Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga discusses her collection of autobiographical stories, which summon phantom memories of a glorious Rwanda and radiate the fierce ache of the survivor of an obliterating history. Scholastique also discusses the challenges and creative opportunities writing memoir in exile. Featured novels include Igufu and A Barefoot Woman, translated from French by Jordan…
Join Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga on November 21 at 2pm as she discusses her latest novel Igifu (Archipelago Books) with Barnard professor Kaiama L. Glover over Zoom. The stories in Igifu summon phantom memories of Rwanda and radiate with the fierce ache of a survivor. From the National Book Award finalist who Zadie Smith says…
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages is delighted to announce that Scholastique Mukasonga will be giving the annual Zaharoff Lecture (in French) on 11 November 2020 on the topic: Survivre pour témoigner/témoigner pour survivre. Information on listening to the livestreamed lecture will be available on this site shortly. To register your interest…
