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The 8th African Women Writers’.

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The 8th African Women Writers’ Symposium will launch with the Nadine Gordimer in Memoriam Lecture.

The 8th African Women Writers’ Symposium will launch with the Nadine Gordimer In Memoriam Lecture by hosting award-winning Zimbabwean writer, human rights activist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangaremgba on October 26, 2022. The event will take place at the Soweto Theatre.

The event is a hybrid programme with keynote speaker Tsitsi Dangaremgba speaking via live stream from Harvard University where she is currently based. This will be followed by a Q&A with a live theatre audience facilitated by author and renowned journalist Joanne Joseph. As part of the programme, there will be live music and poetry to wrap up the first event of the Symposium’s exciting literary programme that will continue into the month of November.
20 Oct 2022 4AM English South Africa Education · Careers

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