PARADOXA is seeking submissions of previously unpublished essays on subjects related to AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION
by 1 March 2013.
In 2010, PUMZI, the first Kenyan sf movie, won the best short film award at the Cannes Independent Film Festival, and the South African co-production DISTRICT 9 was nominated for multiple Oscars. In 2011, Nigerian- ( Read more... )

"Jennifer J. Yanco, director of the West African Research Association in Boston, alerted the ALA International Relations Office to the volatile military and political situation in Mali, which could threaten the safety of hundreds of thousands of ancient and medieval manuscripts in the city of Timbuktu. On April 6, Tuareg rebels from the National ( Read more... )

Happily interested in this: "A blog by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and partners in conjunction with the “African Cosmos: Stellar Arts” exhibition opening in June 2012."

The blog will feature weekly posts exploring  "the meaning the cosmos holds for various cultures past and present, and to discover the rich astronomical ( Read more... )

For some years I have dearly loved the music of this Malian couple, who met & married at Mali's only school for the blind ( Institut des Jeunes Aveugles ) and have gone on to enchant music lovers worldwide.  Among their many projects, Amadou et Mariam raise funds to help support the Institut des Jeunes Aveugles. Their words and music speak for ( Read more... )

In this signal boost post: a disability discrimination at work anthology (academia), an opportunity for library science students, opportunities for filmmakers in the USA and Durban, South Africa, a conference on trans-Atlantic science fiction in Poland (reposted courtesy of the Carl Brandon Society listserv), an artists & writers retreat in ( Read more... )