Event 39

Petina Gappah and Jumko Ogata with Gabriela Jauregui

Our role model: bell hooks

Venue: Cineteca Rosalío Solano

Coinciding with the publication in Mexico of Sisters of the Yam, by the great African-American thinker bell hooks, we bring together three writers, all admirers of hooks, to talk about her work and the influence of her legacy. With Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe), international trade lawyer, and award-winning author of novels and short stories; her novel Out of Darkness, Shining Light tells the story of the Africans who travelled and worked with the legendary Doctor Livingstone, revealing the hypocrisy and deception of the colonial project. Jumko Ogata (Mexico) is a writer and anti-racist activist from Veracruz; she contributed to the anthology Tsunami II and is the author of the children’s book Mi pelo chino; she has also translated this edition of hooks’ work. They will talk to the writer Gabriela Jauregui.

Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

Price: $20.00 (MXN)
Petina Gappah and Jumko Ogata with Gabriela Jauregui

Principal Sponsor

Poder Ejecutivo del Estado de Querétaro
Querétaro Juntos, Adelante
Querétaro y Entonces, encontré México
Querétaro La Ciudad que queremos
Querétaro Municipio

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