At the New Internationalist blog Magnus Taylor (briefly) considers Where is African literature at today ? in a preview of the Royal African Society's annual festival of African writing, Africa Writes, which runs 5 to 7 July.
The program looks pretty interesting -- with the 'Africa in Translation' symposium and 'African Literature Prizes and the Economy of Prestige' panel discussion of particular interest to me; I hope there will be many online reports from and about the events.
The program looks pretty interesting -- with the 'Africa in Translation' symposium and 'African Literature Prizes and the Economy of Prestige' panel discussion of particular interest to me; I hope there will be many online reports from and about the events.