Transitioning from Migration – Berlin’s African Book Festival 2019

6. April 2019Sandra van LenteEvents#abf2019, #africanlit, African Book Festival, Berlin, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, InterKontinental, literature, Olumide Popoola, Tsitsi Dangarembga

“TRANSITIONING FROM MIGRATION: Africa is often regarded as a continent of migration, of countries described vividly […] as ones that citizens flee from. African literature can contribute to our understanding of the causes, processes and aspirations that perpetuate this trend. In this way African literature invites us to imagine an […] Read more

Writing in Migratino, April 2018 in Berlin

Writing in Migration – Berlin’s First African Literary Festival

28. February 2018Sandra van LenteEvents, NewsAfrica, Babylon, Berlin, diaspora, festival, InterKontinental, Karla Kutzner, migration, Olumide Popoola, Stefanie Hirsbrunner, transnationalism, WiM, Writing in Migration

With this short post Sandra van Lente would like to draw your attention to the literary agency InterKontinental and the festival its founders organise this April: “Writing in Migration”. Let me start with “Writing in Migration”. The festival celebrates African literature and takes place 26-28 April at the Babylon in […] Read more