Events

27 Mar 2023
19:00

Barfüssergasse 3 4051 Basel

Organizer:
Literaturhaus Basel

Public event

Reading by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, laureate of the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize

In cooperation with the Salon du Livre Genève, the Centre for African Studies and the subject area French Studies at the University of Basel

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

The Ahmadou-Kourouma Prize, named after the distinguished author from the Côte d’Ivoire, is awarded for a work of fiction, whose spirit of independence, clarity and foresight is in accord with the literary and humanist heritage of Kourouma. It is awarded annually by the Geneva Salon du Livre. The freshly chosen prize winner Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse will offer us an insight into the current literature of sub-Saharan Africa.

Also nominated for the award were:
Diaty Diallo
Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry
Nadia Yala Kisukidi
Annie Lulu

Info:Literaturhaus Basel


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