活动
Get Gutsy Innards: Speaking in Tongues
2023年10月12日
6:30 PM
Lecture Theatre 2, G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ms Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene, a South-African writer, social entrepreneur and a speaker. Her first book, Innards, was described by The New York Times as “A gut punch… narratives that astonish.” As an Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum, Magogodi is a Caine Africa Prize, Hedgebrook, MacDowell and Rona Jaffe Award honoree. She leads immersive courses and experiences at Love As A Kind of Cure, a social enterprise she co-founded to dismantle white supremacy. She’s spoken at leading organizations like Unilever, MasterCard, The BBC, Washington Post and United Nations.
Please visit the link below by 6 October 2023 for registration.
Please contact Morningside College at morningside@cuhk.edu.hk for inquiry.
In this talk, Magogodi oaMphela Makhene considers what it means to dream and write in a language once used to colonize her ancestors, a language still used to alienate across caste and class. She tells the story of how she found liberation through language and how language offers us a powerful path back to love.
