Africa in Translation: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed

A three-panel symposium featuring translators, writers, artists and academics, including: Magdalene Odundo, Wangui wa Goro, Ghirmai Negash, Mohammed Bakari, Gywenth Sutherlin, Ros Schwartz, Tomi Adeaga, Delia Jarrett McCauley, Christelle Kedi, Eugene Skeef and Charles Umelo. Chairs: Dr Mpalive Msiska (Reader in English & Humanities) and Hannah Pool (journalist, author & curator).  

This symposium will reflect on translation and traducture (a term coined by acclaimed translator and thinker Wangui wa Goro), focusing on their importance for knowledge management in Africa, as a basis for inter-cultural dialogue and understanding. Translators, writers, artists and academics come together to discuss how the digital, written and oral words interact to transfer knowledge and meaning across real life and different media and cultural forms stemming from Africa and the diaspora, shaping the continent and perceptions of African development.

This event is in partnership with SIDENSI, which promotes intercultural dialogue through translation and traducture