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Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue

WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund

In a dialogue between writers of continental African and Caribbean descent, each of the contributors to this edition has a story to tell about how their eyes were opened to the unexpected nature of their sameness as well as the differences.

In a dialogue between writers of continental African and Caribbean descent, each of the contributors to this edition has a story to tell about how their eyes were opened to the unexpected nature of their sameness as well as the differences.

Snapshots taken along the way - Jane Bryce

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Snapshots taken along the way - Jane Bryce 11 Mar 2022

Writer and academic Jane Bryce on the space where Carbbean and African literatures exist in a cultural continuum. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

A Fine Intuition - Billy Kahora 12 Mar 2022

Billy Kahora, a lecturer in creative writing at Bristol University, is hopeful that the decolonisation of the curriculum will lead to the study of significant African and Caribbean writers. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

What is Africa to me? - Colin Grant 13 Mar 2022

Colin Grant on his limited understanding of Africa and African writing growing up in Luton in the 60s and 70s. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Who is ‘the other’ anyway? - Stewart Brown 14 Mar 2022

Stewart Brown on life as a white man teaching and publishing NOW, a literary magazine, in the Caribbean in the 1970s before returning to Birmingham. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Travelling Lines - Funso Aiyejina 15 Mar 2022

Nigerian playwright, cultural critic and poet Funso Aiyejina asks, after 33 years in the Caribbean, 'How Nigerian am I?' Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

A West Indian in Africa - Philip Nanton 16 Mar 2022

Academic and writer Philip Nanton describes his ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro as a small-island, sea-level Caribbean person. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Redemption is more than a song - Tendai Huchu 17 Mar 2022

Tendai Huchu remembers the guided tour that opened his eyes to Edinburgh's huge wealth built on the profits of slavery. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Meeting the ogbanje - Claire Adam 18 Mar 2022

Novelist Claire Adam, who grew up in Port of Spain, Trinidad, reflects on African writers who have influenced her own work. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

Together Apart - Robert Taylor 19 Mar 2022

Photographer Robert Taylor offers a series of fleeting reflections on some of the exquisite paradoxes that characterise the connections between Africa and the Caribbean. Is english we speaking: African/Caribbean dialogue is an original audio series by WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund. Discover more new writing at WritersMosaic.org.uk

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