIALOGUE ANNOUNCES NEW INTERNS FOR MARCH TO AUGUST 2022 We are excited to welcome a cohort of ten

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Africa in Dialogue Announces New Interns for May to October 2020

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Sarah Lubala
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Vignettes in the Heart: A Dialogue with Sarah Lubala

December 6, 2022 africaindialogue 0

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

Loic Ekinga
Dialogues Poet 

Grief Is A Man: A Dialogue with Loic Ekinga

August 12, 2022 africaindialogue 0
A Place Where Spring Is Possible: A Dialogue with Linathi Makanda
Dialogues Poet 

A Place Where Spring Is Possible: A Dialogue with Linathi Makanda

August 5, 2022 africaindialogue 0
Kagayi Ngobi
Dialogues Poet 

Poetry is the Language of the Streets: A Dialogue with Kagayi Ngobi

May 27, 2022 africaindialogue 0
Modise Sekgothe © Jonathan B. Tucker
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A Melodia do Significado: Uma Conversa com Modise Sekgothe

June 28, 2021 africaindialogue 0

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