FRIDAY, APRIL 2
10:30 am: Slam Poetry Performance by Kassoum Hamani (Jhonel)
10:45 am: Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Anjali Nerlekar (Chair, AMESALL)
11:00 am: Keynote Address by Souleymane Bachir Diagne – Translatio Studiorum and Africa
1:00 pm: Sinzo Aanza’s Plaidorie pour vendre le Congo/A plea to sell the Congo – Author’s Presentation, Live Performance, and Conversation
3:00 pm: Phantom Africa: Conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards and Stéphane Robolin
FRIDAY APRIL 2 FULL PROGRAM
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Slam Poetry Performance by Kassoum Hamani (Jhonel)
10:45 am – 11:00 am: Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
by Anjali Nerlekar (Chair, AMESALL)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Keynote Address
Souleymane Bachir Diagne: Translatio Studiorum and Africa
Moderator: Anjali Nerlekar
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Plaidorie pour vendre le Congo/A plea to sell the Congo - pdf Download flyer (377 KB)
Author’s Presentation, Live Performance, and Conversation
1:00 pm – 1:05 pm: Introductions: Mary Shaw
1:05 pm – 1:45 pm: Sinzo Aanza: Plaidoirie pour vendre le Congo –
Pourquoi je vis le monde comme je l’écris, ou le choix d’une fiction absolue
Interpreter: François Cornilliat
1:45 pm – 1:50 pm: Translator's Note: Madhuri Mukherjee
1:50 pm – 2:15 pm: Live Performance of a Fragment: directed by Antu Yacob, performed by Azani V. Ebengou
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Conversation with the Audience
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Translation and Conversation
Phantom Africa: Brent Hayes Edwards in conversation with Stéphane Robolin