Circa 1957

Writer. One-woman show, #Obama & Me, currently on tour. Next stop: Camden People's Theatre, London. 22-23 May, 2018. 7.45pm. #obamaandmeshow

[Circa 1957 @circa1957]

Thank you @TheReviewsHub for the lovely review & @OldJointStock for inviting me to perform. Onwards... @TalawaTheatreCo #obamaandmeshow https://t.co/vCif1fUrD3

[The Reviews Hub @TheReviewsHub]

#THEATRE #REVIEW Obama and Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐ @OldJointStock https://t.co/xP4umzMseg “A Tour de Force” #Birmingham

[Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania @ BL @BL_EcclesInst]

Notes of a Native Son ✔️
Giovanni's Room ✔️
If Beale Street Could Talk ✔️
Little Man, Little Man ❔

Discover James Baldwin's brilliant but sometimes overlooked 1976 children's novel with us tomorrow (1/8/24) in the Foyle Room at the British Library

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

🔉 Listen in to poet Tolu Agbelusi 🇳🇬 🇬🇧 reading “Yoruba Love” by Molara Ogundipe-Leslie 🇳🇬 from our Women Reading Women project, part of https://t.co/8oEER5zF9T. Then go to https://t.co/5HPvWPNoIG & reserve your spot at today’s Poet to Poet event: Between 🇳🇬 & 🇬🇭, 3pm at LOATAD

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

📣 ANNOUNCING THE LOATAD BLACK ATLANTIC RESIDENCY 2024! For African & Diaspora writers
Theme: What is Africa to Me?
Writers receive 1 month room and board at LOATAD in Accra 🇬🇭, up to $600 travel costs*, $500 stipend.
More: https://t.co/3opAOW02LT
Deadline: 29 October, 2023

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

🎉 Once again, congratulations to our 2023 WAW Residents! Read all about our talented writers at the link below 👇🏿

https://t.co/YtA4JwSGFX

@megborna @TSBarrie @OjoTaiye23056 @_eseemmanuel @KwameBrenya_ @RMgbodichinma @ZenasUbere

[Joseph Harker @josephharker]

Really happy to share that the @guardian has opened applications for seven newly created  reporter/correspondent roles covering the Caribbean, South America and Africa, as well as Black communities in the UK and US. Here's how to apply:
https://t.co/9NVSTdY3GD

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

📣 OPEN CALL!!! WEST AFRICAN WRITERS! APPLY TO LOATAD’S 2023 WAW RESIDENCY!
✍🏿 Deadline: 6 Aug 2023
✍🏿 https://t.co/DCxlk6E1TG
We're looking for writers with a radical literary vision who are pushing the boundaries of storytelling. All residency costs covered inc. travel to 🇬🇭

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

#SundayThanksgiving: Huge thanks to our sisterfriend, artist, @ankomahtheresah 🇬🇭 for creating this wonderful piece of artwork for LOATAD! Theresa was super busy last year, with exhibitions in Europe, USA, Africa, but she still found time to create this for us, and we are 🙏🏿💐💕

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

An enlightening read on Somali theatre pioneers by the brilliant @Mustafe_Ahmad in @WaaberiPhone 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿:

https://t.co/XOELLqeNBe

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

So proud of Digital Resident, @JUSTADACHI whose @CraterLitFest is featured on Al Jazeera today!!! 🎉🎉🎉

https://t.co/jOUwvlQCBQ

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

#SundayThanksgiving
Big thanks to the good people @PenguinUKBooks for gifting #LOATAD this beautiful Modern Classics edition of Buchi Emecheta’s 🇳🇬 timeless novel, The Joys of Motherhood, plus a copy of her 1974 novel, Second-Class Citizen, also a Penguin Modern Classic! 🙏🏿💐❤️

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

🎉 IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!!! 🎉
We are 5 today!

🎉 5 years of celebrating African & Diaspora literature 🎉 of bringing culturally-relevant books to underserved communities 🎉 of hosting writers from across Africa & the Diaspora 🎉 of literary events
🎉 of working in partnership.

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

**ANNOUNCING THE INAUGURAL ADINKRA POETRY PRIZE**
The Adinkra Poetry Prize invites poetry submissions that respond to any of the 200+ existing Adinkra symbols. Submissions are open to writers aged 18+ who are Ghanaian citizens and currently live in Ghana:
https://t.co/cV8VaFsxgo

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

The new #mudlibrary, a partnership between #ArchiFair 🇦🇹, #HiveEarth 🇬🇭 and #LOATAD 🇬🇭, has officially been handed over to the community of #Nsutam in the Eastern Region. It is now known as the J.K. Darteh Community Library 📚

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

Thanks to @PaulEccentric 🇬🇧 and @athenakugblenu 🇬🇧 for donating 1000 books to the #mudLIBRARY project in #Nsutam 🇬🇭. The library was officially handed over to the community yesterday.

#archifair #hiveearth #loatad #ghana @Barrist

[Sukhrob Khoshmukhamedov @khoshmukhamedov]

Today at the W.E.B. DuBois Centre, the #AU20 writers showcased their work following a 2-week residency at the Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (@loatad_org).

@UNDPAfrica is proud to support this initiative in celebration of Africa's creative & cultural industries.

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

Look who’s #AU20 Residency ready… 👀
#loatad #ourafricaourfuture #ghana

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

#thanksgivingthursday Sending gratitude to friend of LOATAD, Ruby Goka (@rygoka) 🇬🇭 for donating 2 copies each of her YA novel, Even When Your Voice Shakes and Trotro Trio: Blast to the Past to our Little LOATAD at Gem Star School in Ashaiman & the new #mudLIBRARY in Nsutam 🙏🏿💕

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

#thanksgivingthursday Look at these beauties!😍😍😍Big thanks to @BlitzAmbassador 🇬🇭 🇺🇸@AfricaFilmSoc for gifting LOATAD copies of his stunning debut novel, The Scent of Burnt Flowers, published by Ballantine, available from good independent bookstores & libraries everywhere! 🙏🏿

[LOATAD @loatad_org]

Guess who’s back, Pt 2: Our digital & #wawresidency is the gift that keeps on giving! Akwaaba @JUSTADACHI 🇳🇬 Ada is back at LOATAD to help arrange books for the new #MUDLibrary in Nsutam constructed by our partners Archifair 🇦🇹 & Hive Earth 🇬🇭& to help train community librarians

[Jacky Habib @JackyHabib]

I've been following @loatad_org's work for a while but just stumbled on their backstory and I love this!

Hear their founder Sylvia Arthur talk about why she started this decolonized library in Accra, Ghana.

https://t.co/A4L1JOpSkO @BCAMBOSS