Please find below a selection of recordings of papers from the conference Hispanophone Africa and beyond: colonial legacies, anti-colonial solidarities and postcolonial futures?, 12-13 July 2023, Northumbria University. Videos below include: Linked to Patricia Rocu Gómez´s presentation are various strategies and resources for promoting anti-racism in universities and giving a voice to communities of African […]
On 5 June we held a workshop on Saharawi poetry translation with the Stephen Spender Trust. Attendees (translators, poets, students and poetry enthusiasts based in the UK, France, Spain, Australia, Hungary and the USA) translated poetry by Zahra Hasnaoui from Spanish to English and learnt a little about the Saharawi oral tradition from Zahra Hasnaoui
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On 12 to 13 July 2023, Northumbria University will be holding the online, free conference “Hispanophone Africa and beyond: colonial legacies, anti-colonial solidarities and postcolonial futures?” Download the programme below and register for the conference via eventbrite. 2023 marks the 55th anniversary of Equatorial Guinea’s independence from Spain, while we near five decades since Spain’s
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As part of its Spring session of translation workshops, the Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) will feature a poem by the great Saharawi national poet Zaim Allal. The translation workshop will also feature Saharawi poet and translator Hamza Lakhal, who is also leading on translations from Arabic and Hassaniya as part of our ‘poetry and diplomacy’
Online conference, 12 July 2023, hosted by Northumbria University, with keynotes from Professor Benita Sampedro Vizcaya and Poet Bahia Awah. 2023 marks the 55th anniversary of Equatorial Guinea’s independence from Spain, while we near five decades since Spain’s abandonment of its North African colony Western Sahara, which is still embroiled in an anti-colonial struggle. Spanish
