November 2018
Adonis: Translation, a Second Act of Creation
Poet, philosopher and theoretician of Arab poetics Adonis gives this year’s Saif Ghobash Banipal Translation Prize Lecture. He considers the relationship of translation to human identity, how translation creates a universal cultural time of discovery, and how new life can be breathed into the linguistic destruction that is the translated poem. Learn more here.
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Our Bodies Speak Poetry
An evening of poetry and stories explores the body as a site of power and resistance. What does the body mean to you? Who draws the boundaries of what the body is or what it could potentially be? Join us for an evening of poetry and story-telling exploring the relationship we have with our bodies (poetical, physical, political, fantastical) and the shifting perceptions across generations. Performers at this event include Raymond Antrobus, Adesola Akinleye, Caleb Femi, Miss Jacqui and many…
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