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It's that
time again! Join us for our fifth annual #ReadingAfrica Week
celebration. Each year, on the first full week of December (this
year, December
5-11, 2021), we invite publishers, authors,
librarians, literary organizations, bookstores and book-lovers of all
kinds to share the best in African literature across social media.
Want to join
in? All you have to do is use the hashtag #ReadingAfrica to share
your favorite books. All genres, all eras, new releases, old
favorites, anything you love, share it with us!
This year,
we're also hosting three virtual panels, and we hope you'll join us!
December 6 at
12:30 ET, it’s all about comics. KaDi Yao Tay,
founder and editor of Squid
Magazine, moderates a conversation on graphic novels and
comics with Bill Masuku (author/illustrator of Captain South Africa),
Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator of Madame
Livingstone), Richard Conyngham (author of All Rise: Resistance and
Rebellion in South Africa), and Salim Busuru (Creative
Director of Avandu Studio)
December 8 at
12:30 ET, join us for a discussion on children’s
literature moderated by Atlas Book Club founder, Bunmi Emenanjo.
Featuring Ekiuwa Aire (author, Idia
of the Benin Kingdom), Hannes Barnard (author of Halley’s Comet),
Caroline Kurtz (author and co-founder of Ready Set Go Books), and
Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp (translator and editor World Kid Lit blog)
December 10 at
12:30 ET, our closing panel features a host of
amazing women. This panel features Gabeba Baderoon (professor and
co-editor of Surfacing:
On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa); Cheluchi
Onyemelukwe (author of Son
of the House), Sifton Anipare (author of Yume), and Yewande
Omotoso (author An
Unusual Grief). Moderator Aoife Lennon-Ritchie, founder
the Lennon-Ritchie agency, a literary agency based in Cape Town
Register for the panels here.
Visit our site to learn
about other ways you can participate, and while you're
reading, please enjoy this #ReadingAfrica2021 playlist,
curated by musician and writer Amanda Khiri. Amanda has performed
with the eclectic afro-funk band, Sinkane and in a tribute to
Nigerian musician William Onyeabor with a project called The Atomic
Bomb! Band. She has performed with David Byrne, Money Mark,
Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), among others.
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