Refonder les histoires III: Apartheid, 25 years later
2019-2020
Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in 1994. This event marked the end of apartheid. What lessons can we draw from this experience, 25 years later?
Espace de la diversité in collaboration with Editions Mémoire d’encrier are launching Apartheid, 25 years later, the 3rd edition of the literary event Refonder les histoires.
Writers, artists, thinkers, cultural mediators and social activists from Africa, Quebec and Canada reflect on the struggle against apartheid and the literatures that emerged in the aftermath of this fight for liberation.
Encounters and discussions on the real and dreamed-of Africa, on models of enlightenment and pitfalls. What are the echoes in Canada and elsewhere of the quest for freedom, reconciliation and reparation? What resonances with the uprising of peoples and groups against racism and discrimination?
Apartheid, 25 years later will take place in three phases: autumn 2019, winter and spring 2020.
Let’s talk literature, music, dance and history. We would like to highlight the exceptional presence of authors Sindiwe Magona (South Africa), Catherine Blondeau (France) and Abdourahman A. Waberi (Djibouti).
In this International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024), let’s explore the paths of life, the utopias and the shadows.
