I am overwhelmed by all the support I have received in the past few days. Thank you. Asante. We have hit and surpassed the target in the crowdfunder and so we have stopped accepting donations for now. We will keep providing updates as the case progresses. My baby is coming home!

Remember, as we prepare to attend our those uni Christmas events and suddenly you find yourself in conversation with the VC...

it turns out women really just want one thing and that thing is finding other women with whom to visit literary house museums

Conference acceptance rituals.

#academicmeme #GlobalSouth PhD Voice - Independently Run PhD_Genie Academic Chatter™

Oh look! The West has 'discovered' a new tree endemic to Cameroon...

What should 'we' name it? (There's no way the Banen people who live here have a name for it, is there?)
I know! How about naming it for the White man who is 'saving' African forests?
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Abibiman Publishing and the James Currey Society are relaunching the African Writers Series. Read our press release and objectives 📖❤️ #AfricanWritersSeries

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17 Friday December:
Register for the final part of our international Black Romance series! This will be a roundtable on Black Popular Romance in Africa, with Lynda Gichanda Spencer, Tlalane Manciya, Martina Vitackova, Wanjirū Doseline, and Sheena Overmeyer.

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We are delighted to announce the 17 selected participants for the Ituĩka Writing and Translation Workshop. The participants will contribute to the development of a multilingual anthology of stories in Kenyan languages. Congratulations!
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An AiW deep read from Wanjirū Doseline on the longer history of the The Caine Prize for African Writing in its 2021 iteration - thinking on the connective tissues of links, networks, literary cultures & platforms, the short story & more in publishing and prize industries africainwords.com/2021/08/24/aiw…

Long read !!! Academic researcher Wanjirū Doseline provides a long, deep dive into links and connections over the AKO The Caine Prize for African Writing history👇🏿📖
via Africa in Words 🌟
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Meet our facilitators: Jane Obuchi and Prof Kimani Njogu have each done incredible work for African / Kenyan languages over the years. Send your submissions before the 31st August deadline to secure your spot on the workshop.

Dear Kenya Airways I need details on how to rebook a ticket that was unused last year because of Covid restrictions. My emails to you have gone unreplied.

Look what arrived in the post in time for #HumanRightsDay ! 6 years in the making. Poetry, short stories, life writing, interviews, articles & book reviews exploring Human Rights Cultures in Rwanda, Kenya, Colombia and Argentina. Order your copy here wasafiri.org/product/wasafi… £11.

Deadlines are killing me. Deadlines want me dead dead kuf

This month's newsletter celebrates mums who change nappies. Total legends.

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To academics doing online teaching, reading, researching and writing, and taking care of family, how are you managing? Because I am paralysed by the fear of what if... This constant fear has made me perpetually exhausted and incapable of doing any meangingful work.

A statement on the departure of Brittle Paper's former deputy editor brittlepaper.com/2020/04/statem…

PSA: If you want to still have movie night with friends without risking COVID-19 spread, Chrome has an extension called Netflix Party that allows you to simultaneously stream Netflix with friends. It has a chat window & play/pauses for everyone in the group so you stay synced.

Stop assuming all academics can be more productive while required to work @ home bc of #COVID19 . The ability to work w young children at home is zero. Yet another example of policies (however needed) having disproportionate impact on early career people (mostly women) w children.

Working husband? How do you protect your skin from Winter? John, age 46, 'I apply baking soda to my penis'. Inspirational.