Author: LOATAD
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Mme Diop Wane of Presence Africaine visits LOATAD
It was an honour to welcome Mme Marie-Aida Diop Wane to LOATAD last Wednesday. Mme Diop Wane is a translator and the daughter of the legendary Alioune Diop 🇸🇳 (1910-1980), writer, editor, and founder of the pioneering pan-African journal Présence Africaine, and a central figure in the Négritude movement. Mme Diop Wane gave a talk…
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Aja Monet Poetry Workshops
Caribbean-American poet, Aja Monet, held two poetry workshops at LOATAD in January 2022: Freed Between The Lines and Shift: I Am She, a women-only workshop. Both workshops were oversubscribed with long waiting lists, and attendees came from as far afield as the Volta Region and the Ashanti Region. The workshops were interactive and participatory. Attendees…
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