Author meets translator: a conversation with Marion Kraft and Eva Bonné
A warm invitation to the next “Author meets Translator” event: A conversation with Marion Kraft and Eva Bonné about politically sensitive writing and translation.
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5 years of Berlin’s African Book Festival
Now in its fifth year running, taking place from 25-27 August in the Alte Münze at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, the African Book Festival Berlin, organised by the team at InterKontinental, serves as a vital platform for African literature in Berlin’s — and Germany’s — literary scene.
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By the Sea
Since Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, the Zanzibar-born author who lives in the UK has suddenly become known to mainstream audiences. Gurnah’s 2001 novel By the sea is about a dispute between two families that takes place against a backdrop of political change.
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(Un)Bearable for whom? German colonialism in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Afterlives
Acknowledging colonial brutality should not be a choice dictated by what additional sins a German person can or cannot “bear” about their past, but rather one that considers the consequences of said brutality in the Global South.
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Afterlives
With an awareness for the gendered dimensions of human experiences, Afterlives conveys how people in German East Africa maintain their dignity and remain steadfast.
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