The residency aims to reduce the boundaries between writers from across the continent and those in the diaspora by physically bringing them together. The post program offers residency scholarships in Ghana to authors of works about Africa that first appeared on AlmaPreta.
The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) is accepting applications for the new Black Atlantic Residency 2024 program, which aims to bring together writers from across Africa and the diaspora.
With the central and collective theme: “What is Africa for me?”, writers whose productions involve or focus on Africa, the African diaspora and the Black Atlantic will be able to participate. Applications will be received online until October 29th.
Supported by the Hawthornden Foundation, the residency seeks to bridge the boundaries between writers from across the continent and the diaspora by physically bringing them together.
Inspired by the poem “Inheritance” (1925), by Countee Cullen, and Paul Gilroy’s 1993 text “The Black Atlantic” (1993), the immersive residency experience is designed to stimulate thought, expand creativity, and produce new knowledge.
Requirements for participation
Writers can write in any language, but must be able to communicate in English;
Writers must be at least 21 years old;
Writers must have a valid passport and be willing to travel to Ghana to attend the residency in person;
Beginning, emerging, and established writers from and/or residing in Africa, America, the Caribbean, and Europe, whose work addresses issues related to Africa and/or diaspora, as well as the Black Atlantic in particular;
Writers of fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry, playwrights and academic writing with good publication credits in literary journals/magazines/journals, etc.
Service
Registration deadline: 29/10/2023
Dates of residence: 02/2024 – 03/2024 – 04/2024
Duration of residency: 1 (one) month (4 weeks)
Local: City of Accra (Ghana)
Registration here.
*Text originally published on the Negrê website.
The post program offers residency scholarships in Ghana to authors of works about Africa that first appeared on AlmaPreta.
Source: Terra
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