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Podcast: Literature from Southern Africa
![[Translate to English:] Gespräch an den Zürcher Literaturtagen 2020](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/2/csm_JX3B6341_lit_tage_ZH_23_02_2020_web_faba608449.jpg?1614935024)
In February 2020, the Literaturhaus Zürich celebrated current literature from Southern Africa. Parts of the program are available in a podcast, including two events with involvment of ZASB.
The Literaturhaus Zürich invited authors, publishers, translators, and artists from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, as well as African writers living in Europe and in the US, to talk about their lives and writing. In their works — novels and poetry collections, graphic novels, memoirs, and photographs — they engage with collective and individual memory, describe the challenges and possibilities of the present day, and venture a look towards the future. The program was curated by Isabelle Vonlanthen of the Literaturhaus Zürich and Thando Mgqolozana, founder of the Abantu Book Festival, which has been offering a platform for black authors and readers in Soweto since 2016.
Most of the podcast are in English.