Literary Crossroads in Windhoek
Friday, April 21, 2017
It is unfortunate for us in Botswana that we do not have a chapter of the Goethe-Institut because they do all sorts of amazing things in support of the arts. One of the fascinating things literature-wise that they have done in South Africa is a programme called Literary Crossroads. Now they have extended that programme to Windhoek, the main reason I will be there.
In Literary Crossroads they match two writers from different parts of the continent and have them discuss a topic that passes through both of the writers’ work. In my case, the Literary Crossroads event will be taking place on Tuesday the 18 at 7pm at the Goethe-Institut. I have been paired with the Namibian writer and publisher Jane Katjavivi who wrote the beautiful memoir Undisciplined Heart (Modjaji Books, 2010). It is a fascinating look at the personal but also the public.
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