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Posted: Friday September 30th, 2005 03:00 |
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http://www.africacentre.org.uk/africanvisions2005.htm
African Visions 2005: New Writing in Africa - A tour of African Writers Sat 8 th to Mon 17th October 2005
Four of Africa 's most talented writers will visit literary festivals and events across England .
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is 27 year-old US-based author of 'Purple Hibiscus', her debut novel which was shortlisted for the 2004 Orange prize, won the 2005 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book, and appeared on BBC's Page Turners.
Alex Agyei-Agyiri, Ghanaian poet and novelist, whose novel 'Unexpected Joy at Dawn' was commended for the Best First Book at the 2005 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Lindsey Collen, from South Africa,is the author of three novels, 'There is a Trade', 'The Rape of Sita' and 'Getting Rid of It' and winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Africa Region.
Binyavanga Wainaina from Kenya is a formerCaine Prize winner and editor of 'Kwani?', the first important literary magazine to come out of East Africa since 'Transition'
The Tour Sun 9 th Oct: Cheltenham Festival of Literature
12:15 - 13:15 Chimamanda Adichie, Patrick Wilmot and Romesh Gunesekera in conversation with Kadija George
19:15 - 20:15 Binyavanga Wainaina
Tickets: £6 (£5 friends of festival / £3 concs)
Box office: 01242 227 979
Email: boxoffice@cheltenham.gov.uk
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk/]http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org.uk [/url]
Mon 10 th Oct Brighton Jubilee Library
7pm Alex Agyei-Agyiri and Lindsey Collen in conversation with Peter Guttridge Jubilee Street, Brighton . BN1 1GE Tickets: FREE
Box office: 01273 294071
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.thewordproject.info/]http://www.thewordproject.info [/url]Part of Black History Month
Tue 11 th Oct Chelmsford Central Library, Essex
7.30pm Chimamanda Adichie and Binyavanga Wainaina in conversation with Dr Alastair Niven
County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex , CM1 1LH
Tickets: £3 (£2 concs)
Box Office: 01245 492 758
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/libraries]http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/libraries [/url]
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://askchris.essexcc.gov.uk/]http://askchris.essexcc.gov.uk [/url]
Tue 11 th Oct Oxford University African Society and African Studies Centre
Dahrendorf Room, St Anthony's College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF
7.30pm Alex Agyei-Agyiri and Lindsey Collen in conversation with Elleke Boehmer
Tel: 01865 284 996
Tickets: FREE
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about/contact.shtml]http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about/contact.shtml [/url]
Wed 12 th Oct Bristol Empire and Commonwealth Museum
6pm Chimamanda Adichie, Alex Agyei-Agyiri, Lindsey Collen and Binyavanga Wainaina in conversation with Edson Burton
Station Approach, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6QH
Tickets: £5 inc. glass of wine/juice
Box Office: 0117 925 4980 (x 226)
Email: bookings@empiremuseum.co.uk
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/]http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk [/url]Part of Black History Month
Thur 13 th Oct Ilkley Festival of Literature
7.30pm Chimamanda Adichie, Alex Agyei-Agyiri, Lindsey Collen and Binyavanga Wainaina in conversation with Rommi Smith
Tickets: £5 (£3 concs)
Event sponsored by thirst - the independent thinker's book club
Box Office: 01943 816 714
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/]http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk [/url]
Sat 15 th Oct: British Library, London .
Think Africa: A Festival of African Literature, Culture and Politics 10.30am Binyavanga Wainaina and Brian Chikwava in conversation with Yasmin Alibhai Brown
12.00am Chimamanda Adichie and Helen Oyeyemi in conversation with Aminatta Forna
Other events that day: Tayeb Salih in conversation with Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi; Beverley Naidoo's young people's workshop; Jack Mapanje poetry reading; Sudan political discussion; Luli Callinicos and her biography of Oliver Tambo; announcement of the NOMA Award for African Publishing.
Sun 16 th: British Library, London .
Think Africa: A Festival of African Literature, Culture and Politics 12.00am Lindsey Collen and Alex Agyei-Agyiri in conversation with Beverley Naidoo
3.30pm UK launch of 'Kwani?' with Binyavanga Wainaina and others.
Other events that day: Nigerian Theatre -Femi Osofisan in conversation Biyi Bandele; children's workshops with Ifeoma Onyefulu, and with Walter Bgoya and Fatou Keita; G8 and Africa political discussion; discussion on African, Caribbean and Black British representation in children's books in the UK.
British Library Box Office: 020 7412 7222 or [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/bbcafrica/africa05/vision.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.bl.uk/]http://www.bl.uk [/url]Tickets: £5 (£3.50 concs) Day ticket: £15
Mon 17 th: 'Publishing in Africa ' Conference, British Library
Chimamanda Adichie and Binyavanga Wainaina will be speaking.
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