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@PincodeConcepts RIP # Pisto wow ukufa!!

Eish what a Bad way to start my day 😭😡 RIP bra #Pisto 💔

The significance of Akin Omotoso’s romcom “Tell me sweet something” ow.ly/mG9i30oh6Vd

Call for Applications: World Bank Scholarships Program ow.ly/htNC30ogXD9

We're delighted to bring the 2018 @ArtInResidency Application season to a close with this announcement of our AIR - Bellagio Winners! Well done! ow.ly/gwJT30od2g4

Calling for Applications (Nairobi - based Opportunity.) Public Events at the McMillan Memorial Libraries. Application Deadline: 14th March 2019 ow.ly/UTuH30nX3Ep

Friends in New York, our @ArtInResidency partner, @ISCP is hosting their 25th Anniversary Spring Fundraiser on 4th April. Do support this incredible space. ow.ly/ZXrZ30nX3B7

We're gutted to hear of Bisi Silva's passing. She served Africa Centre's @ArtInResidency program on several occasions in various capacities. May her work continue to live through those she worked with and inspired. Rest, Bisi. ow.ly/rNQW30nGHin

In 2017, he was invited to South Africa as a panelist for the Franschhoek Literary Festival and as a speaker for the Future Nations Schools Book Fair. He has been shortlisted for the Miles Morland Scholarship and the Gerald Kraak Award. #WeAreAIR

Kiprop Kimutai is a Nairobi-based writer whose fiction has appeared in Kwani? Trust, Jalada Africa, Painted Bride Quarterly, No Tokens, Kachifo, New internationalist and Acre Books. He was on the Kweli Scholar Program fellowship and is working on his novel. #AIR2018Shortlist

Gerald Machona is an emerging Zimbabwean born Visual artist now on our #AIR2018Shortlist. He primarily works as a visual artist & uses sculpture, performance, new media & video Installation in his work. #WeAreAIR

Next on our #AIR2018Shortlist is Victoria-Idongesit Udonian, hailing from Nigeria, trained as a tailor and fashion designer before studying art. She investigates how fundamental changes in fabric can affect one’s perception of identity using with West African textiles. #WeAreAIR

Younes Baba-Ali is a visual and sound artist from Morocco now on our #AIR2018Shortlist. He mixes technology, objects, sound, video & photography with political, social & ecological issues to impact, influence and move his audience into making a decision. #WeAreAIR

.@malebosephodi is a South African writer and researcher. She has been listed by @OkayAfrica as top 100 women in Africa 2018. She is the recipient of the Fabulous Woman Brave Award 2018 and Gauteng Legislature Vita Basadi Award (Runner Up). She joins our #AIR2018Shortlist.

Meet Zoe Wicomb, an author and an academic on our #AIR2018Shortlist. Some of the books she has authored include You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town (1987), David's Story (2000) among others. Her books have been translated into German, French, Swedish, Dutch and Italian. #WeAreAIR

@mbithi Mbithi’s first feature film, Kati Kati, had its world premiere in the discover program at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected and awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics (fipresci) for the discovery programme. #WeAreAIR

.@mbithi is a Kenyan born film maker, writer and artist is now on our #AIR2018Shortlist. He has been a part of the highly acclaimed experimental art collective JUST A BAND. #WeAreAIR

Nengi Omuku has been described as one of Africa’s finest contemporary artists. She sees painting as a documentation of events that unfold around her. Her work is inspired by the body and the complexities that surround identity and difference. She is on our #AIR2018Shortlist.

While floating across different genres – journalistic, reflective, experimental – her work is consistently insightful, rich in textures, and engaged with realities. #WeAreAIR

Lindokuhle Nkosi is a writer from South Africa whose textual work often merges with installation and performance. She has written for numerous publications, & has curated exhibitions and projects at galleries and in the public space. She is now on our #AIR2018Shortlist #WeAreAIR

Omar Ba is a contemporary artist from Senegal now on our #AIR2018Shortlist. He is known for his paintings which merge figurative and decorative motifs. Ba has showcased his art internationally; in exhibitions in Africa, Europe, and the United States. #WeAreAIR