Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora

Are you a writer of African descent from:

• Africa
• The Americas
• The Caribbean
• Europe

Does your work grapple with the complexities and nuances of what it means to be African/Black in the 21st century?

What is Africa to you?

The Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora is thrilled to announce our new residency programme that brings together writers from across Africa and the Diaspora in the Motherland to collectively consider the question, What is Africa to Me? and produce a text in response.

Inspired by Countee Cullen’s 1925 poem, Heritage, and Paul Gilroy’s seminal 1993 text, The Black Atlantic, this immersive residency experience is designed to stimulate thought, expand creativity, and produce new knowledge.

Generously supported by Hawthornden Foundation.

What We Offer

• One month room and board at LOATAD in Accra, Ghana
• Up to $600 towards travel to Ghana (*except for travel from/to the USA)
• A stipend of $500
• Access to LOATAD’s extensive resources
• Trips to relevant places of interest
• Meetings with key players in the African literary space.

What’s Expected of Writers

• Be willing to commit to the entirety of the residency
• Produce a piece of writing on the theme for publication in the anthology to be published by LOATAD at the end of the residency
• Be prepared to work collectively and individually, and take part in critique sessions, workshops
• Agree to participate in a public event, photography and videography of the creation process, and any publicity.

For more information and to apply, click here or visit loatad.org/blackatlantic.