Tag: Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Feminist Survival in Conservative Society. (Feminart Arts and Book Festival keynote)
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 was hosted in venues around Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24, 2019. Here is the keynote by the festival headliner Tsitsi Dangarembga gave at the Crossroads Hotel on November 23, 2019. INTRODUCTION Good morning, everyone. I’m delighted to be at the Feminart Arts and Book Festival to speak on…
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A snapshot of Malawi’s Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019. #Feminart19
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 was hosted in venues around Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24, 2019. The festival theme was “the pursuit of happiness.” Malawi hasn’t had a major literary festival in recorded history. This is why the team at the Shadreck Chikoti-led Story Club Arts Café decided to right this wrong with…
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The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 opening ceremony. #Feminarts19
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 officially kicked off at the Crossroads Hotel, Lilongwe, Malawi on November 23, 2019. The festival theme is “The Pursuit of Happiness.” The Feminart Arts and Book Festival is the first major literary festival to happen in the Southern African country of Malawi. It is a unique festival, not…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga to headline Malawi’s Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019.
Tsitsi Dangarembga is the headline artist at the Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 to be hosted in Lilongwe, Malawi from November 23-24. Early in 2019, the Lilongwe-Based Story Club announced that they would be hosting the Feminart Arts and Book Festival, the first major literary festival to be hosted in the Malawian city. It…
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Meet the team running Malawi’s Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019.
The Feminart Arts and Book Festival 2019 is set to be hosted in Lilongwe, Malawi from October 11-13. This inaugural edition will be run by a team led by festival director Shadreck Chikoti. Malawi hasn’t been very active in the African literary festival circuit in the recent past. This is set to change with the newest festival,…
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African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2019
Covering the length and breadth of the continent, here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2019. This list is regularly updated as and when information becomes available. 2018 was a very literary festival-filled year for Africa. East Africa had a variety of festivals including the Hargeysa International Book Fair, the…