The International Writers Project Presents:
Under the Tongue:
A Festival of African Literature
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. All events are free and open
to the public.
“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.”
vvvChenjerai Hove, current IWP fellow