BIGSAS Literature Festival 2019

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“Crises and Responsibilities. kNOWledges in Academia, Arts and Activism”

In 2019 the 9th edition of the BIGSAS Festival of African and African-diasporic literature was dedicated to “crisis” – and respective knowledges and responsibilities. Topics included environmentalism in the context of a Friday for Future demonstration and the so called “refugee crisis”. Readings, performances, concerts, a vernissage, scholarly lectures and panel discussions, workshops framed a dialogue of academia, activism and the arts from Africa, the MENA region, respective diasporas and beyond.