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. 

PHOTO GALLERY

LISTEN
• 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