When, in Your Ocean-Eyes (gīt / song)
Read the gīt (song) "When, in Your Ocean-Eyes," written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. This song was translated for MULOSIGE by Professor Carlo Coppola.
Oral Traditions in World Literature – Addis Ababa Conference
In this conference, we argue that oral traditions are a vital component of world literature, and not only as an antecedent to written literatures, but in their own right. The conference seeks to move past the characterisation of oral literature as traditional, locally constrained, and less aesthetically complex than written literatures. We will show instead that oral traditions are a modern and dynamic form of literary expression everywhere around the world, sometimes able to circulate across long distances.
Morocco’s International Book Fair Emphasises Literary Exchange Across Africa
Morocco hosted the 23rd Annual Casablanca International Book Fair, featuring over 350 live exhibitors and spanning a ten-day period. Any book fan would be lost for hours among the maze of stands and rows upon rows of bookshelves.