English BHMF VI Edition OSTINATO PROGRAM

Credits_Aida Muluneh
Wednesday 24 February - 4-6pm
To Blanch an Aethiop, presentation of No. 92-93 of Africa e Mediterraneo
Speakers_Francesca Romana Paci (Professor emerita of English Literature
and Post-colonial Literatures at the University of Eastern Piedmont
"Amedeo Avogadro"), Edvige Pucciarelli (Professor of English Language
and Literature at the Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore in Milan, at the
Università del Piemonte orientale and at the Università di Bergamo),
Sante Maurizi (journalist), Erminia Dell'Oro (writer), Kaha Mohamed
Aden (writer), Gabriella Ghermandi (writer and musician)
Moderators_Sandra Federici (Director of Africa and Mediterranean)
and Stefano Manservisi (Professor at Sciences Po - Paris School for
International Affairs and at the European College of Parma, co-curator of
the dossier)
Many historical and literary sources testify to a knowledge of the Horn
of Africa in the West, composed of both legendary and historically
founded elements, which can be traced back to several centuries before