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Saturday, June 22nd, 2013

11:00am

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From June 20th to 22nd 2013, the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies convenes its third BIGSAS Festival of African and African-Diasporic Literature which will take place at Bayreuth University’s African Cultural Center, Iwalewa-Haus.

As in the past two years, the 2013 festival combines literary readings with performances, academic lectures and round table discussions, complemented by a musical event.

This year, the festival is dedicated to the topic “Intertextuality: Dialogues in Motion”.

On saturday the 22nd: two contributions by Noah Sow

1)
14:30 – 16:30 Reading "Transgressing Boundaries: The Future of Texts and Genres"
Noah Sow (section of a not yet published novel), Victor Dugga (Nigeria) & Lyonel Trouillot (Haiti)
Moderation: Sibel Aydin (Türkei/ Deutschland), Peggy Piesche (Deutschland) & Gilbert Ndi Shang (Kamerun/Deutschland)

2)
19:00 – 19:30 Griotage Rest Rooms
Conceptual Live Audio and Video Performance by Noah Sow
Moderation: Cassandra Ellerbe-Dück (USA/Deutschland)

no admission fee

Festival program and web page: http://www.bigsas-literaturfestival.de/eng.html#/home/
Festival on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigsas-Festival-of-African-and-African-Diasporic-Literatures-Bayreuth/572278152796750?ref=ts&fref=ts