Lost land and Jewish revenge
Two Swedish writers and public figures who have written extensively about their Jewish heritage engage in a conversation about what that heritage means in the world we live in today.
Opening of the 8th edition of the Uppsala International Literature Festival
The opening speech will be given by Lola Shoneyin, author, poet, founder and leader of the Book Buzz Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting literary and …
Literature make you grow
”When you read a book, it makes you think…form opinions and develop your own ideas. For me, that’s all it’s about,” says Lola Shoneyin, award-winning poet and author and outspoken feminist from Lagos, Nigeria.
Readings of young poetry about vulnerability in Nigeria and Sweden
Logan February and Hanna Rajs have both been described as very promising young poets. February, or Logan Toluwalase Akinwale, which is her real name, was the youngest ever …
Literature’s path from luxury to necessity in Nigeria
Poets and writers Logan February, Lola Shoneyin and Abubakar Ibrahim have all been described as provocateurs who disrupt the traditional order not only in their homeland Nigeria but throughout Africa.
Public International Law and Poetry
In his book ”The Facts”, the Swedish poet and author Johannes Anyuru has tried to remedy the ”post-factual condition” that determines the discourse around Israel’s warfare in the Gaza Strip.
A literary superstar and challenger of taboos
In Nigeria, he has been described as a literary promise for the whole of Africa. Journalist and author Abubakar Ibrahim has covered the conflict with Boko Haram in several reports and has been awarded prizes for his portrayal of women’s fates as a result of this conflict.
Black women’s bodies as fetishes in a white world
In novels such as ”In Every Mirror She’s Black” and ”Everything Is Not Enough” Lolá Akínmádé Åkerström depicts, through a rich gallery of characters, different women’s destinies …
The Ukrainian War and Women’s Resistance – an Unfinished Work to Be Published Posthumously
In her tragically unfinished book, written during Russia’s brutal campaign to annihilate Ukraine, Victoria Amelina writes about the feeling of experiencing reality as a nightmare.
The construction of Blackness as the preservation of inequality
The American author, poet, playwright and essayist James Baldwin is known for his controversial themes around race and sexuality.
To him racial concepts such as “white” and “black” are illusions…