African Women’s Writing

8:15–10:15 a.m.	18. Powerful Struggle Catherine Ndungo Kenyatta University “Orature of Peace and War in Africa: Gikuyu Proverbs and Violence Against Women” *Katwiwa Mule Smith College “Enabling Words: Drama as a Tool for Nation Transformation in Swahili Women’s Drama” Gilbert Doho University of Yaounde “Gender Approach at Issue: Female Literature and Male Castration in the Grassfields of Cameroon” Gichingiri Ndigirigi UCLA “Women to the Rescue: The (Re) Constructions of Gender in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Writing” 19. Eloquence and Identity Hannah Ngozi Eby Chukwu University of Nigeria “A Comparative Study: Maya Angelou and Mabel Segun” F. Odun Balogun Delaware State University “The Journey and Self Identity in Black Women’s Novels: Mariama Ba’s So Long A Letter and Toni Morrison’s Paradise” *Kancherla Indrasena Reddy University of Asmara “Tremors from the Corridors of Silence: A Note on Adeba Tesfagiorgis’ A Painful Season and Stubborn Hope and Nawal El Saadawi’s Memoirs from the Women’s Prison” Dorcas M. Akande Obafemi Awolowo University “Women’s Writings and Democracy in the New Millennium: A Nigerian Appraisal” 20. Achievement Christine Matzke Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Education “Engendering Theatre in Eritrea: Women in the Performing Arts” Onookome Okome University of Calabar “Women and Popular Art in Nigeria: Nigerian Video Films” *Nazareth Amlesom University of Asmara “An Analysis of Gendered Discourse in the Tigrinya Lyric: Goodbye Kitchen” Mayeso Margaret Sikwese Macmillan Malawi Limited “Culture Was Gender Sensitive” 21. Requiring Change Radhouan Ben Amara University of Cagliari “Clashing Languages in Assia Djebar’s Multilayered Artistic Territory” Maria Olaussen Abo Akademi University “About Lovers in Accra—Urban Polygyny and Transformations of Intimacy in African Women’s Writing” Bernadette Dejean The University of Melbourne “Masculine Domination in Moroccan Detective Stories: Perpetuation and Rupture” *Maria Elena Alonso “Theoretical Limits and Literary Practice in Postcolonial Writing: Reading Assia Djebar’s Fantasia”
12:30–2:00 p.m.	Lunch with three writers Hidaat Ephrem “Riding the Muse on Limited Opportunity” Tess Onwueme “Recalling Mother-Tongues: Dialogues with My People” Ararat Iyob “Writing with Thorns”
4:15–6:15	The Making of Mutiiri, a Gikuyu Language Journal (Intercon blue room)      Cege Githiora      Wambui Githiora      Githogori      Gitahi Gititi      Maina wa Kinyatti      Kabuku Kahora      Gatua wa Mbugua      Waithira wa Mbuthia      Gichingiri Muchiri      Mwangi Mutahi      Githinga Mwaura      Gichingiri Ngigirigi      Njeeri wa Ngugi      Wanjiku Ngugi      Kimani Njogu      Ngugi wa Thiong’o
7:30	Town Hall, Open Meeting: A Tribute to Julius Nyerere Readers/Speakers      Kimani Njogu      Sam Mbure      Kamau Brathwaite      Ann Biersteker      Niyi Osundare      Tanure Ojaide      Ngugi wa Thiong’o      Habib Mohammed Osman      Abena Busia      Mbulelo Mzmane      Mongone Serote      Reesom Haile      Alemseged Tesfai      Bole Botake      Kofi Anyidoho

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