I continue my partnership with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series of online …
Read more →“April 10: Virtually Yours with Abubakar Adam Ibrahim”
I continue my partnership with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series of online …
Read more →“March 13: Virtually Yours with Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda”
On Friday 18 December 2020, internationally acclaimed South African writers Angela Makholwa and Zukiswa Wanner will talk with book lovers from eSwatini about their new works at the Wine Boutique in Ezulwini from 5.30pm until 7.30pm. Angela Makholwa will read from her latest and fifth novel, Critical But Stable, a fascinating story of the long …
Now in its 8th year, Ake Arts & Book Festival has brought over 700 artists, writers, poets, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, actors, filmmakers and thinkers together to dialogue and celebrate creativity on the African continent through panel discussions, art exhibitions, workshops, storytelling, book chats, poetry performances, a concert, stage play and unforgettable films. I will be …
A discussion on African representation in education, art, and literature. To mark the paperback release of the pivotal anthology New Daughters of Africa, contributors Anni Domingo, Ade Solanke, Goretti Kyomeuhendo, and Zukiswa Wanner join Lavinya Stennett to discuss their perspectives on African representation in education, art, and literature. We will also hear readings from the …
Read more →“October 23: Representing Africa with the New Daughters”
I have started a new series with Goethe Namibia called Virtually Yours which is a series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings – with contemporary authors from Africa. Virtually Yours aims to create an online platform for avid readers, writers, academics, publishers, agents, and anyone else interested in literature by writers from Africa. The series …
I am one of the featured speakers at this year’s South African Book Fair which runs from September 11-13, 2020. Join me at the following sessions. Saturday, September 12, 2020 Collecting From Afar: Stories Full Of Home How do perceptions change and how are stories shaped when you leave home? Join writers Sisonke Msimang (Always …
Author Susan Abulhawa will participate in a live virtual discussion of her book “Against the Loveless World” with me at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26. To register to be in the audience, go to lewes.lib.de.us. “Against the Loveless World” will be for sale at Browseabout Books and available to borrow through the Delaware Library system.
