{"id":9075,"date":"2024-03-01T10:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T10:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/?post_type=event&p=9075"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:52:18","slug":"new-daughters-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/event\/new-daughters-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Saluting the New Daughters of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Join us on Friday 7 June at the St Bride Foundation to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the New Daughters of Africa<\/a> anthology. A special day that brings together leading poets and writers as they discuss their creative journeys, the publishing landscape and offer advice for the next generation of Black British writers. We have creative workshops, In Conversations and a Panel Discussion and Evening Performance to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Daughters of Africa pays homage to the history of black British publishing profiling Black women writers via the work of Margaret Busby<\/a> – Britain’s youngest and first black female book publisher <\/sup>who co-founded the London-based publishing house Allison and Busby<\/a> (A & B) in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Daughters of Africa is an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent, including Zadie Smith, Bernardine Evaristo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this symposium, we will be hosting intergenerational conversations between panellists, creatives and poets. Join us as we explore all the dimensions of making creative work, performing and publishing with a heavy slant towards poetry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event will bring to light the many contributions of Black British creatives in poetry and publishing at a time when the industry still does not feel transparent or accessible to Black writers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: unfortunately, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is no longer able to attend this event so the workshop has been cancelled. We will be in touch with ticket holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This event is in partnership with Africa Writes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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