Happy Publication Day to Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Clean Off!
This rich and vibrant anthology is available today via African Books Collective and Prestige Bookshop.
Get your copies here:
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Happy to be celebrating the publication of Bald Dandelions With Their Wishes Blown Clean Off in Nairobi tonight!
Alexis Teyie reads their title story 'Bald Dandelions' alongside writers from new short story collection Let Us Conspire.
"... but that's how those pupils all dressed the same looked like that foggy morning, like dandelions, but bald. Bald dandelions with their wishes blown clean off." — Alexis Teyie, #BaldDandelions with Their Wishes Blown Clean Off
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The story #BaldDandelions was written by #Kenyanwriter & feminist Alexis Teyie. Amongst their other publications are a children’s book, Shortcut, & a #poetry chapbook Clay Plates: Broken Records of Kiswahili Proverbs. Alex is Managing Editor at Down River Road.
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"You need to be shameless about the way you read. Read all the things, even things that you think that you shouldn't read. Don't be afraid to read things that are controversial. Don't be afraid to read things that will shake you and will shake your faith." — @chemelumadu.
The Nigerian poet (@_Snowburl) shows perplexities with measured control and composure—a detached storyteller with the simple yet daring assignment of pointing “humanity to the loss of itself.”
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ABUJA: We @KonyaShamsrumi are pleased to host "The AfroDervish Perfromance" with the @dmerije Centre coming Saturday. Details in the ban. Free tikcets but limited seating.
RSVP & Ticketing: https://t.co/8NLoW3juCb
When New York label Luaka Bop released The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah in its World Spirituality Classics series last year, we spoke to musician and label about his artistry.
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"Lost in thoughts, a sylph with a voice full of soft gentle wind,
Appears like an oasis amidst a waterless odyssey.
My heartbeats become the thunder of horses’ hooves."
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Not me waking up at 6am, walking 10 km, getting dress and driving to work, only to find that it’s Sunday today.
I even wore my Romanian blouse in solidarity with Rares's family who lost one of their beloved pets last night.
Been laughing at myself all morning. 😂
After four long, blank years of #LongCovid, I didn't think I'd ever see a book with my name on the cover again. Thanks to the team members (and esp Rachel + Karina) for trusting me with this wonderful project. Kudos to all the gifted writers! I learnt from you all.
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Interview with New York State Writers Institute! On my advice to MFA students from marginalized backgrounds, assembling a collection, Ngano, & AfroSurrealism
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📢 Calling all African and African diaspora writers!
Reminder to apply for @theafricainst's Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship in Sharjah.
Deadline: June 1, 2024.
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Coming up! Just before this autumn's BBC TV drama adaptation of my 2013 novel Mr Loverman (@PenguinUKBooks). Looking forward to being interviewed by the novelist Okechuckwu Nzelu. Book Club with Bernardine Evaristo: Mr Loverman https://t.co/6Kd8Az5A2Z
It's my birthday today and even though I was so excited for it last night, I woke up entirely gloomy and bland.
Anyway, please support my MFA relocation campaign by donating to and sharing my GoFundMe: https://t.co/tqgotcuOA6
Thank you!! ✨