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Knowledges of Africa at Mantua's Festivaletteratura, edition 2009.

lettera27 Foundation participates at Festivaletteratura on September 12th and 13th 2009 at the Episcopal Seminary in Mantua, with three meetings on the knowledges of Africa on the move: Jadelin Mabiala Gangbo, Chika Unigwe, Najat El Hachmi, Gunilla Lundgren, Igiaba Scego and Cristina Ali Farah to discuss the issue of the new european writers from Africa, African Literature at the school and the media representation of migration in Italy, in collaboration with Paola Splendore, Livia Apa and Alessandro Triulzi. The conference sessions create new voices on Wikipedia.

Who are they, what do they write and in what language express themselves African immigrants and writers of Europe / in Europe? What training tools can provide schools and libraries? The increasing presence of migrant children and "foreigners" children in the Italian school is the opportunity to inclusion processes or to a clash of cultures? Three meetings on language and learning, knowledge and contamination, area of residence and places of origin, curated by Paola Splendore and Alessandro Triulzi.

It will be presented films and pictures of the Swedish Center "Författarcentrum”, the school for refugees and migrants Asinitas, the Pisacane school in Rome, the Rome's Libraries project and WikiAfrica Literature's project for schools.

WikiAfrica/Festivaletteratura 2008




WikiAfrica Workshops 2007

WikiAfrica Workshops atfestivaletteratura di Mantova, from 7 to 9 September 2007. With the participation of Marco Aime, Cristina Ali Farah, Livia Apa, Bili Bidjocka, Frieda Brioschi, Sylviane Diop, Elio Grazioli, Tahar Lamri, Edoardo Marascalchi, Simon Njami, Igiaba Scego, Paola Splendore, Alessandro Triulzi, Itala Vivan. Wikiafrica Mantova 2007




WikiAfrica/Festivaletteratura 2006





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With the participation of Afriradio Nigrizia Multimedia, a magazine web-radio, entirely dedicated to Africa and in collaboration with Booksweb.tv.