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Home > 4/19/05

Africa and the World: The Writer’s Role
Africa and the World: The Writer’s Role

April 19, 2005 | New York University | New York City

With Elizabeth Alexander, Breyten Breytenbach, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Achmat Dangor, Nuruddin Farah, Zakes Mda, Pedro Rosa Mendes, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Uwe Timm.

Writers from Africa and beyond join together in a reading and discussion about African literature considered in both a local and global context. 

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Introduction by Breyten Breytenbach
Elizabeth Alexander speaks and reads from American Sublime
Tsitsi Dangarembga reads from “Electing Zimbabwe”
Achmat Dangor reads from Bitter Fruit
Nuruddin Farah reads from Maps and Links
Zakes Mda reads from The Whale Caller
Pedro Rosa Mendes reads from The Bay of Tigers
Uwe Timm speaks


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