Category: News
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Announcing our 2026 LOATAD Black Atlantic residents
We are delighted to announce the recipients of our third and final LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency, supported by Hawthornden Foundation. Nine exceptional writers and thinkers from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the USA, and the UK will be in residence at LOATAD in Accra, Ghana, in 2026 to work individually and in…
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Open Call: LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 3
Applications are now open for the third and final iteration of LOATAD’s Black Atlantic Residency. Are you a writer of African descent based in: Does your work grapple with the complexities and nuances of what it means to be African/of African descent in the 21st century? Writers are invited to apply to be in residence…
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A message from Noor Salah H. Elfaki
We’ve come to the end of the 2025 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency! It’s been a beautiful time of community and growth, and we’re grateful to all our residents for bringing their full selves to the experience. We’re sharing a powerful message from resident, Noor Salah H. Elfaki, which touched us deeply and which we hope…
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Introducing The Precious Gordon Collection at LOATAD
The Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD) is delighted to announce the acquisition of a new collection! Donated to LOATAD by elder Precious Gordon, The Precious Gordon Collection comprises of over 250 books, Black history calendars, and ephemera gathered over decades, representing a lifelong quest for knowledge and deeper understanding rooted in an Afrocentric perspective.…
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Announcing the 2025 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residents!
We are thrilled to announce the 10 writers from across Africa and the Diaspora who have been selected for the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2025: African Solidarities supported by Hawthornden Foundation: First row, left to right: Roger Robinson, a globally recognised writer and performer, boasts an impressive array of accolades, including the T.S. Eliot Prize…
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Meet the judges of the 2025 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency
We are pleased to announce the distinguished panel of judges for the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2025: African Solidarities: MOLARA WOOD (Nigeria) is a writer, journalist and editor based in Lagos, Nigeria. Described as ‘one of the eminent voices in the Arts in Nigeria,’ she is widely published, and has an extensive catalogue of editorial…
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Announcing the inaugural Professor Ian H. Munro Fellow
Kwame Boafo, a Ghanaian movement artist and scholar, has been selected as the inaugural LOATAD Professor Ian H. Munro Fellow. Kwame Boafo was born in Accra, Ghana, and holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the National University of Singapore. He is trained as a performance maker and researcher. Kwame’s performance and movement experience…
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Announcing African Solidarities: The LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency II Open Call
Deadline for applications: 18 August, 2024 | 11.59 PM GMT Applications are now open for the second edition of the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency! Writers of African descent from Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe are invited to apply to be in residence at LOATAD in Accra, Ghana, for one month between February 2025…
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Announcing the LOATAD Black Atlantic Residents 2024!
Congratulations to our 2024 LOATAD Black Atlantic Residents! We received 442 applications from across Africa and the Diaspora for the 12 places on the residency. Get to know the exceptional writers and thinkers who’ll be joining us at LOATAD this year to grapple with the question, What is Africa to Me? individually and in community:…
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LOATAD Founder, Sylvia Arthur, is the 2023 Brittle Paper Literary Person of the Year
From Brittle Paper: Sylvia Arthur is the 2023 Brittle Paper African Literary Person of the Year for her outstanding work as the founder of the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (@loatad_org) in Accra, Ghana. She is the 9th honoree of the award. @NnediOkorafor was the first to receive the award in 2015 and since then it…
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