World Nomads:
Talks
African Wars
With Nuruddin Farah, Abdourahman Waberi, and Chenjerai Hove
Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 3pm
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In May, FIAF launches World Nomads, a series that examines the cross-cultural exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and style. This transcultural journey begins in contemporary Africa bringing artists together for engaging programs considering Africa's cultural impact on France and the rest of the world.
In collaboration with the PEN World Voices
Festival, FIAF presents three of Africa’s
greatest literary talents—Nuruddin Farah,
Abdourahman
Waberi, and Chenjerai Hove—in conversation with Violaine
Huisman. Forced into exile for their
activism, the authors have turned the
tongue of their former colonial oppressors
into weapons of pacifism. These French
and English-speaking writers discuss
their practice of literature, their political
mission, and the uniting power of language
in a conflict-ridden continent. |
