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“Acts of Violence”: scenes from Seneca’s *Thyestes*
Posted February 9, 2012*Acts of Violence* is a public health project, developed and produced by Outside the Wire, that presents scenes from Seneca’s *Thyestes*, a Roman tragedy that was written during the […] -
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Nora Chipaumire and Teju Cole
Posted April 23, 2011Reading and Dance Performance with Teju Cole and Nora Chipaumire Dancer Nora Chipaumire presented “Dark Swan” and an excerpt from her Bessie Award-winning “Chimurenga” proceeded by a reading […] -
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Keguro Macharia
Posted April 23, 2011“Queer Subjects and Human Rights in East Africa” Keguro Macharia is a Kenyan literary critic and theorist, and an Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the […] -
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Kenda Mutongi
Posted April 23, 2011“The Matatu in the 1960s: Nairobi Entrepreneurs” Kenda Mutongi is a Professor of History at Williams College. She was born and raised in Maragoli, western Kenya, and attended […] -
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Jesse Shipley’s “Is It Sweet?”
Posted April 23, 2011“Is It Sweet: Tales of an African Superstar in New York” Jesse Weaver Shipley is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and artist who is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and coordinator […] -
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Emmanuel Dongala, Billy Kahora, and Nnedi Okorafor
Posted April 23, 2011Fiction and Poetry Reading Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon’s […] -
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Nnedi Okorafor
Posted April 21, 2011Reading and Book Signing with Nnedi Okorafor Nnedi Okorafor is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Who Fears Death (a Nebula Award Nominee and Tiptree Honor Book). […] -
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Joe Sacco
Posted April 12, 2011“Comics and Journalism” Joe Sacco is an extraordinary comic artist and journalist, who has traveled to many parts of the world to do his research. In the early […] -
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Francine Masiello
Posted April 12, 2011Francine Masiello works on topics related to Latin American literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, gender theory, and comparative North/South literatures. Her books include Lenguaje e ideología: los […]