Diary of a Thief: Abdulrazak Gurnah og Nadifa Mohamed
Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2021, as the first African-born writer in almost 20 years, for having, in the jury’s reasong, «highlighted the impact of colonialism and ...
9 Kesä 202552min
Pride and Prejudice: Leïla Slimani and Kjerstin Aukrust
French Moroccan Leïla Slimani‘s own family was the inspiration when she started her critically acclaimed trilogy: The Country of Others, Watch Us Dance and this year’s publication, J'emporterai le feu...
2 Kesä 202555min
European epics: Jenny Erpenbeck and Mattis Øybø
With her deep and fearless portrayals of German and European history, Jenny Erpenbeck is a unique voice in world literature. Her authorship is widely considered to be among the most important of our t...
14 Huhti 20251h 5min
The Empire Strikes Back: GauZ’ and Yohan Shanmugaratnam
«The security guard adores babies. Perhaps because babies do not shoplift.Babies adore the security guard. Perhaps because he does not drag babies to the sales.»In a Sephora-store on the Avenue des Ch...
24 Maalis 202558min
The Winding River of Time. Elif Shafak and Marte Spurkland
«Water remembers. It is humans who forget.»A droplet of water finds its way from ancient Mesopotamia to a street urchin in 1840’s London and on to a Yazidi family in present day Iraq. Three people’s l...
10 Maalis 202556min
My African Reding List: Jennifer Makumbi
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is a Ugandan British writer, known for her debut novel Kintu, as well as the short story collection Manchester Happened and the novel The First Woman. She has been awarded t...
3 Maalis 202527min
The History of Panafricanism. Lecture by Hakim Adi
From intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois to activist Malcolm X, from heads of state Kwame Nkrumah and Muammar Gaddafi to poet Aimé Césaire and artist Bob Marley – they have all played a role in the history ...
17 Helmi 20251h 5min
Abuse and survival: Neige Sinno and Hadia Tajik
In the wake of #metoo, the French literary scene has been marked by multiple stories of sexual abuse. Books like Vanessa Springora's Consent and Camille Kouchner's The Familia Grande have sparked deba...
10 Helmi 202552min
