African Writers

Saturday, 07 September 2024

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Clarion County Historical Series: Clarion Science Fiction Writers Workshop Looked to the Future - exploreClarion

Explore Clarion 06 Sep 2024

Kindred tells the story of Dana, a contemporary African American writer who is hurtled backward to antebellum Maryland, where she must learn to conform to the times to survive ... and female writers.

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HALO announces new operatic shows in Charleston with Grammy-nominated performers

Aiken Standard 06 Sep 2024

Lights, camera, action! ... This concert sets the stage for a musical journey at 2 p.m. Sept. 15 at St ... Boykin. The cycle, titled “26 Ways of Looking at a Black Man,” is based on the works of African American poet, writer and librettist Raymond Patterson ... 15.

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They made a movie about Trump. Then no one would release 'The Apprentice'

Journal Gazette 06 Sep 2024

Writer-director Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) creates testimonials for a few dozen African artworks taken from the West African kingdom of Dahomey during France’s colonial rule in this, the winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

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African literature gaining popularity on bookshelves in Türkiye, worldwide

Anadolu Agency 05 Sep 2024

Notable figures in African literature include Nigerian authors Chinua Achebe, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, and Ben Okri, as well as ... The earliest novels were penned by South African writers like R.R.R.

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The 33 fall movies most likely to cast a spell on us

Stars and Stripes 05 Sep 2024

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See the trailers for the 33 most anticipated movies of the fall

NBC Bay Area 05 Sep 2024

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'Dahomey'

Dispatch Argus 04 Sep 2024

Writer-director Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) creates ...

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ANIELE FRANCO: African diaspora conference in Americas boosts connections

Business Day 04 Sep 2024

This was the first time an official meeting of the AU took place outside the African continent ... In Salvador we had debates on subjects such as Pan-Africanism, which enlightens us on the ideas of struggle, pride and connection.

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Scribes of freedom: Southern African literature works for a just society

Mail Guardian South Africa 04 Sep 2024

Chikumbutso Ndaferankhande is the president of the Malawi Writers Union, a national writers’ body that looks into the welfare of creative writers and is an affiliate of the Pan African Writers Association based in Accra, Ghana.

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Take isiZulu beyond the Latin letters

Mail Guardian South Africa 03 Sep 2024

As a country still recovering from a system that instilled a sense of inferiority in African cultures, a writing system that allows the language to express the depth of the writer’s history and ...

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S.African author Niq Mhlongo looks at Johannesburg through new eyes

Urdu Point 03 Sep 2024

"Living abroad has made me look at Joburg with a different kind of an eye." </p><p> The lively dialogue, local slang and humour of Mhlongo's first novel "Dog Eat Dog" ...

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The 33 most anticipated movies of the fall

North Shore News 03 Sep 2024

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(FOCAC) China offers Africa real helping hand, not handout

Beijing News 02 Sep 2024

The true wealth generated by China's efforts is steadily having an impact on African countries, with more projects planned. by Xinhua writers Wang Zongnan, Zhao Zhiqin ... "Many African countries are now ...

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(FOCAC) Xinhua Commentary: FOCAC illustrates China's vision and aspirations for Global South

China.dot.org 02 Sep 2024

by Xinhua writers Xu Zeyu, Tian Zijun ... "Right at that time, China did not forget its identity as a developing country," said Liu Hongwu, a professor and the director of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University.

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(FOCAC) Explainer: Why it is absurd to accuse China of practising "neocolonialism" in Africa

China.dot.org 02 Sep 2024

by Xinhua writer Chen Wangqi ... the benefits of Chinese investments are tangible to many Africans in their daily lives, said Humphrey Moshi, director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.