Africa Writes Bristol

Next stop: Bristol! 

As some of you may know, I have lived and travelled in many different parts of Africa, mainly in the East Africa (I was based in Nairobi for 18 months and travelled in the region) and Central Africa (Bangui, CAR). Visited 14 African countries in total.

My family is also originally from North Africa, from a Berber group, and one of my keen interest i building bridges between Europe, North Africa and Subsaharan Africa. 

I’m currently working on a novel, inspired by my experience as a journalist in America, Europe then Africa.... 

I’ll back in Bristol on July 3rd and particularly interested in this event:

http://africawrites.org/bristol-2019/namwali-serpell-the-old-drift/

See you there?

melissa

Africa Writes 2019 – Bristol
Friday 28th June – Thursday 4th July
Venues across the city, including Malcolm X Community Centre, Arnolfini, The Cube, Foyles,  Wickham Theatre and Waterstones

From Friday 28 June – Thursday 4 July we’ll be celebrating contemporary literature from Africa and the African diaspora with a series of performances, book launches, panels and workshops.

This exciting literary week brings together over 30 writers and creatives drawing on histories and geographies from across Botswana, Cameroon, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Somaliland, South Africa, Uganda, UK, USA and Zambia.

2019 marks the launch of New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby (following on from her landmark Daughters of Africapublished in 1992) and featuring the work of over 200 writers from across the globe – from Trinidad and Tobago to Kenya, Equatorial Guinea to the USA – to celebrate a unifying heritage, illustrate an uplifting sense of sisterhood, and showcase the remarkable range of creativity from the African diaspora.  New Daughters of Africa has very much inspired our programming for Africa Writes – Bristol 2019, with nearly every panel featuring a contributor to this important new anthology (from Ros Martin to Jay Bernard to Nadifa Mohamed), and a particular emphasis on showcasing the extraordinary literary achievements of Black women writers from Bristol-based Liz Mytton’s new play Back Home to Namwali Serpell’s debut novel The Old Drift.  We are also hugely excited about our headline New Daughters of Africa event in partnership with St Paul’s Carnival where Dialogue Books’ Sharmaine Lovegrove will be in conversation with Margaret Busby and contributors to the anthology at the Malcolm X Community Centre.

Tickets

Many of the events at Africa Writes 2019 Bristol are free and do not require booking. Where you are required to book, click through from these pages and you’ll be taken to Eventbrite to reserve your ticket: africawrites.org/category/bristol-2019/

View the full programme online