Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Speaker/Performer:
Wendy Laura Belcher
Online
Admission:
Free but register in advance
Event description:
Professor Wendy Laura Belcher is Professor of African literature with a joint appointment in the Princeton University Department of Comparative Literature and the Department for African American Studies. Working at the intersection of diaspora, postcolonial, medieval, and early modern studies, she has a special interest in the literatures of Ethiopia and Ghana and is working to bring attention to early African literature (written between 1300 and 1900), particularly that in African languages, through her research and translation.