KISWACENTRIC: ENGAGING THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE

KISWA-CENTRIC: The politics of language in East African culture, art, and media

Yale University

Linsly-Chittenden Hall Room 211

63 High Street, New Haven

Friday, March 2, 2012

10am-5:30pm

This one-day symposium will explore the politics of language and representation in East African culture, art, and media, reflecting on the tension between artistic choices and conventions, on the one hand, and colonial and post-colonial legacies of "foreign" and indigenous languages, on the other.

SPEAKERS:

Omari Kaseko, Filmmaker

Zavara Mponjika, Hip Hop Artist, Emcee

Catheryn Massamu, Presenter, East African Television

Mukoma wa Ngugi, Author, Nairobi Heat

Mohamed Yunus Rafiz, PhD Student and Filmmaker

For more information and to RSVP, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEk4Q0NONUFJM3o0cmVWUmVjbmtDUlE6MQm

If you have other questions, contact zachary.enumah@yale.edu