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Friday September 15, 2006
Start Time: 7.30pm

The African Writers' Evening welcomes writer, translator and activist Wangui Wa Goro (Kenya) for her first reading at AWE. She will be joined by Togara Muzanenhamo, a Zimbabwean poet who has just had his first collection published by Carcanet. Hosted as always by Nii Ayikwei Parkes.

Address: 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2
entry: £4
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featured readers
May: Wangui Wa Goro & others (tbc)
Biographies:

Wangui Wa Goro:
Wangui wa Goro is a writer as well as an academic social critic, researcher, translator and campaigner for human rights in Africa and Europe. She has been involved in rights for race, gender equality and democracy for over twenty years.

She is a pioneer in translation of African literature and her translation of Ngugi wa Thion'o's work from Gikuyu to English brought her global acclaim. She also translates ground breaking and award winning authors from French to English.


Togara Muzanenhamo
Togara Muzanenhamo was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1975 to Zimbabwean parents. He was brought up in Zimbabwe and studied in France and the Netherlands. His poems have appeared in magazines in Europe, South Africa and Zimbabwe. His first book of poems, Spirit Brides, is published by Carcanet Press.


Books by Authors:
Spirit Brides


News:

African Writers' Evening listed in BBC recommended events list
Previous feature, Diana Evans, wins Orange New Writer Prize
Founder Nii Ayikwei Parkes fronts BBC's African Bookclub
Previous feature, Hisham Matar, published by Viking (Penguin)


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This event is now supported by the Arts Council.
Other London SLAM Central events supported by the Arts Council are: Outdooring and Spoken Soul

*SLAM stands for Society, Literature, Art and Music