09:00 - 10:30
Literary Activism in Africa: Institutions, Readers & Ecologies
Room: Arts – Main Lecture Theatre
Stream: Africa Reads
09:00 - 09:15
Th-A03 Africa Reads 5-P-001
#Bookfairs: old/new media and the politics of literary promotion in the Somali Horn of Africa
Peter Chonka
King's College London, London, United Kingdom
09:15 - 09:30
Th-A03 Africa Reads 5-P-002
“Literary translation as literary activism: perspectives on literary translation training initiatives in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon”
Georgina Collins
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
09:30 - 09:45
Th-A03 Africa Reads 5-P-003
Podcasts and Readers: Building Networks, Communities and Cultural Value
Kate Haines Wallis1, Madhu Krishnan2
1University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, 2University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom