This year’s BIGSAS Festival of African and African Literature will take place on July 3 & 4 via live stream on YouTube. The 2020 festival is hosted by Dr. Susan Arndt, professor of Transcultural English Literature at Bayreuth University. This year’s theme is “Care, Responsibility and Solidarity: Narrating Resistance in Arts, Academia and Activism.” It […]
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Five #StayAtHome Baking Projects Inspired by African Novels
Though lockdown orders have started to lift in certain areas, COVID-19 shows no signs of stopping any time soon. Our advice? Stay at home and try your hand at these baking projects inspired by some of our favorite African novels. Below, we’ve selected a handful of quotes that describe a particular sweet and provided a […]
The 2020 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Postponed
The Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature has postponed its 2020 prize. Founded in 2014 by Dr. Lizzy Attree and Dr. Mukoma wa Ngugi, the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature “has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages. The prize has been moved […]
Get Free Children’s E-books from These Websites and Reading Apps
For the past few weeks, the need to combat COVID-19 with social-distancing has led to closure of many public institutions, including libraries and public schools. The NYT reports that “with countries across the globe on lockdown and public life at a standstill, more than 1.5 billion children are out of school.” Kids are at home […]
Chigozie Obioma Recovers From COVID-19 and “Feels Thankful”
The literary community has not been spared the onslaught of the covid-19 pandemic. Activities ranging from festivals to book tours have been canceled in line with social distancing policies intended to contain the spread of the virus. Perhaps more distressing is the impact of the virus on the health of our authors. Award-winning author Chigozie […]
Reading with The Sense of Death All Around Us – Ben Okri
The last few weeks have been trying for the arts, an industry that lives on live performances and event curation. It’s been sad watching everything from book tours to book club meetings get cancelled. Like many in the community, we’ve had to ask soul-searching questions about the role of art during a time of crisis. […]
What Will Post-pandemic Fiction Look Like?
Inevitably, every major global event affects the cultural production coming after it. So what will literature produced after and about a pandemic look like? Literary Hub senior editor Emily Temple offers suggestions for soon-to-arrive COVID-19 novels. Here’s an excerpt. It was only three days into our self-isolation that my husband turned to me and said: […]
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