The Institut français d’Ecosse, the University of Edinburgh and the Institut français du Royaume-Uni are delighted to welcome the celebrated Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane for an online talk.
With the participation of Debora Kayembe, Rector of the University of Edinburgh.
Recipient of multiple awards including Grand Prix littéraire de l’Afrique Noire, his novels, translated in multiple languages, blend humour with horror and explore the neo-colonial stakes facing African countries, especially RDC, with Kinshasa, its vitality, its music, a recurrent character. Globalization, colonial debt, corruption, memory, and violence all figure prominently in his novels.
More info on Actes Sud.
With the participation of Ms Debora Kayembe, Rector of the University of Edinburgh
Friday 19 March 2021 at 5:00pm GMT
Free and accessible to all
Talk in French, but we will gladly take questions in English
On Zoom: REGISTER NOW BY BOOKING HERE
Please note: you will receive the Zoom link the day before the event.
You can contact us at frenchclassesife gmail.com if you have not received the link by March 19.
Conversation with Edouard Notte, Teaching Fellow in French and Francophone Studies, co-director of Le Centre de Recherches Francophones Belges, University of Edinburgh.
