SOAS-Legal Adviser & PhD candidate(Interrogating Unregistered Marriages in England & Wales among Swahili Speakers: A case study of Zanzibari women)-Views my own
Call for Paper for SOAS University of London and GSMA workshop on African Langauges and AI to be held at SOAS on July 8th and 9th. (Abstracts deadline: 10th May) : soas.ac.uk/about/news/call-p…
Excited to speak on literary translation as cultural and economic infrastructure at Bayero University Kano in Nigeria on March 24th. Register to join us.
Join us for this evening on Tanzanian art. In attendance will be ambassador Mbelwa Kairuki of Tanzania, Dr Kate Cowcher, expert on the art of Sam Ntiro, Hannah O’Leary of Sotheby’s, Lorna Mashiba of Rangi Gallery and Natasha Sweeting, Tanzanian artist. eventbrite.co.uk/e/tanzanian…
Read Theft - or/and my Swahili translation Dhulma by the amazing Abdulrazak Gurnah with whom I had a lovely phone chat today. I’m also excited to read what he is writing now… the setting is still East Africa he says … can’t wait! 🥰
⚫️ Theft - Abdulrazak Gurnah
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa
Read more - bloomsbury.com/uk/theft-9781…
Come view the five paintings of the renowned artist Sam Ntiro on display Monday 16 March 2026 from 4pm at SOAS where we will be hosting Dr Kate Cowcher (St Andrews), Lorna Mashiba (Rangi Gallery) and artist, Natasha Dickens Sweeting - register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/tanza…
With a two-hour delay, the BBC could’ve removed the N-word slur from its BAFTA coverage, and chose not to.
Meanwhile, it cut Akinola Davies Jr saying “Free Palestine”.
A clear editorial decision driven by fear of pro-Israel lobby groups. Shame on them.