The Asmara-Addis Literary Festival

Posted: Jan, 25th 2019 Contributor: Bilen Shifferaw,

The Asmara-Addis Literary Festival

The first Asmara Addis Literary Festival (In Exile) will be held in Brussels, Belgium on February 9, 2019, in collaboration with the Afropolitan festival. The festival is the brainchild of Eritrean-Ethiopian author Sulaiman Addonia.

This festival, supported by BOZAR & the Commune of Ixelles,  is a new pan-Africanist literary event with feminist principles at its heart. 

Programme 

THE SHAPES OF LOVE - BLACK SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE - 14:30 - 16:00 pm - FREE

With:  Saleh Addonia, Chike Frankie Edozien, Meron Estefanos, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Astrid Haerens, Desta Haile, madeleine kennedy-macfoy, Soheila Mehri, Hazel ThomasVanessa Tsehaye.

The Shapes of Love is inspired by Sulaiman Addonia‘s memories of open compounds in Sudan, where people were welcome to join and gather around Eritrean coffee ceremonies and exchange their personal stories. 
The event will discuss LGBTQ characters in books set in African countries. This panel is designed to show solidarity with who is facing harsh gender discriminatory policies adopted by many African governments. Alongside this discussion, there will be a read-a-thon of writers reading about love, desire and about the migrant and refugee experience in Europe.

25 January 2019 at 7:51pm - 10 February 2019 at 5:30am
Studio Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS
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