Macondo Literary Festival

Schedule

Fri Sep 30 2022 at 04:30 pm to Sun Oct 02 2022 at 08:00 pm

Location

Kenya National Theatre | Nairobi, NA

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The Macondo Literary Festival’s second edition, dubbed ‘The Future of Memories’, brings together, for the first time on the continent, Brazilian, Anglophone, Lusophone and Francophone African writers in conversation across and beyond the limits of language.
The biggest literary festival this year in East Africa organized by the Macondo Book Society will feature authors of both fictional and nonfictional works.
Almost all contemporary African literature read in Anglophone African countries such as Kenya is originally written in English, by authors from other former British colonies such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. Translations of works by authors from the Lusophone and Francophone spheres of Africa into English have been rare. The consequence of this void is that African authors tell their stories and create works of art, but they are not heard or read beyond their own linguistic realm.
The presence of Lusophone and Francophone authors in this year’s festival offers a great opportunity for the Kenyan public to discover their works, engage with them and learn about the history and fictional imagination of these in Kenya’s widely unknown spheres of Africa – a part of the richly diverse African productions and heritage.
Learn more here: https://www.macondolitfest.org/
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Where is it happening?

Kenya National Theatre, ,Nairobi, Kenya

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Goethe-Institut Nairobi

Host or Publisher Goethe-Institut Nairobi

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