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#ReadingAfrica: A Panel with Sahra Noor, Joanne Bloch, Colleen Higgs, and Patrice Nganang Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is

#ReadingAfrica: A Panel with Sahra Noor, Joanne Bloch, Colleen Higgs, and Patrice Nganang: Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who… #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling Every year, Catalyst Press celebrates African and African diasporic literature with #ReadingAfrica Week. This year, with the theme of Open Horizons, the conversation stretches across social media and beyond, guided by two important questions: How do we keep African literature

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling: Every year, Catalyst Press celebrates African and African diasporic literature with #ReadingAfrica Week. This year, with the theme of Open Horizons, the conversation stretches across… #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

#ReadingAfrica week. Fascinating panels with @catalystpress.bsky.social listening to funny and brave people talking about their stories and lives. Where we find ourselves, we belong. Courage to tell our stories and keep learning and listening @karenvermeulen.bsky.social @sahranoor.bsky.social

Are you ready for #ReadingAfrica next week? What do we get from opening our hearts and minds to our big world? @catalystpress.bsky.social

7 of the best Non-Fiction Books about Africa, #readingAfrica In today's #readingAfrica listicle, we turned to a couple of experts to ask for recommendations of non-fiction books about Africa that are accessible to non-academics, in addition to our own recommendations. Many people who live outside of the continent are unfamiliar with most of the history and culture of Africa. Hopefully, these books will help! The following recommendations were made by Wendy Urban-Mead, PhD, a professor of African history and education at Bard. David Olusoga, The World's Wa

Another #ReadingAfrica Week 2024 listicle
7 of the best Non-Fiction Books about Africa. www.maverickindependentreview.com/post/7-of-th...

Sozaboy by the late Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Novel in Broken English (1985)
You can read it free on Internet Archive! archive.org/details/soza... or order from Amazon www.amazon.com/Sozaboy-Ken-...
#ReadingAfrica --L. Herrera, Publicity Catalyst

African Authors | Love Africa Press Love Africa Press is a Africa publisher that celebrates all things African in genre fiction.We publish African books including romance novels.

LoveAfricaPress loveafricapress.com celebrates all things African in romantic fiction.
They are a digital-first publisher utilising ground-breaking technology platforms like Okadabooks to bring love stories written by Africans to African readers. #ReadingAfrica Week 2024

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music I subscribe to far too many newsletters. Most remain unopened. But for some reason, I decided to open one from David Byrne (probably because Mali was in the subject line, and it is #ReadingAfrica W…

Ashawnta Jackson Talks to Christian Adofo, Liam Brickhill, and Lior Phillips About the Continent’s Diverse Soundscape For #ReadingAfrica

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Reviews: Reading Africa Week 2024 This week we celebrate the start of Reading Africa Week with reviews from Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Kenya. by Johanna McCalmont Young Adult The Djinn’s Apple Written by Djamila MoraniTranslate…

Reviews for #ReadingAfrica Week worldkidlit.org/.../reviews-... from World Kid Lit. Our Wanjiku, Child of Mine is included! Thank you 🙂
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Outside the Lines by Ameera Patel. A journey through the underbelly of Johannesburg, South Africa and the intimacy of family drama scattered across racial, religious, and class divisions. #ReadingAfrica Week 2024. www.catalystpress.org/outside-the-...

#ReadingAfrica is pleased to share news of the Island Prize! Unpublished authors who were born in and a citizen of an African country, are eligible. Submissions open Jan 1, 2025 and close Feb 16, 2025, so get ready now if you are interested! More details here:
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Features writers Christian Adofo, Liam Brickhill, and @liorphillips.bsky.social (and even a soundtrack!) open.spotify.com/playlist/66K... #ReadingAfrica

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music I subscribe to far too many newsletters. Most remain unopened. But for some reason, I decided to open one from David Byrne (probably because Mali was in the subject line, and it is #ReadingAfrica W…

"There is an ongoing cultural commentary which a whole nation & diaspora community can resonate with through song that speaks more loudly than a politician who may purport to tell the truth" Visit @literaryhub.bsky.social to read our #ReadingAfrica African music roundtable lithub.com/listening-to...

A Few Stunning Children’s Books by African Authors, #ReadingAfrica Listicle A few children's books by African authors that are widely available and definitely worth investigating, for all ages.

A new listicle from Catalyst's Jessica Powers on Maverick Independent Reviews in honor of #readingAfrica Week 2024. www.maverickindependentreview.com/post/a-few-s...

We're live right now on IG! Come join us (@catalystpress) for a great discussion as part of our #ReadingAfrica Week celebration! @threeroomspress.bsky.social

Join us on instagram @catalystpress today December 4 for a #ReadingAfrica IG live event on coming-of-age fiction with authors Ebele Chizea and Onke Mazibuko Co-hosted with @threeroomspress.bsky.social and co-moderated by Catalyst's Jessica Powers!
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The banner for Reading Africa week 2024 with the text “10 Stories and Poems for Reading Africa Week. Award-winning novel excerpts from Algeria and Tanzania. Poetry and rap from Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa, and Mozambique. Graphic fiction and comics from Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa. Translations from Arabic, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, and Kaaps.”

Happy #ReadingAfrica Week! WWB Campus is helping you take this tradition into the classroom with 10 stories & poems from throughout the continent—from Tunisia to Tanzania—alongside multimedia teaching tools. https://buff.ly/3Z8dxsY
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#ReadingAfrica Week 2024! Order Shaka Rising (2019) today! This retelling of the Shaka legend explores the rise to power of a shrewd young prince who must consolidate a new kingdom through warfare, mediation, and political alliances to defend his people against the expanding slave trade. "A worthy introduction that offers a young Anglophone audience entry into a legend of Africa without the annoyance of overtranslation and with refreshingly three-dimensional characters." --Kirkus

#ReadingAfrica Week 2024! Order Shaka Rising (2019) today!
"A worthy introduction that offers a young Anglophone audience entry into a legend of Africa without the annoyance of overtranslation and with refreshingly three-dimensional characters." --Kirkus
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Reading Africa Sale: Use READINGAFRICA24 at checkout for 20% off titles on Gumroad and Indiepubs through Dec 31st https://www.catalystpress.org/ catalystpress.gumroad.com

Reading Africa Sale:
Use READINGAFRICA24
at checkout for 20% off titles on Gumroad and Indiepubs through Dec 31st
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#ReadingAfrica Week 2024

Reviews: Reading Africa Week 2024 by Johanna McCalmont This week we celebrate the start of Reading Africa Week with reviews from Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Kenya. Young Adult The Djinn’s Apple Written by Djamila MoraniTranslate…

This week we’re celebrating the start of Reading Africa Week with reviews from Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Kenya! #africa #readingafrica #kidlit
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5 Great African Historical Novels for #ReadingAfricaWeek for the first listicle, we tackle our classic understanding of the Great African Novel, which almost always involves history.

A listicle for #ReadingAfrica Week 2024 from Maverick Independent Book Review! Jessica Powers on The Great African Novel www.maverickindependentreview.com/post/5-great...

Please join us for these live events #readingAfrica Week 2024!

Please join us for these live events #readingAfrica Week 2024!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: African Women's Literature, a #ReadingAfrica Week Conversation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for a #ReadingAfrica Week discussion on women’s literature. Featuring Ashti Jugath, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Karen Vermuelen, and moderated by Colleen Higgs of Modjaji Books

Please join us for our #womensliterature panel on Thursday Dec 5, 2024 #ReadingAfrica Week 2024! Here is the zoom link us06web.zoom.us/j/8487697923...

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Join The Rumpus, Catalyst Press, & Janet Rodriguez on Instagram live for the next Small Press Sunday on Dec. 1 at 3:30 PT / 6:30 ET! Janet will be interviewing Catalyst's Publisher, Jessica Powers, to get an in-depth look at Catalyst's innerworkings and to learn more about their #ReadingAfrica Week!

So proud to be participating in this #ReadingAfrica event co-sponsored by @catalystpress.bsky.social Featuring authors Catalyst author Onike Mazibuko and 3RP author Ebele Chizea. December 4, 2 pm ET. Please join us on IG Live.

Image of an illustrated open book with the text #ReadingAfrica. Text below reads: "Catalyst Press and Three Rooms Press present authors Ebele Chizea (Aquarian Dawn, Three Rooms Press) and Onke Mazibuko (The Second Verse, Catalyst Press) discuss coming-of-age fiction as part of this year’s #ReadingAfrica Week celebration." Event is December 4, 2024 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern, 9pm South Africa on Instagram Live.

Image of Onke Mazibuko, a smiling Black man in a sport coat and a book cover of his book, THE SECOND VERSE. Text below reads "Onke Mazibuko is a psychologist who has worked in different settings including private practice, corporate, non-government organisations, tertiary institutions and schools. Currently he is in his final year of a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Pretoria. He is also a Mawazo African Writers Institute Fellow. His debut novel, The Second Verse, was published by Penguin Random House in South Africa and longlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards and won in the Youth Literature category of the South African Literary Awards."

Image of Ebele Chizea, a smiling Black woman in white headwrap, along with the cover image of her book, Aquarian Dawn. Text below reads "Ebele Chizea was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States at age sixteen. Since graduating with honors in 2004 from Thiel Colege in Greenville, PA, she has published fiction, poetry, and essays in various publications including The African, The Sentinel, The Nigerian Punch, Sahara Reporter, as well as her own online publication, Drumtide Magazine. Aquarian Dawn is her debut novel."

Join us on December 4 for a live #ReadingAfrica event with authors Ebele Chizea (Aquarian Dawn @threeroomspress.bsky.social) and Catalyst author, Onke Mazibuko. Moderated by Catalyst founder, Jessica Powers, the pair will discuss coming-of-age stories for young readers

Hi, everyone! We're Catalyst Press, an indie publisher with a primary focus on African authors & illustrators. We've moved here just in time for our #ReadingAfrica celebration. Visit our site to learn more about this yearly spotlight on African literature www.catalystpress.org/readingafric...