Wasafiri 88: Print Activisim in Twenty-First-Century Africa
Issue 88: Winter 2016
Print Activisim in Twenty-First-Century Africa
Issue 88: Winter 2016
Print Activisim in Twenty-First-Century Africa
Fiction by Efemia Chela and Felwine Sarr
Poems by Mervyn Morris, Nick Makoha, Ladan Osman, Daouda Ndiaye, Ola Nwaozuzu-Ekechukwu and Dorothea Smartt
Interviews with Sulaiman Adebowale, Marcelin Volunda Etoa, Elisabeth Daldoul, Marie-Paule Huet, Ali Hussein, Mamadou Aliou Sow and Sarah White
Articles on African publishing in the twenty-first century, a survey of fourteen African publishers, how books matter and publishing for pleasure in Zimbabwe
Art Essay on digital art and the Tunisian Revolution
Reviews of Goh Poh Seng's Tall Tales and MisAdventures of a Young Westernized Gentleman, Anthony Reed's Freedom Time, Chigozie Obioma's The Fisherman, Caryl Phillips's The Lost Child and Sébastien Doubinsky's The Song of Synth
Contents
Ruth Bush and Madhu Krishnan
Editorial
Editorial
Ruth Bush
African connections at New Beacon Books: A conversation with Sarah White and Ali Hussein
African connections at New Beacon Books: A conversation with Sarah White and Ali Hussein
Mervyn Morris
Poems
Poems
Emma Shercliff
African publishing in the twenty-first century
African publishing in the twenty-first century
Mary Jay and Emma Shercliff
A survey of fourteen African publishers: Cassava Republic, Chimurenga, E&D, Femrite, Fountain Publishers, Kachifo, Kwani, Mkuki na Nyota, Modjaji Books, Parresia, SLWS, Storymoja, Sub-Saharan Publishers, Weaver Press
A survey of fourteen African publishers: Cassava Republic, Chimurenga, E&D, Femrite, Fountain Publishers, Kachifo, Kwani, Mkuki na Nyota, Modjaji Books, Parresia, SLWS, Storymoja, Sub-Saharan Publishers, Weaver Press
Raphaël Thierry
Amalion Publishing: An Interview with Sulaiman Adebowale
Amalion Publishing: An Interview with Sulaiman Adebowale
Translated from the French by Sulaiman Adebowale
Raphaël Thierry
Clé Publishing: An Interview with Marcelin Vounda Etoa
Clé Publishing: An Interview with Marcelin Vounda Etoa
Translated from the French by Claire Wadie
Raphaël Thierry
Elyzad: An Interview with Elisabeth Daldoul
Elyzad: An Interview with Elisabeth Daldoul
Translated from the French by Emma La Fontaine Jackson
Raphaël Thierry
Ganndal Publishing: An Interview with Mamadou Aliou Sow and Marie-Paule Huet
Ganndal Publishing: An Interview with Mamadou Aliou Sow and Marie-Paule Huet
Translated from the French by Claire Wadie
Efemia Chela
Fiction: Mont de Venus
Fiction: Mont de Venus
Kate Wallis
How Books Matter: Kwani Trust, Farafina, Cassava Republic Press and the Medium of Print
How Books Matter: Kwani Trust, Farafina, Cassava Republic Press and the Medium of Print
Nick Makoha
Poems
Poems
Irene Staunton
Publishing for Pleasure in Zimbabwe: The Experience of Weaver Press
Publishing for Pleasure in Zimbabwe: The Experience of Weaver Press
Ladan Osman
Poem
Poem
Nathalie Carré
From local to global: new paths for publishing in Africa
Daouda Ndiaye
Poems
Poems
Translated from the Wolof into French and English by the author
Ola Nwaozuzu-Ekechukwu
Poems
Poems
Translated from the Igbo by the author
Siobhán Shilton
Digital Art and the Tunisian Revolution: Urban Interventions and Aesthetics of Contingency
Digital Art and the Tunisian Revolution: Urban Interventions and Aesthetics of Contingency
Dorothea Smartt
Poems
Poems
Felwine Sarr
Fiction: Teibashin
Fiction: Teibashin
Translated from the French by Georgina Collins
Reviews
Stephanie Bosch Santana
Review Essay: New Pan-Africanisms Online
Review Essay: New Pan-Africanisms Online
Louisa Olufsen Layne
‘Dream to Change the World’: The Life and Legacy of John La Rose, Islington Museum, London, 22 May – 29 August 2015
‘Dream to Change the World’: The Life and Legacy of John La Rose, Islington Museum, London, 22 May – 29 August 2015
No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960-1990, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 10 July 2015 – 24 January 2016
Margaret Busy
2015: A Year of Being Connected, Exhibition-wise
2015: A Year of Being Connected, Exhibition-wise
Sukhdev Sandhu
Goh Poh Seng Tall Tales and MisAdventures of a Young Westernized Gentleman
Goh Poh Seng Tall Tales and MisAdventures of a Young Westernized Gentleman
Aurogeeta Das James Proctor and Bethan Benwell Reading Across Worlds: Transnational Book Groups and the Reception of Difference
Valerie L Popp
Anthony Reed Freedom Time
Anthony Reed Freedom Time
Tammy L Brown City of Islands
Ronald Adamolekun
Chigozie Obioma The Fisherman
Chigozie Obioma The Fisherman
Svetlana Stefanova
Caryl Phillips The Lost Child
Caryl Phillips The Lost Child
Isabel Petiot
Sébastien Doubinsky The Song of Synth
Sébastien Doubinsky The Song of Synth
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