Th
e Transformative Memory International Network is hosting a public book laun
ch for author and poet and Noted Scholar guest speaker Otoniya J. Okot Bite
k.Th
e Transformative Memory International Network is hosting a public book laun
ch for author and poet and Noted Scholar guest speaker Otoniya J. Okot Bite
k.
Otoniya's book launch is on the same day as her No ted Scholars lecture at 12pm on March 26. (Please RSVP separately).
This book launch features Otoniya J. Okot Bitek in conv ersation with Daniel Heath Justice (UBC) and Sophi e McCall (SFU)\, along with an excerpt reading from the novel.
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the launch of We\, the Kindling\, the stunning debut novel from acclaimed author and poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek.
We\, the Kindling will be available for purchase during the event.
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Transformative Memory International Network op
ens intellectual\, affective and creative spaces to interrogate the ways me
mory: activates alternative ways of seeing\, listening and being in the wor
ld\; serves to persevere\, regather and refashion ways of being together in
the precariousness of ongoing violence\; emerges in sentient beings\, land
scapes\, bodies\, and objects\; and\, anticipates a different kind of futur
e\, and so exceeds the political\, social and legal institutions that maint
ain relations of power\, dispossession and oppression.