Links to sites of interest

Aduna
Aduna is an exciting new organisation that promotes the performing and visual arts from Africa. See our newly revamped website (www.aduna.org.uk) for details of our activities and services which include:

UK partners include The Rough Guides, Songlines Magazine, The British Museum and the BBC's World Class Initiative. Our collaborating institution in Africa is the Balla Fassake Kouyate Modern Arts Conservatory in Bamako, Mali.
For further information about any aspect of Aduna's work, please email info@aduna.org.uk or phone 07800 872051

African books collective (www.africanbookscollective.com)
African Books Collective, founded, owned and governed by African publishers, seeks to strengthen indigenous African publishing through collective action and to increase the visibility and accessibility of the wealth of African scholarship and culture.

African Books Collective [ABC] comprises of 102 independent and autonomous African publishers from 18 countries. It is non-profit making, and supported by government agencies and development organisations.
ABC markets and distributes African published books globally outside Africa, and publishes resource material for African book and publishing communities.
ABC stocks largely English language titles in 56 subject disciplines. Some 150 new titles are added each year. There is an emphasis on scholarly and academic books, literature, and general culture titles.

African Review of Books  (http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com)
An indepth site, updated monthly, in which the books, literature and scholarship of Africa can be discussed and debated. It is a step towards bringing together, in one place, news, reviews and information relating to Africa's publishing industry and African scholarship. It aims to act as a forum and a virtual meeting point.  

African Writers Abroad (AWA)
The African Writers Abroad Centre is part of International Pen, the world association of writers. AWA is a membership organisation for writers of African descent who live outside the continent. AWA aims to support African writers on the continent and within the Diaspora on creative, economic and political fronts and to increase awareness of African and African diasporic literatures.

African Writers Evening  (http://www.x-bout.com/awe)
A great site that lists events of acclaimed African writers speaking about their craft.  Hosted by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, founder of the African Writers' Evening and current Associate Writer-In-Residence on BBC Radio 3.Previous speakers have included writer Helen Oyeyemi (Nigeria), the author of The Icarus Girl, award-winning writer Sefi Atta, author of the acclaimed Everything Good Will Come, acclaimed Ghanaian poet Atukwei Okai and many other  poets, Clara Bakosi (Nigeria) & Louis Antwi (Ghana),

ArtMatters    (www.artmatters.info)
ArtMatters is an in-depth analysis of arts and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia.  Among other things, it covers art, books, dance, music, fashion, film, storytelling, theatre, and travel, with a view to enlightening humanity on life in eastern Africa.

Banipal Magazine (www.banipal.co.uk)
Banipal is the magazine of Modern Arab literature, published 3 times a year (spring, summer, autumn).

BBC Radio 3's The Verb African Book Club
Radio 3's showcase of new writing, literature and performance asked poet and performer Nii Parkes to recommend four outstanding books which would give readers new and telling perspectives on writing from the African continent.  Nii was asked to choose books people might not have read and which have had a lasting impact on African writers and readers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcafrica/africa05/bookclub1.shtml

Botsotso Magazine   (www.botsotso.org.za)
Botsotso s an independent cultural magazine which publishes original work in any South African language, including poetry, short stories, cultural features, reviews, graphics. Botsotso Magazine contains poetry, cultural features, short stories, and artwork. Pending available funding, one edition of Botsotso will be published annually.

Centre for the book   (www.centreforthebook.org.za)
The vision of the Centre for the Book is to promote a South African culture of reading and writing. The Centre for the Book aims to promote the writing, publishing, reading, marketing and distribution of South African books in order to develop a truly South African literary culture.

Chimurenga   (www.chimurenga.co.za)
Chimurenga

Crossing Borders (www.crossingborders-africanwriting.org)
Crossing Borders will promote cross-cultural developmental dialogue between emergent African writers working in English and experienced UK-based mentors. This will be facilitated through dedicated online information technology facilities, which will open up shared creative and cultural space. Our emphasis will be on building a new international community of writers, on new work for a new world.

Donga   (www.donga.co.za)
An online literary magazine with interviews, essays, poetry, prose, reviews, updated
quarterly in March, June, September and December.
To submit work to donga please follow their guidelines:
We prefer work to be alive rather than good; we frown on dual-submissions (ie don't submit to donga and other publications simultaneously); we will only accept work that has not been previously published elsewhere either in hard copy or electronically; if you wish to use a pseudonym, we must have your "real" name as well. Try to get your work in by the 15th of the month preceding publication.

G21.net   (www.g21.net)
G21: The world magazine. A crazy mix of fact and fiction, opinions, interviews, stories,
from around the globe, published weekly. Here are their submission guidelines: We welcome contributions from writers around the world on breaking news, newsmaker interviews, and social commentary. We especially encourage women writers and give preference to writers from South America, Asia and Africa. Please e-mail a query first to rod@g21.net outlining the nature of your submission. No query without a link to clips or an included writing sample will be considered. Our standard features and columns run approximately 1500 - 2000 words. Longer submissions will be considered, and serialization is an option on important and complex stories. Each issue of The World's Magazine closes one week prior to publication, except for breaking news. G21 acquires first serial rights by agreeing at our discretion to publish your submission. Our circumstances are such, as a small, independent publication, that we cannot pay for contributions. Everyone here works for the love of words. All submissions may be edited by G21 for clarity, grammar, and length.

Geocities - African Writers site
A small site run by volunteers that lists African writes alphabetically, breaks African literature into specific genres, such as post-colonial, zulu and women's literature and has links to other sites of interest.

Jacana   (www.jacana.co.za)
Jacana, publishers of the Caine Prize shortlisted stories in 2001 and 2002, and the stories from the 2003 writers' workshop.  As well as these, Jacana develops and publishes specialised materials in various fields, including medical and primary health care, interactive, curriculum-based materials for primary and secondary school sectors, lifeskills, as well as environmental education,eco-tourism, heritage and fiction publications.

Kwani?  (www.kwani.org)
A website to support young Kenyan writers, the brainchild of 2003 Caine Prize winner Binyavanga Wainaina. 

Proquest (www.proquest.co.uk)
The founding works of Modern African Literature, online for the first time.
the Heinemann's African Writer's Series was founded in 1962, and went on to become the principal publishing outlet for new African writing for over 40 years, it published the key texts of modern African literature and has played a central role in the history of postcolonial writing.

Sable (www.sablelitmag.org)

Spread the Word (www.spreadtheword.org.uk)
STW supports the development of new writing and live literature in London.  It aims to create a new climate of innovation and experimentation in which new literature can flourish.  It recently included AFRICA: UNWRAPPED - A short season of literature events in celebration of Africa.  Workshops and talks covered: writing for the stage with an African theme; The Political State of African Literature; Poetry and storytelling with drumming for 7-11yr olds; an Experimental prose poetry workshop

Transition Magazine   (www.TransitionMagazine.com)
Published by Duke University Press, Transition is a quarterly, international review known for compelling and controversial writing on race, ethnicity, culture, and politics. The editors seek unconventional essays, memoirs, reviews, and short stories -- especially by writers of colour. Read the magazine before you submit!  Submissions are not paid for, rights are negotiable. Writers receive 3 contributor copies on publication, simultaneous submissions are OK with notification. E-mail queries are OK, but manuscript submissions must be on paper.  A sample copy is available for $12, available by check from Duke University Press. Call 1-888-387-5765. E-mail: transition@fas.harvard.edu