Tsitsi Dangarembga
Stand up and move on - with the current Peace Prize winner from Zimbabwe
Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of Africa's most important writers, playwrights and filmmakers. She has been an activist for feminist causes and political change for many years. Her works deal with the clash of traditions and modernity, women's rights and freedom, and the hope for a dignified life and female self-determination. Her 1988 debut novel Nervous Conditions was included by the BBC in its list of the 100 most important books that have shaped the world. Nervous Conditions is the first of an autobiographical trilogy, which she completed with The Book of Not (2006) and This Mournable Body (2020).
Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959 in Zimbabwe) studied psychology in Zimbabwe and film directing at the German Film and Television Academy. She is the founder and director of the International Images Film Festival for Women in Harare. Her feature films and documentaries are among Zimbabwe's most popular. The author has received numerous awards for her diverse work, most recently the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2021. At the festival, she will present her novel trilogy around the main character Tambudzai.
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The conversation will be in English, the book excerpts will be read in German.
The ticket includes the concert by Danitsa afterwards.
If the event takes place indoors at Kaufleuten, we are sold out. However, fair weather tickets are still available for open-air seating in the Old Botanical Garden. These are ticket reservations that are only paid for at the box office. If the event takes place indoors, the reservation will expire automatically. If the event takes place outside, the reservation is binding.
If the weather is bad or uncertain, the event will take place indoors at Kaufleuten.
Organized by the bookstore Buchland.ch
Enjoy sandwiches, snacks and drinks. Open from 7 pm.