Immersion Writers
Afro-Feminist Seminar
Program Tuition Includes:
Private accommodations in boutique Dakar B&B
Daily breakfast + two group meals
4 morning seminar sessions with Dr. Nicole Richards Diop
Curated visits to: Goree Island, Museum of Black Civilizations, Soumbedioune Market, Loman Art Gallery, and the African Renaissance Monument
Tuition Fee: $2,350
Monthly installments available
When: June 27-July 2 2026
Where: Dakar, Senegal
Workshop Leader: Dr. Nicole Richards Diop
Assistant Professor of Pan African Studies
Embark on a literary journey: this six-day, five-night immersion in Dakar brings together morning seminar sessions grounded in African feminist thought with afternoons devoted to cultural exploration and place-based learning. Participants will engage the city daily through visits to Gorée Island, the African Renaissance Monument, Soumbédioune Market, and the Museum of Black Civilizations, while gathering in the mornings for four days of sustained seminar-based reading, dialogue, and reflection. Designed for writers, students, scholars, and cultural workers engaged in feminist inquiry across the African diaspora, this program offers a focused space for serious study shaped by place, history, and shared intellectual commitment.
Oral Histories Workshop Rwanda
Program Tuition Includes:
Private accommodations in Kigali, Rwanda
4 oral history seminars with Dr. Nicole Richards Diop
Curated visits to: Kigali Genocide Memorial, Rwanda Art Museum, Inema Arts Center, Kimironko Market, and Lake Kivu/Nkombo Island
Tuition Fee: $3,310
Monthly installments available
Optional extensions to: Rwanda Gorilla Trekking & Twin Lakes
When: December 10-December 17, 2026
Where: Kigali, Rwanda
Workshop Leader: Dr. Nicole Richards Diop
Assistant Professor of Pan African Studies
This seven day immersion in Kigali centers oral history as a method of listening, documentation, and ethical engagement. Mornings are devoted to guided workshops on oral history theory, interview practice, and narrative responsibility, while afternoons focus on place-based learning through visits to sites such as the Kigali Genocide Memorial and community spaces central to Rwanda’s contemporary cultural life. Designed for writers, artists, students, scholars, and NGO professionals, this program offers a focused environment for learning how stories are gathered, held, and shared—shaped by history, memory, and relational accountability.
African Narratology
Program Tuition Includes:
Private accommodations in boutique Dakar B&B
Daily breakfast + two group meals
2 seminar sessions on African narratology
Curated visits to: Goree Island, Museum of Black Civilizations, Soumbedioune Market, Loman Art Gallery, and the African Renaissance Monument
Tuition Fee: $2,650
Monthly installments available
When: January 3-8 2027
Where: Somone, Senegal
This workshop invites participants to engage African narratology as both a critical method and a living storytelling practice. Through shared readings and discussion, we will explore how African narratives structure time, memory, kinship, and political life across oral and written forms. The workshop is designed for writers and thinkers interested in narrative as a site of knowledge, relation, and world-making.