KISWA-CENTRIC: The politics of language in East African culture, art, and media
Yale University
Linsly-Chittenden Hall Room 211
63 High Street, New Haven
Friday, March 2, 2012
10am-5:30pm
This one-day symposium will explore the politics of language and representation in East African culture, art, and media, reflecting on the tension between artistic choices and conventions, on the one hand, and colonial and post-colonial legacies of “foreign” and indigenous languages, on the other.
SPEAKERS:
Omari Kaseko, Filmmaker
Zavara Mponjika, Hip Hop Artist, Emcee
Catheryn Massamu, Presenter, East African Television
Mukoma wa Ngugi, Author, Nairobi Heat
Mohamed Yunus Rafiz, PhD Student and Filmmaker
For more information and to RSVP, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEk4Q0NONUFJM3o0cmVWUmVjbmtDUlE6MQm
If you have other questions, contact zachary.enumah@yale.edu
