Event 52

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Susan Neiman, Rinaldo Walcott and Colson Whitehead in conversation with Paula Moreno

Dreaming the impossible? Reinventing memories of slavery

Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)

The origin of racism against Afro-descendent people goes back to slavery, empire building and the capitalist development of the world. In conversation with Paula Moreno will be Susan Neiman, a US philosopher and writer, author of Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil; Rinaldo Walcott (Barbados / Canada) is a writer, critic, researcher in the area of Black Diaspora Cultural Studies, gender and sexuality, and author of the book On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition; and with Colson Whitehead (United States), author of The Nickel Boys, among other books.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available

Price: $40,000.00 (COP)

Only Members of Hay Festival may buy tickets prior to public launch. If you are already a Member please log in. If you would like to become a Member, sign up here.

Booking for non-members opens at 1200 on Friday 6 December.

Susan Neiman, Rinaldo Walcott and Colson Whitehead in conversation with Paula Moreno
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