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The Emotion Book club is a literary organization based in Ibadan, Nigeria, dedicated towards building leaders of tomorrow through quality books. We are the brain behind The Emotion Book Party, an edutainment event strongly bent bent on marrying intellectualism with entertainment.

We as a prestigious Nigerian book club are calling on individuals passionate about building their intellects through consistent reading to join us today.

ELIGIBILITY

- You must be between the ages of 16 to 35.
- Be passionate about encouraging others to read books
- Be preferably available in all our monthly readings.

WHAT YOU STAND TO GAIN

- Have a glimpse in the world of writing and publishing.
- Meet New People of like minds
- Access Hundreds of old and new titles in our updated library at no cost.

OUR MEETING VENUE

We meet every third Saturday of the month at Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan.

HOW TO GET MEMBERSHIP FORMS

You can get the membership forms at the rate of N500[Naira] from the following officers;

Lola - 08088571890
Alex - 07056099335
Samuel - 07031104270
Sophia - 08061505988
Olajide - 08064927622

You can also get the form as from March 5, 2012 in the following places;

- National Library, Iyaganku, Ibadan.
-Alliance Francaise, Iyaganku, Ibadan.

Speak with the coordinator of the emotion book club: 2348093728869

Further enquiries: emotionbookclub@gmail.com

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: emotionbookclub@gmail.com

Website: http://emotionbookclub.wordpress.com/

Date: 24 September 2011

Do you have books you're selling?

Let the Writers Association of Botswana sell for you at the Botswana Amateur Arts Festival on Saturday 24th September at Maru-a-Pula in Gaborone. Bring your books between 9 and 10am and collect remainders between 4 and by 5pm. Ask for the WABO stall/table or call 71822516 on the day. Please no more than 30 books per writer.

Note this opportunity is for members only. But, have no fear, if you're not a member you can also become one on that day as membership cards will be available. It is P100 for an annual membership. Membership includes free entrance to our monthly workshops, chance to have your work published in our literary journal, Mahube, as well as many other things. Don't miss out!

Contact Information:

For inquiries: botswanawriters@gmail.com

Website: http://writersassociationofbotswana.blogspot.com

Dates: 16 - 18 September 2011

Creative Week Cape Town showcases creativity in design, music, film, theatre, business, innovation, digital media, fine arts and crafts in Cape Town.

WHY?

Creative Week Cape Town started as a legacy event for Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 bid. Inaugurated in September 2010, it aims to strengthen the local creative community by providing a platform on which local creative and innovative industries can showcase their work. This initiative builds on Creative Cape Town’s work communicating, supporting and facilitating the development of the creative and knowledge economy in the central city of Cape Town.

WHEN?

Creative Week Cape Town will run from 9 to 18 September 2011. It always takes place just before the Loerie Awards – South Africa’s premier advertising, communication, design and experiential media awards – to be hosted this year in Cape Town from 16 to 18 September 2011.

WHERE?

Events can be staged anywhere in Cape Town. To celebrate the establishment of The Fringe: Cape Town’s Design and Innovation District, a number of events are planned for this space in 2011.

WHO? YOU!

Creative Week Cape Town is a user-generated event, which means that events are independently organised by participants – and that means you. Creative Week Cape Town events will be promoted on this site, in the mainstream media and in niche publications, including those of Creative Cape Town and its partners.

Creative Week Cape Town invites individuals and organisations involved in all aspects of Cape Town’s creative life – education, arts, design, innovation, advertising, music and service organisations – to participate. Events may include, but are not limited to, lectures, presentations, demonstrations and networking. The format is open to interpretation, so if you have an idea, turn it into an event.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: via online form here

Website: http://www.creativecapetown.net/

Lions Club of Nakuru Schools (Melvin Jones Academy, Lions Primary and Nursery), an affiliate of the Lions Clubs International-the world’s largest service organization, seeks to recruit competent teachers to fill the following positions w.e.f September 2011.

1. Biology and Chemistry up to GCE Advanced Level

2. English and Literature up to GCE Advanced level

Applicants for the above two positions should:

* Possess a minimum of a Bachelor of Education degree in the relevant subjects.
* Have served a minimum HOD in the British System of Education.

Ladies are particularly encouraged to apply

3. Computer Teacher /Instructor for Lions Nursery School

4. A Special Education Needs Teacher

Applicants for positions 3 and 4 should possess a Teaching Certificate and a Diploma in the relevant area

Interested Candidates need to apply by 21st August 2011 to :

The administrator,
Lions Club of Nakuru Schools,
P.O. Box 12109 20100
Nakuru

Or by email: mjlanakuru@ymail.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: mjlanakuru@ymail.com

For submissions: mjlanakuru@ymail.com

Deadline: 1 January 2012

Proposals for essays should be between 750 and 1000 words and should articulate a clear critical question in relation to a set of primary and secondary texts. It is the editors’ view (in accordance with the view of most academic presses) that a successful edited collection needs a clear and compelling organizing narrative and, thus, successful proposals will articulate clearly which critical narratives are at work within their rhetorical structures and why. Completed proposals are due on January 1, 2012 and can be sent to either Derek C. Maus (mausdc@potsdam.edu) or James J. Donahue (donahujj@potsdam.edu) or mailed in hard-copy to Derek Maus, 244 Morey Hall, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, 13676. We welcome any inquiries or questions about the volume prior to this submission date as well. Submitters will be notified about the status of their essays by February 1, 2012 and final essays of 4500-6000 words will be due on June 1, 2012 with a projected publication date some time in 2013. We have received strong initial interest in this volume from a major academic press and have every reason to believe it will be accepted for publication along to this timeline.

Possible topics (others are welcomed)

* Dawolu Jabari Anderson (visual artist; The Birth of a Nation: Yo! Bumrush the Show)
* Damali Ayo (conceptual artist and writer; rent-a-negro.com; Obaminstan!: Land Without Racism)
* Kevin Avery (“Siskel and Negro”; Thugs: the Musical)
* Paul Beatty (novelist; The White Boy Shuffle; Slumberland; Tuff; etc.)
* W. Kamau Bell (The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour; Face Full of Flour; Laughter Against the Machine)
* Black Dynamite (film)
* Dave Chappelle (Chappelle’s Show; stand-up comedy)
* Chocolate News (short-lived African American-themed satirical news-show on Comedy Central hosted by David Alan Grier)
* Rusty Cundieff (Fear of a Black Hat; Tales from the Hood; etc.)
* Ego Trip (magazine and website)
* Trey Ellis (novelist, screenwriter; Platitudes; Home Repairs; Right Here, Right Now)
* Patrice Evans (Negropedia: The Assimilated Negro's Crash Course on the Modern Black Experience; “The Assimilated Negro” blog)
* Percival Everett (novelist; A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett & James Kincaid; Erasure; I Am Not Sidney Poitier; etc.)
* Donald Glover (stand-up comedy; Community; "Childish Gambino" hip=hop performances)
* David Hammons (visual and conceptual artist; "African American Flag")
* D. L. Hughley (stand-up comedy; D.L. Hughley Breaks the News [CNN show])
* Darius James (Negrophobia: An Urban Parable)
* Charles Johnson (novelist; Oxherding Tale; Middle Passage; etc.)
* Mat Johnson (novelist; Pym; Hunting in Harlem)
* Keith Knight (cartoonist of The K Chronicles and (Th)ink)
* Spike Lee (filmmaker; School Daze; Bamboozled)
* Aaron McGruder (Boondocks comic strip and television show)
* Paul Mooney (stand-up comedy; television)
* Tracy Morgan (stand-up comedy; Saturday Night Live; 30 Rock)
* Z.Z. Packer (short-story writer; novelist; Drinking Coffee Elsewhere)
* Ishmael Reed (novelist; The Terrible Twos; The Terrible Threes; Japanese By Spring; Juice!)
* Chris Rock (Saturday Night Live; The Chris Rock Show; stand-up comedy)
* Wanda Sykes (stand-up comedy; various television shows)
* Baratunde Thurston (writer and editor for The Onion; Better Than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press & Pop Culture; How to Be Black)
* Touré (novelist, short-story writer; journalist; Soul City; The Portable Promised Land)
* Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle)
* Keenen Ivory Wayans and other Wayans family members (In Living Color; I’m Gonna Get You Sucka; White Chicks; etc.)
* Colson Whitehead (novelist; The Intuitionist; John Henry Days; Apex Hides the Hurt; etc.)
* George C. Wolfe (The Colored Museum)

Patrice Evans, who blogs under the moniker “The Assimilated Negro,” published an online essay on the ebonyjet.com website late in 2007 that lamented the seeming lack of satire in mainstream black culture:

[W]hy does it seem like black people are missing the boat -- treating the SS Satire like a slave ship? Sometimes it feels we only get the joke if it's the lowest common denominator, otherwise we have to put on our suits and let Oprah or Tyler Perry hold our hands and make sure there's a heavy Maya Angelou level of respect.[…] Where are the black branded satirists? Maybe we don't get it. Maybe we don't care to get it. Are there no satirists because of the lack of demand? It can't be for lack of opportunity. Every week we get a new race-event begging for lampooning: Watson, Jena 6, OJ, Imus, Michael Richards, Vick .... all present unique opportunities to make a joke that might mean a little more to someone with melanin.

Evans goes on to engage in some “speculative armchair psychology” and wonder openly if what he calls the “critical”, “literary”, and “detached” elements of satire are not barriers to African Americans’ participation in this mode of cultural commentary. Not surprisingly, Evans’s article garnered numerous online responses, both in its original form and in numerous repostings around the Internet. We seek to assemble a collection of scholarly essays about satire in contemporary African American culture in order to develop that response in both depth and breadth, examining both the premises that undergird Evans’s original claims and a range of African American satirists working in a variety of media over the past thirty years.
Our volume seeks to build on the solid foundation laid by Darryl Dickson-Carr’s African American Satire (Univ. of Missouri Press, 2001) and the contributors to Dana Williams’s collection African American Humor, Irony and Satire (Cambridge Scholars, 2007). To that end we seek essays that critically examine African American satirical works since 1980, with an eye towards synthesizing a nuanced picture not only of the variety of forms in which African American satire appears but also of the larger media environment in which it participates. We invite close readings of individual satirists (a list of potential topics is appended below, but we welcome essays on other artists, especially women, from all media) as well as overarching meta-critical and theoretical discussions of themes, (sub)genres, or other aspects of the satirical mode as it relates to contemporary African American culture. We also would welcome essays that examine the use of satire by artists and within works not usually associated with the mode (e.g., Dickson-Carr’s discussion of Toni Morrison’s Jazz in his book) and wish to emphasize that our definition of satire is not limited solely to comedic or satiric-parodic works.

Proposals for essays should be between 750 and 1000 words and should articulate a clear critical question in relation to a set of primary and secondary texts. It is the editors’ view (in accordance with the view of most academic presses) that a successful edited collection needs a clear and compelling organizing narrative and, thus, successful proposals will articulate clearly which critical narratives are at work within their rhetorical structures and why. Completed proposals are due on January 1, 2012 and can be sent to either Derek C. Maus (mausdc@potsdam.edu) or James J. Donahue (donahujj@potsdam.edu) or mailed in hard-copy to Derek Maus, 244 Morey Hall, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, 13676. We welcome any inquiries or questions about the volume prior to this submission date as well. Submitters will be notified about the status of their essays by February 1, 2012 and final essays of 4500-6000 words will be due on June 1, 2012 with a projected publication date some time in 2013. We have received strong initial interest in this volume from a major academic press and have every reason to believe it will be accepted for publication along to this timeline.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: mausdc@potsdam.edu or donahujj@potsdam.edu

For submissions: mausdc@potsdam.edu or donahujj@potsdam.edu

Deadline: 30 September 2011

THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, 7-9 FEBRUARY, 2012

In 1961, an Arabic unit was established in the University of Ibadan to assuage the desire of scholars who were desirous of accessing information on the history of North African societies most of which were written or documented in Arabic. Led by the famous American historian, John Hunwick, the Department later became a full-fledged Department in 1962. It began to cater for the needs of Nigerians and indeed West African scholars through its programmes in Arabic and Islamic studies broadly defined even as it has facilitated the establishment of similar Departments in Universities all around the country. This conference is, therefore, being organized to mark its golden jubilee anniversary. The conferences shall attempt to look back at the various patterns and contours in Arabic and Islamic culture and scholarship in Nigeria since 1962 and attempt to chart a new course for the future. The need appears to have arisen for us to do a critical appraisal of the current state, future destiny, fortunes and benefits in the study of Arabic/Islamic culture in an era in which globalization and the emergence of new state and non-state actors are shaping and re-shaping cultural and cross-cultural identities and politics. Of what use is Arabic-Islamic culture and scholarship to Nigerian and indeed African future? What new directions could be suggested for the teaching of Arabic-Islamic culture in the West-African region? How have the various departments of Arabic and Islamic Studies faired in Nigeria today, what are the challenges impeding their vision and mission and what prospects lie ahead of them? How might we begin to gauge the impacts of the graduates of Arabic-Islamic culture on national and international alliances and development particularly in the West African sub region since 1962? How might Arabic and Islamic culture be critical for the development of interdisciplinary studies in the academia all around the world? What are the fissures, contradictions and paradoxes that could be observed in-between Arabic-Islamic culture as taught inside the Ivory Towers and the culture outside the universities? The conference organizers would welcome papers which engage with these and similar issues. Such papers may benefit from the following sub-themes which are evidently not exhaustive:

• Arabic and Islamic Studies in Nigerian Universities since 1962.
• Arabic/Islamic Culture and Scholarship in West Africa in the contemporary period.
• Graduates of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Nigeria's Public and International Spheres since 1962.
• Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
• Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Arts and the Humanities.
• Arabic and Islamic studies in African Universities and non-formal Quranic Schools.
• En-Gendering Arabic and Islamic Studies in Nigeria.
• Muslim NGOs and Arabic-Islamic Scholarship in Nigeria.
• Arabic-Islamic culture and the Muslim Youth in Nigeria.
• New Strategies and directions in Arabic-Islamic culture and scholarship around the World.
• Pedagogy, epistemology and Arabic-Islamic scholarship.
• New horizons in graduate studies in Arabic-Islamic culture

1. Hasan Ahmed Ibrahim, Professor of African, Islamic and Middle Eastern History and Civilization, Dean, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Title of Proposed Lead Paper: "The Role of Arabic/Islamic Sources in Enriching African Historiography and Historical Legacy".

2. Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Professor of Arabic, Department of Religious Studies, Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos, Nigeria.

Title of Lead Paper: Textual and Source Criticism in Modern Scholarship on Quranic Studies.

3. Ishaq. O. Oloyede, Professor of Islamic studies and Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Title of paper not yet decided

Languages of the Conference: Arabic and English

Abstracts of not more than 250 words should be sent to the conference Secretary/convener, Dr Ibrahim Uthman via the following e-mail address not later than 30 September 2011. fiftyarabicyears@yahoo.com. The Ag. Head of Department and Chairman of the Conference, Afis. A. Oladosu PhD, can be reached via the following e-mail addresses: arabic_studies@mail.ui.edu.ng afism3@yahoo.com. For phone contacts: The Chairman and Secretary can be reached through the following lines: +234-8055-11-5001/ +234-80-3620-1617

Registration fee: 100 Dollars

Contact Information:

For inquiries: arabic_studies@mail.ui.edu.ng or afism3@yahoo.com

For submissions: arabic_studies@mail.ui.edu.ng or afism3@yahoo.com

Date: 27 - 29 September 2011

Following three successful international symposia on The History of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East, held at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz (2002), at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (2005) and at Universität Leipzig in Germany (2008), we are now convening the fourth meeting on the same themes. This will take place in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 27-29 September 2011. This Symposium, however, will not be confined to printing in Arabic and Muslim languages, but will, as before, cover a range of Middle Eastern languages and scripts.

History of Printing and Publishing
in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East
Fourth International Symposium
Calligraphy Center-Bibliotheca Alexandrina
27-29 September 2011

Contact Information:

For inquiries: secretariat@bibalex.org

Website: http://www.bibalex.org/

Date: 24 July 2011

The wRite associates, in support in support of the Nelson Mandela day, invite you to attend the launch of the Tsebe Reading and Book Club!

Time: 13H00-15H00

Venue: 118 Ga-Tsebe

Theme: Take action, inspire change, make every day a Mandela day

Programme of activities:

• Launch presentation
• Speech by councilor Kiffie Motsepe
• Reading and poetry performances
• Music

Contact Information:

For inquiries: lovenia@writeassociates.co.za

For submissions: lovenia@writeassociates.co.za

Website: http://writeassociates.co.za/

Dates: 6 - 8 August 2011

Jozi Book fair invites all writers, poets, playwrights and friends to contact us if they would like to participate in the upcoming Jozi Book Fair.

Jozi Book Fair is at it again with another fair that promises to be vibrant, topical, engaging and fun. With over 70 authors, 50 libraries and numerous study groups participating in this years’ event, Jozi Book Fair is indeed the fair for readers, writers and small publishers. Would you like to read your work, launch your book, publication or newsletter or simply take part in network conversations with other writers and publishers?

Because unknown writers hardly ever get a chance to share their work with a broader public, Jozi Book Fair invites you to participate in the 2nd Jozi Book Fair, hosted at the Museum Africa, Newtown, on 6, 7 and 8 August 2010. Jozi Book Fair offers all small and progressive writers, publishers, poets and illustrators with a free space to launch books, a forum to showcase their publications and work, to network, as well as the opportunity to develop alternative approaches and strategies.

If you would like to participate in this years’ book fair send us an e-mail at jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za

All submissions must be accompanied by your full contact details, a copy of your ID and a letter of declaration stating that the submitted work is your own original work. Please note that works submitted cannot be returned to the authors.

Please send your submission to jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za.

Or you can drop them off at:

House of Movements
5th Floor, 123 Pritchard Street
Corner of Mooi and Pritchard
Johannesburg
Phone: 011 336 9190
Contact: Thobile Disemelo

Jozi Book Fair is organised by Khanya College. Education for Liberation.

Via: basa.co.za

Contact Information:

For inquiries: jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za

For submissions: jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za

Website: http://www.jozibookfair.org.za/

The Niger Delta Restoration of Hope (NGO) sponsors the annual Ken Saro-Wiwa Poetry & Writing Contest for Nigerian youth.

If you are interested in being one of the judges for this year's competition, please send a message to us at NDRestorationofHope@yahoo.com. PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. All poetry reviews and voting will be conducted via e-mail communications.

Please put "Volunteer Judge" in the subject line of your e-mail.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: NDRestorationofHope@yahoo.com

Website: see their FB fan page

Deadline: 31 October 2011

The digital revolution is profoundly affecting African studies. New digital resources are making available large areas of content, as well as greatly improving access to bibliographies. In Africa, governments and NGOs are publishing online, some publishers are moving to print on demand and e-books, and international academic journals are increasingly becoming available in university and national libraries.

Yet the story, as is well-known, is far from straightforward or unproblematic. This conference will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of SCOLMA by taking a critical look at the field of African studies and how it is changing. In particular, although there has been much discussion of new digital resources and what their creators plan to do, we have a limited understanding of their impact on their users and on knowledge production in general. For example, what are the implications for historical research of the availability of digitised sources, and of the choices made in their selection? How do social science researchers work in a field in which much, but not everything, is now available online? Are e-journals – or indeed mobile phones – beginning to change the research process in Africa? And, more generally, how have broader historical and political developments changed African studies and librarianship over the last half-century?

We welcome papers on these themes across the humanities, arts, social sciences and sciences. Papers may deal with digital content, whether digitised or born-digital, of any kind, e.g. archives and manuscripts; audio-visual material; maps; newspapers; books, journals and theses; photographs, prints, drawings and paintings; ephemera; statistical databases; and social media.

The conference will bring together academics and other researchers with librarians and archivists. We aim thus to have a productive exchange of expertise, experience and analysis on the question of knowledge production in African studies.

Themes may include, but are not limited to: • How scholars, researchers, librarians and archivists use digitised resources. • How African studies is changing, and the place of the digital revolution in these changes. • Access to, selection of, and training in the use of digital resources in the library context. Are resources under-used? • To pay or not to pay? How easy is it for researchers to find subscription e-resources? And for libraries to fund them? What is the balance of free and charged resources in the research process? How well do the models for making e-resources available in Africa work? • How well does user consultation work? • Access to the technology that underpins e-resources. • Digital scholarship: are scholars in African studies using digital collections to generate new intellectual products? • The impact of mobile phone technology on African studies. • How patchy is the creation of digital resources, and what – and who – is being left behind? • Language in Africa and new technology.

One-page abstracts of papers on these themes are warmly welcomed. If you would like to give a paper, please send your abstract to

Lucy McCann SCOLMA Secretary Email: lucy.mccann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Tel.: 01865 270908

THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS 31 OCTOBER 2011.

Papers in French are welcome if a summary is provided in English.

SCOLMA: The UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa
50th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
Dis/connects: African Studies in the Digital Age
Oxford, 25–26 June 2012

Contact Information:

For inquiries: lucy.mccann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

For submissions: lucy.mccann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Website: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma/

Deadline: 2 August 2011

The Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) wishes to invite Publishers registered or legally represented in Kenya to purchase the English and Kiswahili Set Books Submission, Selection and Approval Guidelines 2011. These Guidelines contain details on what to submit, conditions for and of submission, and the system of selection.

Publishers should therefore submit literary text titles to the Kenya Institute of Education in accordance with the requirements and time-table established in the Guidelines.

The English and Kiswahili Set Books Submission, Selection and Approval Guidelines 2011 may be purchased from the Director KIE, on payment of a non-refundable fee of Kenya Shillings Ten Thousand (Kshs. 10,000/=) only.

All submissions should be received at KIE not later than 12.00 Noon 2nd August 2011, and must be accompanied by the appropriate amount of selection fees in Banker’s Cheque payable to the Director, KIE. The Literary Texts to be submitted shall include:

A. Secondary Education

English

1. Novels from the Rest of the World ( beyond Africa)
2. Anthologies of Short Stories
3. Plays from East Africa.

Kiswahili

1. Tamthilia Kutoka Afrika Mashariki
2. Hadithi Fupi Kutoka Afrika Mashariki

B. Diploma in Teacher Education

English

1. Asian Novel

Kiswahili

1. Hadithi Tafsiri

Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) is situated at the Desai-Rwathia Roads junction, Off Murang’a Road, Ngara – Nairobi, Kenya.

All enquiries should be directed to:

The Director,
Kenya Institute of Education,
P. O. Box 30231 – 00100
NAIROBI GPO Kenya.
Tel (254 2) 3749900-3;

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@kie.ac.ke

Website: http://www.kie.ac.ke/

Date: 7 July 2011

This is to invite you to what promises to be an exciting Interactive Session of Book Readings, Drama and Speeches on the theme: The Link Between Literature And Politics organised by the Centre For Black And African Arts And Civilization (CBAAC ) in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan on Thursday, July 7 2011 at 4.30pm. Venue is the University's Conference Centre.

Guest speaker is Wale Okediran who will set the mood for discussions from readings from his award reading book TENANTS OF THE HOUSE. Special Guests of Honor are Alhaja Monsurat Sumonu, Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly and Rt Hon Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Abuja. The duo will be supported by other dignitaries from the literary, academic and political sectors.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@cbaac77.com

Website: http://www.cbaac77.com/

Deadline: 25 August 2011

The Delegation of the European Union, in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, is seeking proposals to empower youth in South Africa to improve their life skills through culture, arts and sports activities. The proposals should ideally engage with disadvantaged youth, include them in organising community life and open the way for youth to make a positive contribution to local development.

The full Guidelines for Applicants are available for consultation at the EU Delegation offices at 1 Greenpark Estates, 27 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof PRETORIA and on the following internet sites:

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome

http://www.eusa.org.za/en/index.htm

http://www.dac.gov.za

The deadline for submission of proposals is 25 August 2011.

An information session will be held on 10 June 2011 from 10:00 to 12:00 at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 210 Queen Wilhelmina Ave, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME AND PRIORITY ISSUES

As part of the Youth Empowerment Programme, the Youth Empowerment through Arts and Culture Call for Proposals aligns EU support with the partner country's policies through the integration of the Department of Arts and Culture priorities.

The EU and South Africa share a common vision that the full participation of youth can contribute to vibrant, confident, self-reliant, healthy societies. In this context, Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation have the potential to harness youth as drivers and participants in economic and social development. This is recognised in the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement (Art 85), the over-arching framework for relations between the EU and South Africa as well as the EU-SA Strategic Partnership Action Plan. It is further confirmed in the EU-SA Country Strategy (2007-13).

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to create opportunities for youth empowerment in the sector of culture, to include youth as drivers in social and economic development in South Africa.

The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to empower youth in South Africa to improve their life skills through arts and culture activities which will engage with disadvantaged youth, include them in organising community life and open the way for youth to make a positive contribution to local development.

This call is launched in full cooperation with the Department for Arts and Culture (DAC) and supports DAC priorities for future engagement with donors, specifically targeting juvenile offenders, youth and arts, human settlement and beautification of public spaces, and persons with disabilities.

Particular attention should also be given to cross-cutting issues such as youth participation, Millennium Development Goals, good governance, HIV/AIDS, crime and violence prevention, gender, environment, collaboration with non-state actors, social cohesion and capacity building.

Young people aged 14 – 35 are the target group for proposals under this programme, with a particular focus on disadvantaged youth, including juvenile offenders, young persons with disabilities and those in rural areas.

Actions foreseen but not limited to are:

• Arts and culture productions with young people
• Arts and culture events targeting youth
• Arts and Culture projects linked to high schools
• Promotion of arts and culture in juvenile correctional facilities
• Art in public spaces
• EU-SA culture initiatives
• SA culture initiatives involving youth
• Professional/entrepreneurial training for young people on arts and culture
• Training on arts and culture administration
• Arts and culture research
• Capacity-building for national/provincial networks on arts and culture

The expected results of the programme of the Youth Empowerment through Arts and Culture Call for Proposals:

1) Youth in poor communities have improved access to cultural activities/heritage, including indigenous knowledge systems.
a) Arts and culture initiatives (music, theatre, dance, film, literature etc) in poor communities are supported.
b) EU-SA culture events/initiatives to showcase EU-SA collaboration are supported.
c) SA youth arts and culture events/initiatives are supported.

2) Training for youth in the field of arts and culture have been developed and implemented.
a) Culture sector training is delivered to disadvantaged youth.
b) Training for youth in the field of arts and culture are developed.

3) The capacities and networks of culture organisations targeting the youth are strengthened/established.
a) Coordinating mechanisms with communication capacity, covering all 9 provinces of South Africa are functioning.
b) Management and networking capacity of cultural organisations are developed.

Grant recipients will be obliged to provide information on project activities, actions, publications etc to the EU Delegation and/or the Department for Arts and Culture (DAC) for possible publication.

Grant recipients have to comply with the guidelines on communication and visibility as set out in the Communication and Visibility Manual for EU External Actions.
(http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/visibility/index_en.htm)

Download Guidelines for Applicants >>

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Contact Information:

For submissions: The Delegation of the European Union to South Africa, PO Box 945, Groenkloof 0027, PRETORIA, South Africa

Website: http://www.dac.gov.za/

Updated:
June 5, 2011

The River Crosses Rivers: A Festival of Short Plays by Women of Color - Call for Submissions -06/06/2011

Word Warrior Creative WORDshop (South Africa) -06/07/2011

Job Opening: Junior Editor for Submerge Publishers (South Africa) -06/09/2011

"Mohammed — The Messenger of Peace" Essay Contest -06/10/2011

Call for Candidates: Bayeux-Calvados Awards for War Correspondents -06/10/2011

Introduction to Screenwriting Workshop (Auteur Film School, South Africa) -06/11/2011

Thinkers and Trouble Makers: Panel Discussion of Queer Women of Color Activists (California) -06/11/2011

Mixed Roots Literary Festival Opens June 11th at the Japanese American National Museum -06/11/2011

Umhlanga Life Short Story Competition (South Africa) -06/13/2011

The Guardian 2011 International Development Journalism Competition on Global Poverty -06/13/2011

Apply for the Intajour International Academy of Journalism Fellowship in Germany -06/15/2011

Call for Entries: Africa in the Picture Film Festival -06/15/2011

Call for Essays/ Creative Pieces - African Women in Motion: Gender and the New African Diaspora in the United States -06/15/2011

Call for Submissions from Poets of Color: "The Moment of Change" Anthology of Feminist Speculative Poetry (Aqueduct press) -06/15/2011

Call for Papers: Children’s Literature and Reading in and of Africa (IBBY Africa conference, Swaziland) -06/15/2011

Call for Submissions: The Black Barbie Anthology -06/15/2011

Call for Articles to be Included in the Book "Transformation of Islam in 21st Century" (University Press) -06/15/2011

Book Reviews on "Popular Fiction" and "Genre Fiction" for Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture -06/15/2011

Apply for the Cave Canem Fellowship (African American Poetry) at Vermont Studio Center -06/15/2011

Call for Papers: Fourth International Symposium of Printing and Publishing in the Language and Countries of the Middle East -06/15/2011

Reporting Regional Integration: Sponsored Course for SADC Journalists -06/17/2011

Arabic Literary Translation Workshop with Paul Starkey (London Review of Books) -06/19/2011

Amazwi Ethu South African Tales Creative Writing Contest -06/19/2011

Golden Baobab Prize (for African short story for children, top prize: $1000) -06/20/2011

Pulitzer Center Seeks West African Journalists to Report on Water and Sanitation -06/20/2011

For French/ English Writers: The Camac - Fondation Tenot Writers Residency in France -06/20/2011

Job Opening: Online Fashion Editor for 36Boutiques.co.za -06/25/2011

South African Literary Awards (SALA) 2011 -06/30/2011

Deadline: 15 June 2011

The Writing studies and Calligraphy Center, affiliated to Bibliotheca Alexandrina is intending to organize the Fourth International Symposium of Printing and Publishing in the Language and Countries of the Middle East from 27 to 29 September 2011. I am honored to invite you to participate the symposium.

Historical Themes

1. Special session on the history of printing in Armenia, on the occasion of the selection of Yerevan as World Capital of Book for 2012.
2. History of printing in Middle East languages in Middle East and East Asia.
3. History of printing in Middle East languages in Europe.
4. History of printing in Middle East languages in Africa.
5. History of printing in Middle East languages in South and North America.
6. The role of printing in cultural continuity
7. History of printing techniques and forms
8. Heritage printing museums
9. Publications of minorities and foreign communities.

Technical Themes

1. Digital printing fonts (heritage fonts/modern fonts)
2. Multi-printing (techniques of modern printing in the Middle East languages)
3. Virtual printing museums.

Deadline to receive abstract is 15 June 2011.

There are no fees of participation.

Contact Information:

For inquiries:

For submissions:

Website: http://www.bibalex.org/

Deadline: 27 May 2011

SAHARA seeks to appoint a Journal manager for its flagship, accredited quarterly, multilingual journal, the Journal of Social Aspect of HIV/AIDS/ Journal des Aspecs Sociaux du VIH/SIDA (SAHARA J), from 01 July 2011 for a period of two years. The successful candidate will be based either in Pretoria or Port Elizabeth. The scope of the journal covers all fields of social aspects of HIV/AIDS and reflects the Network’s own inclusive understanding of ‘social science’ as empirical enquiry in understanding issues of HIV/AIDS. The journal is highly ranked internationally: indexed among others in IBSS and Thompson ISI.

Key responsibilities:

* Register new paper submissions;
* Identify additional expert reviewers (in area of paper) from internet search;
* Send out papers for review (each: 3 reviewers, 2 from editorial board & 1 additional expert)
* Tracking and follow-up of reviews;
* Submit completed reviews to editor;
* Correspondence with authors on editor’s summary report;
* Tracking of revised papers;
* Send revised paper to reviewers;
* Submit completed second review to editor;
* Correspondence with authors on editor’s second report;
* Tracking of second revision of paper;
* Follow-up on remaining formal aspects of paper submission, e.g. biographic notes, key words, references;
* Send paper to English language editor;
* Send paper to French language editor, French abstract translation;
* Tracking of English language editing, French abstract;
* Correspond with authors on queries from language editors and technical editing;
* Compile a table of contents;
* Send table of contents for French translation;
* Submit final version of papers to the publishers;
* Correspond with publishers on queries;
* File all correspondence, papers systematically;
* Update editorial board, address changes, and any other changes in journal;
* Table submitted, accepted, rejected papers;
* Identify books and conferences and other events in the area of social aspects of HIV/AIDS from publishers and the internet;
* Order book review copies from publisher;
* Send books to the book review editor;
* Assist in tracking book reviews;
* Submit completed book reviews to editor;
* Correspond with author of book reviews on editor’s report;
* Send book reviews for language editing and track them;
* Submit retrieved conference and other event information to the editor;
* Send conference information, etc. for language editing, possibly translation and tracking;
* Send reviews and information to publishers and respond to queries;
* Organise and prepare minutes of editorial board meetings;
* Send out information about the journal (guidelines to authors) to requests from authours;
* Deal with copyright requests from authors.

Key requirements:

* Masters degree in social sciences;
* Appropriate experience of, and involvement in managing scholarly journal(s);
* Research experience and publications in the field of social aspects of HIV/AIDS will be highly recommended.

Package

The HSRC offers attractive, market-related packages, depending on qualifications and experience.

Applications

In your application, please include: your CV, a letter of motivation, and the details of three recent referees (with telephone, fax and e-mail contact details). Ensure that you indicate the reference number. The HSRC will only consider applications that comply with the above requirements. Applicants may be required to undertake a written exercise in the competencies required for the position.

Please submit your application to: Mrs. Beth MacGregor, Private Bag X 9182, Cape Town 8000. E-mailed and faxed applications will not be accepted. For further enquiries, please contact the SAHARA Director, Prof Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya on +27 (0) 41 399 8700 /8702 / 8704.

The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of its senior managers and research and administrative staff who are black, female or disabled.
Closing date: 27 May 2011. We encourage applicants to submit before that date.

Applicants who have not been contacted within eight weeks should assume that their applications have been unsuccessful. Only candidates who are interviewed will be advised of the outcome of their application.

APPLICATIONS FROM RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: contact the SAHARA Director, Prof Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya on +27 (0) 41 399 8700 /8702 / 8704

For submissions: Mrs. Beth MacGregor, Private Bag X 9182, Cape Town 8000

Website: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/

Date: 21 May 2011

The Miriam Tlali Reading & Book Club and the wRite associates will be celebrating Afrika Day by featuring and profiling The Leader South Africa Never Had with the author, Ngila Michael Muendane, the world renowned motivational speaker and liberation activist, on Saturday, 21st May 2011, 14H00, African Literature Boookshop, 191 Louis Botha Avenue, Corner 8th Street, Orange Grove.

Afrika Day commemorates 48 years of the establishment of the Organization of African Union, now African Union, on 25th May 1963.

The book, The Leader South Africa Never Had: The Remarkable Pilgrimage of Vusumzi Make, is based on a little celebrated leader who was involved in starting the biggest bus boycott in South Africa which was equaled by the one led by Dr. Martin Luther King at the same time.

“As we celebrate Afrika Day, we invite the public to engage the author on how the story of this leader unfolded and impacted hugely on Africa’s independence struggle, the brains and braves behind it, touching on master musical cats like Nina Simone, Max Roach, Louis Armstrong, Sammy Davies Jnr, founding fathers of Africa’s Independence Kwame Nkrumah, Franz Fanon, internationalist Che Guevara, poet extraordinaire Maya Angelou and many other greats”, said Sindiswa Seakhoa, Convenor of the Miriam Tlali Reading & Book Club.

Said Ngila Muendane, “…this is a story of one of the most extraordinary men of our time. You probably never heard of this remarkable man. Find out why. He single-handedly influenced the course of history in South Africa almost unnoticed.”

Make was a close friend of O.R Tambo, shared a room with him, continues Muendane, and stopped Apartheid Prime Minister John Vorster in his tracks when he tried to pursue his fraudulent détente policy in Africa!

This is a fascinating story, full of valour, pain, joy, triumph, humour, love, adventure, risk and many more. It reads like fiction and is written in a captivating style. It’s truly a great read, concludes Muendane.

The Club features the now popular Kiddies’ Session which accommodates kids aged 2- 10 facilitated by Pride Mthethwa. The programme looks at encouraging children to read and write through storytelling and reading particularly in indigenous languages. Also interesting will be the Teens’ Session which covers age 11 – 16 facilitated by poet and singer Precious Masuku. This months’ session will focus on poetry-writing as well as reciting. The programme aims to grasp the ever-changing minds of teens at an early stage. Parents are encouraged to bring their children to benefit from these exciting programmes.

Accompanying the book discussion will be poetry performances by Emmah Mabye, an upcoming poet from Tembisa who will read some of her latest works. Toto Mubenga, a former heavyweight boxer originally from The Democratic Republic of Congo will also be reciting his poems.

Book lovers are also invited to buy this and other books by Michael Ngila Muendane, Miriam Tlali, Lewis Nkosi, Victor Molele and Mosala Huma that will be available for sale. Entrance is free and everyone is welcome.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: contact: 011-791 3585/4102, fax: 086 605 3642 or e-mail info@writeassociates.co.za

Deadline: 19 May 2011

A permanent position exists within the Communications Department for a Corporate Writer (p-band) at the IDC Head office Sandton branch, reporting to the Head of Corporate Communications

Key functions of the position include:

* Writing and editing of content for brochures, opinion pieces, press releases, articles, etc
* Managing production of publications including annual reports, booklets, newsletters and other publications
* Gaining insight into media?s appetite for IDC news and identifying potential IDC stories
* Ability to lobby media and sell relevant news angles
* Extensive South African media contacts, particularly in business media
* Broad understanding of financial services or DFI environment
* Development of effective media relations strategies
* Advanced knowledge of SA media landscape including social media
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with the media for the benefit of the IDC

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Candidates must have a relevant B Degree / Diploma in Communication, Marketing, Public Relations or journalism

EXPERIENCE:

* At least 4 years experience in reputable newsroom or senior media relations role
* Proven experience as a writer/ editor of corporate/publicity materials
* Proven track record in media relations
* Candidates must be Computer literate in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

* Drivers licence is a must
* Willingness to travel

COMPETENCY PROFILE (Knowledge, Attitude, Skills and experience required to perform the role)

Essential Competencies

* Planning and prioritizing skills
* Project Management
* Writing and editing
* Implementing / Coordinating
* Investigating, searching and networking
* Assessing and evaluating
* Influencing and advising
* Presenting and briefing
* Public Relations / Developing relationship skills
* Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
* Self motivated, assertive & creative
* Team player
* Innovative

The ideal candidate will have the following competencies:

Ability

* ability to lobby media and sell relevant news angles
* managing production of publications including annual reports, booklets,newsletters and other publications
* writing and editing of content for brochures, opinion pieces, press releases, articles, etc
* gaining insight into media?s appetite for IDC news and identifying potential IDC stories
* broad understanding of financial services or DFI environment
* extensive South African media contacts, particularly in business media
* ability to build and maintain relationships with the media for the benefit of the IDC
* development of effective media relations strategies

Experience

* candidates must be willing to travel and a Drivers licence is a must
* proven track record in media relations
* candidates need to have proven experience as a writer/ editor of corporate/publicity materials
* candidates must be Computer literate in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook
* candidates need to have at least 4 years experience in reputable newsroom or senior media relations role
* candidates must have a relevant B Degree / Diploma in Communication, Marketing, Public Relations or Journalism

Knowledge

* Candidates must be computer literate in MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook
* advanced knowledge of SA media landscape including social media

The IDC is a self-financing, state-owned national development finance institution that provides finance to promote industrial and entrepreneurial development. Our people are committed and passionate about development finance and the economic upliftment of our country and the rest of the African Continent. If you share this passion and want to make a difference, you will find a home at the IDC.

Apply online before 19/05/2011.

Contact Information:

For submissions: apply here

Website: http://www.idc.co.za/