Public Lecture from Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah
Wed, 10/30 · 4:30 pm—6:30 pm · 100 Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Africa World Initiative
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. Mr. Gurnah is known for his novels about the effects of colonialism and displacement in the world. In 2021, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism.” He is the first Black writer to receive the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and the first African writer since Nadine Gordimer in 1991. Following his lecture, Mr. Gurnach will be in conversation with Princeton University’s Simon Gikandi, Professor of English and Chair, Department of English.
Presented by the Africa World Initiative and co-sponsored by the Program in African Studies, PIIRS, the Department of English, and the Humanities Council.
