Lo scorso 11 aprile ho avuto il piacere di intervistare Ngugi wa Thiong’o, celebre scrittore keniota. La discussione ha toccato tematiche di ampio respiro, ma ha avuto un occhio di riguardo per un tema a Ngugi molto caro: la lingua. La questione sulla lingua – noi italiani lo sappiamo bene – costituisce un’istanza di lunga…

In occasione del quarto appuntamento di Waterlines Project dell’anno, che ha visto ospite speciale Ngugi wa Thiong’o con la partecipazione dell’artista Senegalese residente a Venezia Moulaye Niang, abbiamo colto l’occasione per rivolgere qualche domanda a quest’ultimo. La figura di uno scultore del vetro di Murano, uno dei pochi rimasti, proveniente dal Senegal, ha certamente catturato…

Ngugi wa Thiong’o: le nostre citazioni preferite We have been looking forward to meeting Ngugi wa Thiong’o at Incroci di Civiltà and during our waiting we selected some of our favourite thoughts of his. In occasione dell’incontro con lo scrittore e attivista politico Ngugi wa Thiong’o, vi riproponiamo sul nostro sito le citazione da noi…

Waterlines project is hosting two interviews with the writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, where he will converse with Waterlines teamwork students and Ca’ Foscari students. Don’t miss it! For further information, here’s the leaflet

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (baptised as James Ngugi) was born in Kenya in 1938. He is a multifaceted intellectual: we can call him a novelist, essayist, dramatist, journalist, editor and academic. He founded, for instance, the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. Most of all, he is a political activist who fought against Kenyan dictatorship through the power of…

  (English interview with Italian translation) SAN SERVOLO ISLAND, VENICE. FEBRUARY 2018. What is the relationship between wealth and Hip-hop? What do you think of wealth exhibition in hip-hop songs in general? Qual è la relazione tra benessere e Hip-hop? E che cosa pensi dell’ostentazione della ricchezza nelle canzoni hip-hop? If you come from poverty,…

“I think everybody in the whole world don’t have confidence in themselves. I certainly don’t. But that doesn’t stop me”. This is the statement that Josh Socalled Dolgin announces himself with, in the Documentary “the Socalled Movie”, by the National Film Board of Canada. In his Official website, he declares to be both a pianist…

(English version and Italian adaptation) SAN SERVOLO ISLAND, VENICE. NOVEMBER 2017. Good evening, Maaza. Could you tell us more about your personal history and identity? You are Ethiopian but you lived and studied in the U.S. for many years. How would you define this double citizenship? Did your life in the U.S. change the perception…

Maaza Mengiste, docente di scrittura creativa alla New York University, incontra studenti e  pubblico accompagnata da Rino Bianchi, fotografo documentario e fotogiornalista: qui di seguito riportiamo gli eventi che si terranno a breve, tra fine novembre e inizio dicembre. Non mancate! Martedì  28 novembre ore 17.00 Sala Teatro, Isola di San Servolo Venezia Martedì 5…

Maaza Mengiste is an Ethiopian novelist and essayist, who deals with themes such as migration, war, exile, revolutions with a special focus on her country of origin. She is also known for being an activist in human rights. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1971. The 1974 coup d’état in Ethiopia was crucial…