OPEN CALL FOR ARTICLES - OLDN24

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Dear Colleague.

The following partners (OTP, COLD, FSCP, MMC, PAWA and APNET) are inviting you to submit your article which includes biodiversity loss, climate change, and A Just Transition. 

This call for articles is part of Co-creating a regenerative Africa, an initiative in support of OLDN24: the International OD & Change Conference and Doctoral Consortium. 

Kindly download the flyer and/or the information for the details. 

Feel free to share with your members. 

Sincerely,

Dr Wale Okediran Secretary General, Pan African Writers Association.

07/23/24, 04:24:37 PM

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EBEDI INTERNATIONAL WRITERS RESIDENCY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EDUCARE TRUST INVITES YOU TO

The Public Presentation of the EBEDI REVIEW 

---- a celebration of African Literature in Prose, Poetry and Drama

DATE: Tuesday 6th August 2024

TIME: 11am GMT, 12 noon, Nigeria, 

VENUE; Educare Trust, 10 Concorde Lane, Aerodrome GRA, Samonda, Ibadan, Nigeria 

ZOOM Link: 

https://tuskegee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItfuCurT4sG9NXhjK_UevpXWHvpyAQot8m

CHAIRMAN:

 Prince Dotun  Oyelade, Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation 

CHIEF PRESENTERS:

 Alhaji Ahmed Raji SAN 

Arch Muyiwa Ige

RSVP

Raphael Afeyodion

+234 703 894 6952

LA RÉSIDENCE INTERNATIONALE D'ÉCRIVAINS EBEDI EN COLLABORATION AVEC L'EDUCARE TRUST VOUS INVITE À

 La présentation publique de la REVUE EBEDI 

 ---- une célébration de la littérature africaine en prose, poésie et théâtre

 DATE : mardi 6 août 2024

 HEURE : 11h00 GMT, 12h00, Nigeria, 

 LIEU;  Educare Trust, 10 Concorde Lane, Aérodrome GRA, Samonda, Ibadan, Nigeria 

 Lien ZOOM : 

 https://tuskegee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItfuCurT4sG9NXhjK_UevpXWHvpyAQot8m

 PRÉSIDENT:

  Prince Dotun Oyelade, commissaire de l'État d'Oyo à l'information et à l'orientation 

 PRÉSENTATEURS EN CHEF :

  Alhaji Ahmed Raji SAN 

 Arche Muyiwa Ige

 RSVP

 Raphaël Afeyodion

 +234 703 894 6952

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LEGEND FOR PHOTO;  The jurors (clockwise): Dr Okediran with the longlist titles, Edwige-Renée Dro, and Ashraf Aboul-Yazid

The jury for the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2024 has announced the longlist for the inaugural contest.

The three-person jury consists of Dr. Wale Okediran, Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), as chairman, Edwige-Renée Dro, a writer, literary translator and literary activist from Côte d’Ivoire, and Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (also known as Ashraf Dali), an Egyptian poet, novelist and journalist.

In a statement, the chief judge for the $20,000 annual contest, Dr. Okediran, congratulated the publishers whose outstanding books have made the list.

He said each title “highlights the creativity and talent that define African trade publishing.”

Okediran gave the longlist of what he called “the standout publishers, editors, authors, and books shaping the future of our literature.”

A Canex2024 creative writing workshop with around 20 young authors from all over Africa and the diaspora is currently taking place in Aburi, Ghana, with four facilitators that include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the US-based Nigerian novelist and Creative Director of the James and Grace Adichie Foundation; Hawa Jande Golakai, a Liberian writer and clinical scientist, Zukiswa Wanner, a South African journalist, novelist and editor, and Richard Ali A. Mutu Kahambo, the President of the Congo Kinshasa Writers Association.

Explaining the way the judging task went, Okediran described it as a “rigorous assignment”, adding, “For about two months, myself and two co-judges scored 57 books submitted by 29 African publishers.

“A longlist of 13 publishers will soon be announced, to be followed by a shortlist of five publishers in September.”

The winning publisher will be announced during the award ceremony at the Creative Africa Nexus Weekend (CANEX WKND) 2024 to be held in Algiers, Algeria, from 16-19 October, 2024.

Meanwhile, the longlist of 13 books is as follows:

1. Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy’s Cultures of Violence, by Ms. Pumla Dineo Gqola; publisher: Cassava Republic Press.

2. Avenues By Train, by Mr. Farai Mudzingwa; published by Cassava Republic Press.

3. The Lion’s Historian: African’s Animal Past, by Ms Sandra Swart; published by Jacana Media (PTY) Ltd.

4. Paperless, by Mr Buntu Siwisa; published by Jacana Media (PTY) Ltd.

5. Sanya, by Mrs. Oyin Olugbile; published by Masobe Books

6. When We Were Fireflies, by Mr. Abubakar Ibrahim; published by Masobe Books

7. The Presidents… From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis, by Richard Calland and Mabel Sithole; published by Penguin Random House SA

8. Reine Or, by Miss Fatou Sy; published by La Case des Lucioles

9. Widows Wear Lipstick: Navigating Grief and Finding Meaning After Loss, by Mrs. Martha Kyoshaba Twinamasiko; published by Leap Book Publishers, Ltd.

10. The Beautiful Side of the Moon, by Mrs. Leye Adenle; published by Ouida Books

11. Peaches and Smeets, by Ms Ashti Juggath; published by Modjaji Books (PTY) Ltd.

12. Half Hour Hara, by Miss Ugo Anidi; published by Kachifo Limited

13. African Odyssey of a Lebanese Emigrant…. An Autobiography of Sorts, by Dr. Habib Jaafar; published by Bookcraft Limited.

Publié : Liste préliminaire pour le premier Prix Canex de 20 000 $ pour l'édition en Afrique 2024

 https://newcitizen.ng/released-longlist-for-maiden-20000-canex-prize-for-publishing-in-africa-2024/

The CANEX writing workshop facilitators

New Citizen reports that the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa is an initiative of the CANEX Book Factory, in turn a project of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), instituted as part of its commitment to supporting Africa’s creative and cultural industries.

Introduced in partnership with Narrative Landscape Press and The James and Grace Adichie Foundation, it plans a year-long programme of interventions to spotlight and elevate the African book value chain.

The CANEX Book Factory aims to increase capacity in the African literary sector with a programme of interventions that includes the CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa, a pan-African creative writing workshop, and a bi-monthly resource email newsletter that curates legal, accounting and creative writing resources for writers, editors, agents, publishers and booksellers for African writers and book industry players.

Afreximbank is a pan-African supranational multilateral financial institution created in 1993 under the auspices of the African Development Bank. It is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, as a financial provider to African governments and private businesses in support of African and Caribbean trade.

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OPEN CALL FOR LITERARY WORKS

CO-CREATING A REGENERATIVE AFRICAN INITIATIVE

GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF LITERARY WORK

● Literary works include articles, poems, short stories and essays.  

● Target Writers include young people, adults, academics, grassroots groups and others who are interested or impacted by any of the related topics below.  

● CONTENTS OF LITERARY WORKS

(a) Articles, essays and short stories should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words. 

(b) Poems should be between 12 – 20 lines.

(c) Submissions must be original works that are not being considered for publication nor published elsewhere. 

(d) Articles must be in English or French. 

(e) The contents of all literary works must pertain to Africa.

(f) AREAS OF LITERARY WORKS 

The literary works will be based on or related to the following areas: 

(a) One, two, or all three crises that are our primary areas of focus: biodiversity loss, climate change, A Just Transition,

(b) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 6, 13, 14 and 15,

(c) Environmental protection,

(d) Whole-system transformation behaviours, practices, and styles,

(e) Human mindset and heartset transformation 

(f) Sustainability or regenerative fields including biodiversity conservation, regenerative Indigenous practices, solar energy, green business, sustainable mining),

(g) And related issues.

• BENEFITS TO WRITERS

o Free conference ticket + AI-Powered Networking. For people who submit an abstract or their literary work by the deadline of Wednesday, August 28, 4 PM GMT / 5 PM WAT / 6 PM CAT.

o Regenerative Africa Library. The abstract or literary work gets uploaded onto our Regenerative Africa Library website.

o Digital Anthology. The works of finalists get published in a digital anthology.

o Print Publication. 

  Articles will also be published in one or more international OD journals.

  Contributors are entitled to a free copy of the published work that includes the contributor’s work.

o Social Media recognition. We provide a few months of social media shoutouts. 

● DEADLINE TO SUBMIT LITERARY WORKS  

Key Activities Deadline

Submission of summary of your article or Essay Not later than August 28, 2024

Submission of poems or short stories Not later than August 28, 2024

All articles should be sent to call4artic...@gmail.com

APPEL OUVERT À ŒUVRES LITTÉRAIRES

 CO-CRÉER UNE INITIATIVE AFRICAINE RÉGÉNÉRATIVE

 DIRECTIVES POUR LA SOUMISSION D’UNE ŒUVRE LITTÉRAIRE

 ● Les œuvres littéraires comprennent des articles, des poèmes, des nouvelles et des essais.  

 ● Les rédacteurs cibles incluent des jeunes, des adultes, des universitaires, des groupes de base et d'autres personnes intéressées ou touchées par l'un des sujets connexes ci-dessous.  

 ● CONTENU DES ŒUVRES LITTÉRAIRES

 (a) Les articles, essais et nouvelles doivent compter entre 2 000 et 6 000 mots. 

 (b) Les poèmes doivent comporter entre 12 et 20 lignes.

 (c) Les soumissions doivent être des œuvres originales qui ne sont pas envisagées pour publication ni publiées ailleurs. 

 (d) Les articles doivent être en anglais ou en français. 

 (e) Le contenu de toutes les œuvres littéraires doit concerner l'Afrique.

 (f) DOMAINES DES ŒUVRES LITTÉRAIRES 

 Les œuvres littéraires seront basées sur ou liées aux domaines suivants : 

 (a) Une, deux ou les trois crises qui constituent nos principaux domaines d'intervention : la perte de biodiversité, le changement climatique, une transition juste,

 (b) Objectifs de développement durable 6, 13, 14 et 15 des Nations Unies,

 (c) Protection de l'environnement,

 (d) Comportements, pratiques et styles de transformation de l'ensemble du système,

 (e) Transformation de la mentalité humaine et du cœur 

 (f) Domaines de durabilité ou de régénération, y compris la conservation de la biodiversité, les pratiques autochtones régénératrices, l'énergie solaire, les entreprises vertes, l'exploitation minière durable).

 g) Et les questions connexes.

 • AVANTAGES POUR LES ÉCRIVAINS

 o Billet de conférence gratuit + réseau alimenté par l'IA.  Pour les personnes qui soumettent un résumé ou leur œuvre littéraire avant la date limite du mercredi 28 août, 16h GMT / 17h WAT / 18h CAT.

 o Bibliothèque régénératrice de l’Afrique.  L’œuvre abstraite ou littéraire est téléchargée sur notre site Web de la Regenerative Africa Library.

 o Anthologie numérique.  Les œuvres des finalistes sont publiées dans une anthologie numérique.

 o Publication imprimée. 

  Les articles seront également publiés dans une ou plusieurs revues internationales OD.

  Les contributeurs ont droit à une copie gratuite de l’œuvre publiée qui inclut le travail du contributeur.

 o Reconnaissance des médias sociaux.  Nous fournissons quelques mois de remerciements sur les réseaux sociaux. 

 ● DATE LIMITE POUR SOUMETTRE DES ŒUVRES LITTÉRAIRES  

 Date limite des activités clés

 Soumission du résumé de votre article ou essai Au plus tard le 28 août 2024

 Soumission de poèmes ou de nouvelles Au plus tard le 28 août 2024

 Tous les articles doivent être envoyés à call4artic...@gmail.com

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PAWA APPOINTS PROFESSOR BILL NDI AS COORDINATOR OF WRITERS OF AFRICAN ORIGIN IN THE  DIASPORA (WAFORD)

The Pan African Writers Association ( PAWA) at its Council meeting of July 9 2024 in Rabat, Morocco has confirmed the appointment of William (Bill) F Ndi, a Camerounian-American Professor of Communication Arts at the Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA as the Coordinator of Writers of African Origin in the Diaspora (WAFORD)

The PAWA President, Hon John Rusimbi who chaired the meeting stated that Prof Ndi's appointment was in line with Article 4.1(b) of the PAWA'S  Constitution which recognized the membership of African writers who live outside their countries as well as other writers of African Origin.

In addition to the creation of a data base of such writers, Prof Ndi is also expected to work with the PAWA's Secretariat towards the organization of a WAFOD Global Conference in March 2025.

A committed Pan Africanist, who is bilingual in English and French, Prof Ndi can be reached at wn...@tuskegee.edu

 L'Association panafricaine des écrivains (PAWA), lors de sa réunion du Conseil du 9 juillet 2024 à Rabat, au Maroc, a confirmé la nomination de William (Bill) F Ndi, professeur camerounais-américain d'arts de la communication à l'Université de Tuskegee, Alabama, États-Unis, en tant que  Coordonnateur des écrivains d'origine africaine de la diaspora (WAFORD)

 Le président de la PAWA, l'honorable John Rusimbi, qui a présidé la réunion, a déclaré que la nomination du professeur Ndi était conforme à l'article 4.1 (b) de la Constitution de la PAWA qui reconnaissait l'adhésion des écrivains africains vivant en dehors de leur pays ainsi que d'autres écrivains d'origine africaine.

 En plus de la création d'une base de données de ces écrivains, le professeur Ndi devrait également travailler avec le Secrétariat de la PAWA pour organiser une conférence mondiale WAFOD en mars 2025.

 Panafricaniste engagé, bilingue anglais et français, le professeur Ndi peut être contacté à wn...@tuskegee.edu.

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THE PAN AFRICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION INVITES YOU TO THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN WRITERS DAY CELEBRATION 

Theme: Reprographic Rights And African Literature 

Date: Thursday November 7 2024

Time: 2pm GMT, 3pm Nigeria 4pm SAT and 5pm NAT

The Online Panel Discussion Will Be In  English And French

Join Zoom Meeting

https://tuskegee.zoom.us/j/91868379384?pwd=Y3hGS3pXWkxYNlUvVHNLMUpUbjQwQT09

Meeting ID: 918 6837 9384

Passcode: 880639

Dr Wale Okediran 

PAWA Secretary General

L’ASSOCIATION PANAFRICAIN DES ÉCRIVAINS VOUS INVITE À LA CÉLÉBRATION DE LA JOURNÉE INTERNATIONALE DES ÉCRIVAINS AFRICAINS 2024 

 Thème : Droits de reprographie et littérature africaine 

 Date : jeudi 7 novembre 2024

 Heure : 14h00 GMT, 15h00 Nigeria, 16h00 SAT et 17h00 NAT

 La table ronde en ligne se déroulera en anglais et en français

 Rejoindre la réunion Zoom

 https://tuskegee.zoom.us/j/91868379384?pwd=Y3hGS3pXWkxYNlUvVHNLMUpUbjQwQT09

 Numéro de réunion : 918 6837 9384

 Code d'accès : 880639

 Dr Wale Okediran 

 Secrétaire général du PAWA

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