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Open Call: LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 3
About This Opportunity
This final edition, inspired by V.Y. Mudimbe’s The Invention of Africa , focuses on how literature and activism can reshape global perceptions of Africa and create new worldmaking narratives.
Restrictions
Beginner, Emerging and Established writers from and/or based in Africa, the Caribbean, North America, South America, and Europe whose work engages with issues concerning Africa and/or the Diaspora, specifically, The Black Atlantic. Writers of fiction, narrative nonfiction, poetry, playwrights, and academic texts with good publication credits in literary journals / magazines / newspapers, etc. Writers can write in any language, but must be able to communicate in English. Writers must be aged 21 or over. Writers must own a valid passport and be willing to travel to Ghana to participate in the physical residency.
What's Offered
Additional Resources
Up to $600 USD to cover travel costs to and from Ghana (except for US-based applicants), One month room and board at LOATAD in Accra, Ghana, Access to the library’s extensive resources, Trips to relevant places of interest in Ghana, Meetings with key players in the Ghanaian/African literary space.