On New African Writing
The latest issue of the Journal of Postcolonial and Commonwealth Studies, which I guest edited with
Binyavanga Wainaina
Weekend Special N°1002
Here’s a couple of links we’ve bookmarked for reading and watching this week. Chadian director Mahamat
Chinua Achebe: A Poet of Global Encounters
Chinua’s legacy is not fixed but rather about responding to change with energy and wit.
Afrique 3.0, Version 2.0
The French news magazine, Courrier International, did a special issue: "Afrique 3.0." We had a closer look. Is it any good?
The Indelible Mark of the Mbira
The thumb piano has made somewhat of a resurgence in contemporary pop music partly because of the international stardom of groups like Konono N˚1.
Party Business
With the help of Bunce Booking and Africa is a Country, Dutty Artz presents the 2nd
The Farafina Creative Writing Workshop
Guest Post by Yewande Omotoso If someone told me when I was five or fifteen that
Binyavanga’s writing out of depression
Writing on depression in Africa is a rarity, so Binyavanga Wainaina's book, "One Day I Will Write About This Place," seems singular.
Djimon Hounsou’s Africa
A couple of years ago, the Beninoise actor Djimon Hounsou collaborated with Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina
'The greatest issues in Africa'
If you are to ask me what are the greatest issues in Africa, I would say
Typecasting Binyavanga Wainaina
Wainaina’s path to becoming a writer is wrapped up in his quest to realize his identity, to belong to his family yet create a life uniquely his own.
'A Roaming African Biennial'
The New Museum Friday, March 25, 7 p.m and Saturday, March 26, Gabi Ngcobo’s Proposition imagines
'One Day I Will Write About This Place'
Whether it’s the closely observed ecology of married life or the violent acts of criminals operating
The secession of the middle classes to outer space
Specific nuances and cultural references aside, this analysis by Indian writer Arundhati Roy of middle class ‘victim’
Is This Africa?
How Western photography reinforces negative stereotypes about the African continent.
Introducing: Pilgrimages
In honor of the 2010 World Cup, the Chinua Achebe Center for African Writers, based at
Video: Africa's World Cup
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRGU13hRvW8&w=500&h=307&rel=0] I have been threatening to post the video of a panel discussion about the 2010
Wangechi Mutu on her art
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqCH8uFdCG8&w=500&h=307] 8-minute video interview with Kenyan-born, Brooklyn-based artist Wangechi Mutu, whose work focus on themes of
World Cup University
Expectations are high for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It's led to fervent debates about football and its wider significance.
Africa's World Cup @ The New School
Africa’s World Cup THE NEW SCHOOL, 66 WEST 12TH STREET. Room 510 Date: May 4, 2010