Schedule of Events
Tuesday, April 15:
3 pm., Swimming in Troubled Waters, a talk by Nuruddin Farah Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.:
Opening lecture by Somalian writer Nuruddin Farah, author of nine novels, including From A Crooked Rib, Links, and the Blood in the Sun trilogy: Maps, Gifts, and Secrets. Named the 1998 laureate of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, “widely regarded as the most prestigious literary award after the Nobel,” Farah, who is also the author of essays, plays, short stories, and film scripts, currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
3:30 pm, Writing May Be Hazardous to Your Health: Present-Day Threats to Freedom of Expression.
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.:
Freedom to Write Panel, a discussion of worldwide freedom of expression issues. Panelists will include writers Nuruddin Farah (Somalia), Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe), Jack Mapanje (Malawi), and Pierre Mujomba (Congo), with Joanne Leedom-Ackerman (novelist and Vice President of International PEN). Larry Siems, Director of the Freedom to Write Program, PEN American Center, will act as moderator.
8 pm, New Writing from Africa: Night I, Readings by
Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe) & Jack Mapanje (Malawi)
McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown St.:
Readings by Chenjerai Hove, 2007 – 2008 IWP Fellow, and Jack Mapanje, Malawian poet, linguist, editor and scholar, author of The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison, Skipping Without Ropes, The Last of the Sweet Bananas: New and Selected Poems, and Beasts of Nalunga, among other volumes.
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Wednesday, April 16:
11 am, Under the Tongue and Onto the Page: A Conversation on New Literature from Africa
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.:
A Conversation on Literature from Africa, a panel featuring writers Nuruddin Farah (Somalia), Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe), Jack Mapanje (Malawi), and Nathalie Etoke, Visiting Assistant Professor of French Studies (Brown University). The panel will be moderated by Barrymore Bogues, Chair, Department of Africana Studies (Brown University).
3 pm, Staged Readings from New Plays
George Houston Bass Performing Arts Space at Churchill House, 155 Angell St.:
Staged readings from plays by Congolese playwright Pierre Mujomba (author of The Lost Envelope and Ecce Ego, a novel) and Ugandan playwright Charles Mulekwa (author of The Woman In Me, The Eleventh Commandment, and A Time of Fire).
8 pm, New Writing from Africa, Night II, Readings by Chimamanda Adichie (Nigeria) & Nuruddin Farah (Somalia)
McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown St.:
Readings by novelist Chimamanda Adichie of Nigeria, author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, and Somalian writer Nuruddin Farah.
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Under the Tongue Poster
All events are free and open to the public. “Under the Tongue: A Festival of Literature from Africa” and the International Writers Project are jointly sponsored by Brown’s Graduate Program in Literary Arts and Watson Institute for International Studies through funding from the William H. Donner Foundation, with additional support and sponsorship from Brown’s Department of Africana Studies and the Office of the President.
