[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Moodley lecture on 14 May: Wangui wa Goro @ UKZN

[Patrick Bond]

STRINI MOODLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE

Guest Speaker : Dr Wangui wa Goro
Date : Thursday, 14 May 2009
Time : 17h30 for 18h00
Venue: Senate Chamber
Westville Campus
University of KwaZulu-Natal
RSVP essential by noon, Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Pamela Adams
Tel : (031) 260-7718
email : adamsp at ukzn.ac.za
Vino Krishna
Tel : (031) 260-7197
email : krishnav at ukzn.ac.za
Fax : (031) 260-8644 / 260-7066
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Guest Speaker : Dr Wangui wa Goro

Dr Wangui wa Goro is a pioneer and distinguished translator and
translation scholar being the first in a new generation to work in
literary translation in her mother tongue Gikuyu as well as in French,
Italian and Swahili languages. Amongst her translations rank the
world renowned and award winning authors Veronique Tadjo (A Vol
d'oiseau), Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Matigari) and Fatou Keita (Rebelle)
and she is completing a translation of Boccacio's Decamerone into
Gikuyu. Her work is taught in schools and universities in many parts
of the world. She is also a poet, writer and critic and has spoken,
performed and recited her work in Africa, Europe and the USA. She
has also published short stories including Deep Sea Fishing in an
Anthology of African Stories edited by Ama Ata Aidoo and Heaven
and Earth (McMillan) addressing issues of gender from feminist
perspectives.

Dr Wangui wa Goro has served on several distinguished literary, translation
and academic Executive Committees including as the founding
President of the Association for the Promotion of African Literary
Translators and Subtitling (ALTRAS) and the President of the
Translation Caucus of the African Literature Association (TRACALA).
She has also served as a member of the Jury of 100 best books of the
20th Century and on the panel of judges for the Caine Prize 2007.
Dr Wangui wa Goro has worked as an academic for over 12 years in
universities in the UK. She is currently an Associate fellow at the
Institute of Human Rights and Social Justice at London Metropolitan
University. Dr Wangui wa Goro has been campaigning for human
rights over 25 years and works with several human, economic, political,
social, development, civil and cultural rights organizations and has
published and broadcast extensively in this field.