SOUNDINGS: An Evening of Readings in Mother Tongue African Languages

Friday, June 16, 2017 - 9:00pm to 11:00pm

SOUNDINGS (download poster)

Venue: Afro-American Cultural Center with licensed bar

(TRACALA: Translation Caucus of the ALA)

Hosted by Pamela J. Olúbùnmi Smith, University of Nebraska, Omaha & Joyce Ashuntantang, University of Hartford

Akintunde Akinyemi, University of Florida - Yoruba (Nigeria)

Joyce Ashuntantang, University of Hartford - Kenyang (Cameroon)

Ada Azodo, Indiana University Northwest - Igbo (Nigeria)

Ikeogu Oke, University of Nigeria, Nsuka – Igbo (Nigeria)

Kassahun Checole, Africa World Press -Tigrinya (Eritrea)

Irène D’Almeida, The University of Arizona - Fon (Benin)

Joyce Dixon-Fyle, DePauw University - Krio (Sierra Leone)

Arthur Onipede Hollist, University of Tampa - Krio (Sierra Leone)

Eustace Palmer, Georgia College and State University - Krio (Sierra Leone)

Ousseynou Traore, William Paterson University - Wolof (Senegal)

Wangui Wa Goro, Translator/Translation Theorist and Promoter: SIDENSI – Gikuyu (Kenya)