Book launch: 'June Givanni: The Making of a Pan-African Cinema'

Name: Book launch: 'June Givanni: The Making of a Pan-African Cinema'
Start: 2025-04-29T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-29T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Ritzy Cinema and Cafe

Schedule

Tue Apr 29 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Ritzy Cinema and Cafe | London, EN

On April 29, author Onyeka Igwe will be joined by artist and writer Jemma Desai and film programmer Abiba Coulibaly to discuss her new book.
About this Event

Join us for an evening of conversation to celebrate the launch of 'June Givanni: The Making of a Pan-African Cinema Archive’, the latest title in Lawrence Wishart’s Radical Black Women book series, in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives. Author Onyeka Igwe will be joined by artist and writer Jemma Desai and independent film programmer Abiba Coulibaly to discuss the resonances of archiving Pan-African cinema today.

Image credit: Onyeka Igwe photographed by Yasmin Akim

Agenda

🕑: 06:30 PM
Doors open
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Panel discussion
🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:45 PM
Book signing
🕑: 09:00 PM
End