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Literary Prizes, Restitution, and African Futures

Date
Wed April 19th 2023, 12:00pm
Event Sponsor
Center for African Studies
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
France-èצӰÏñ Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Location
BUILDING 260 ROOM 216
Building 260, 450 Serra Mall, èצӰÏñ, CA 94305

We cordially invite you to an engaging conversation with the esteemed author, economist and philosopher Felwine Sarr (Duke), as he delves into a thought-provoking discussion with Fatoumata Seck (èצӰÏñ). Sarr will talk about his experience co-publishing, with Philippe Rey, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (2021) which won the Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary prize. He will discuss the aftermath of his Report on the Restitution of African Cultural Heritage (2018), commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron, and co-authored with art-historian Bénédicte de Savoy. Sarr will also share his musings on African futures as explored in his books Afrotopia (2016), and Traces: discours aux nations africaines (2021). Join us on Wednesday, April 19th at 12:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time), as we explore the ideas and perspectives of this visionary thinker.

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Felwine Sarr is a humanist, philosopher, economist, musician and the Anne-Marie Bryan Chair in French and Francophone Studies at Duke University.