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27. April 2020

Afrolit Sans Frontieres Virtual Literary Festival

The Afrolit Sans Frontiers Virtual Literary Festival, a new initiative for writers of African origin, was started as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdown in March. Like in its first edition, Season 2 of the festival will feature some of the leading names in African letters today with curation by Maaza Mengiste and festival founder Zukiswa Wanner. There will be 16 writers from 14 countries streaming from 13 cities in English, French, and Portuguese over eight days.

Monday, April 27.

12:00hrs GMT: Ondjaki from Luanda, Angola on Instagram Live.

18:00hrs GMT: Ishmael Beah from Los Angeles, USA on Instagram Live.

Host: Zukiswa Wanner.