The Seminar programme - Bok & Bibliotek

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maaza mengiste
ingrid le Roux
denis mukwege
lesley Beake
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illustration by Piet Grobler from south africa, winner of the 2010 Peter Pan Prize. The Prize will be awarded at the
Book Fair.
15.00–15.45 Code Lö1500.9
Maaza Mengiste, Irene Sabatini
Eyes turned homeward
Ethiopian Maaza Mengiste and Irene Sabatini from
Zimbabwe are two writers who have left their homelands,
but only physically. In their books they have
returned. Mengiste, currently resident in New York,
writes in her debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
about the brutal revolution in Ethiopia in 1974 and
the hope of a father and his two sons, which turns to
despair with the guerillas’ rule of terror. Sabatini lives
in Geneva and debuted with The Boy Next Door,
a love story which takes place in Zimbabwe from the
challenging times of early independence in 1980 until
the present day. Maaza Mengiste and Irene Sabatini
talk about their books, both published in Swedish
translation this year, and about what it feels like
to return to your native country in your writing.
Moderator: Görrel Espelund, journalist.
Language: English
In coop with Bokförlaget Forum and Norstedts
16.00–16.45 Code Lö1600.1
Ingrid Le Roux, Denis Mukwege
In the service of humanity
A conversation about vocation and the call to help
others. Participants: Swedish doctor Ingrid Le
Roux, founder of health clinics in the shanty towns
of Cape Town and personal physician to Desmond
Tutu, and the Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege,
who received the UN Prize in the Field of Human
Rights and the Olof Palme Prize for his work with
rape victims in war-torn Congo-Kinshasa.
Moderator: Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist,
former Africa correspondent for SVT.
Language: English
In coop with Libris, PMU InterLife and Behold Man/Church of Sweden
16.00–16.45 Code Lö1600.8
Lesley Beake, Lasse Berg, Unity Dow
The power of the word in the Kalahari Desert
Paper people, big people, small people
The San people in Botswana really want to learn
to read and write. Those who already can, dubbed
“Paper people”, are important. They can talk with
the “Big people”, and help the San people to a better
life. Lesley Beake, one of South Africa’s leading
writers for children and young adults, has long taken
an interest in the culture of the San people. Song of
Be, her only book in Swedish translation, is about a
San girl. Lesley Beake is definitely one of the Paper
people, as is Lasse Berg, a good friend of the San
people, whom he has portrayed in his book Gryning
över Kalahari [Dawn over the Kalahari]. Unity Dow
is both an author and the first female High Court
judge in Botswana. She has worked to attain and
preserve many rights for indigenous peoples.
Moderator: Britt Isaksson, cultural journalist.
Language: English
In coop with Children Africa 2010, The Secret Garden Network, Africa 2010 and
Ordfront
“a thrilling fair, a thrilling city.”
mickey spillane, usa, 1991
illusTRaTion: PieT GRoBleR