FROM STANLEY TO KAPUSCINSKI - How foreign correspondents have formed the literary image of Africa.

Blogger Bankelele has posted a synopsis of the debate. Click HERE for more.

“We went into the heart of Africa self-invited — therein lies our fault.” (Henry Morton Stanley)

Since Stanley became the first man to cross Africa and write about it for the New York Herald, the literary image of Africa has been inked by foreign correspondents turned writers - Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh among them. Can the continent ever escape the dark romantics? A joint panel discussion of Kwani and Foreign Correspondents Association will discuss.

Panelists:
Chair - Steve Bloomfield is Africa correspondent of The Independent and the Monocle. He is presently writing about football in Africa.
Binyavanga Wainana is chair of Kwani LitFest and a winner of the Caine Prize.
Jonathan Ledgard is Africa correspondent of The Economist and author of a novel, Giraffe.
Mary Anne Fitzgerald, author of “Nomad” and journalist for the London Times and other British publications

23rd July (7.00 pm) @ Alfajiri, opp. Royal Media House, off Dennis Pritt Road

All invited.
Press launch of Kwani Litfest on the same night