Event 84
Cindy Herrera, Yuliana Ortiz Ruano, Yurieth Romero and Mayra Santos-Febres in conversation with Rudy Amanda Hurtado
Race and creation
Palacio de la Proclamación
Four Afro-descendent Latin American writers talk to Amanda Hurtado about creation and race. Cindy Herrera (Colombia), audiovisual media producer and linguistics and literature professional who is in the final stages of her doctorate in Latin American literature, is the author of the short story book El manifiesto del espejo and the book of hybrid narratives Des-entierro; Yuliana Ortiz Ruano (Ecuador) is a poet and writer, the author of Fiebre de carnaval, a novel that pays homage to dance, to Latin American culture, and African roots; Yurieth Romero (Colombia) is the author of Las visitantes, a transmedia project composed of a book of short stories, a television series and a film; and Mayra Santos-Febres (Puerto Rico), a novelist, poet, essayist and author of Lecciones de renuncia, which tells the story of the relationship of a woman with language and knowledge, and of different texts which informally incorporate questions of status, ethnicity and sexual identity. In conversation with Rudy Amanda Hurtado.
All Sunday 2 February events will be free for people from the department of Bolívar. Complimentary tickets can be requested at the box office of the Hay Festival (Centro de Convenciones) showing your ID, between 27 Janaury and 2 February.
All Sunday 2 February events will be free for people from the department of Bolívar. Complimentary tickets can be requested at the box office of the Hay Festival (Centro de Convenciones) showing your ID, between 27 Janaury and 2 February.
Price: $40,000.00 (COP)
With the support of the Ford Foundation-Malunga: Network for Global Justice
