Thus Spake Orunmila! Words and Images in the Black Mediterranean

Panel discussion on Wole Soyinka’s Migrazioni/Migrations.

The arrival in Italy of migrants from Africa, while igniting heated debate on immigration, has urged Italians to reconsider their historical connections with the African continent and assess new cultural relationships. In the poetry anthology Migrazioni/Migrations, renowned Italian and Nigerian poets headed by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka tell the choral story of how Africa and Italy have always been united by a common sea and a shared experience of migration.

The book editor, Alessandra Di Maio, and writer Maaza Mengiste will converse about how this project has come to life, and how poetry and photography remain powerful instruments of resistance in the global era.

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From Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.