Who is your favourite African female literary character? Is it Darling in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names? Or Effia or Esi in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing? Or Neni in Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers? Olanna or Kainene in Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun? Ajany or Akai in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust? Memory in Petina Gappah’s The Book of Memory? Soraya in Leila Aboulela’s Lyrics Alley? Suubi in Jennifer Makumbi’s Kintu? Kirby in Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls? Or Germaine Spencer in Zukiswa Wanner’s London Cape Town Joburg?
As part of the buildup to their 2017 festival, which will be headlined by Alain Mabanckou from 30 June–2 July, Africa Writes is inviting the literary community to send in short videos in which they talk about their favourite African female literary characters. Here is an example of what the video should be like.
This exciting idea is part of a social media campaign that The Royal African Society is running with Nzinga Effect, a media platform that tells African women’s stories, in the lead up to Africa Writes.
All videos that meet the criteria will be featured across the social platforms of The Royal African Society, Africa Writes and Nzinga Effect, and the very best will be screened at the festival itself!
Here are the guidelines:
1. Send to [email protected] a video in MP4 format of you answering this question: Who is your favourite female African character in a book and why?
2. Include a full and accurate transcript of everything you say on that video.
3. In the email, make sure you provide: your first and surname, your title, your social media handles (must include Twitter, Facebook and Instagram), and a short bio (2 sentences maximum).
the video should be like.
4. Deadline for your video is Thursday, 8 June, 2017.
This is an exciting initiative we’re wholly behind. Submit!
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