Readings, discussions, and other events will take place April 15 – 16, 2008, featuring Award-winning African novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nuruddin Farah, and Chenjerai Hove; poet Jack Mapanje; and playwrights Pierre Mumbere Mujomba and Charles Mulekwa.  

“When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death.”
-  Chenjerai Hove, current IWP fellow

Participating Authors

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/16/08 | Run time: 15:48]

Nuruddin Farah

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/16/08 | Run time: 19:22]

Chenjerai Hove

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/15/08 | Run time: 10:16]

Jack Mapanje

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 04/15/08 | Run time: 28:45]
• “Travelling in London Tubes”/ “Out of Bounds”/ “The Famished Stubborn Ravens of Mikuyu Prison”/ “Skipping Without Ropes” (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 04/15/08 | Run time: 11:17]