The Elliott School of International Affairs 
 
presents
Women Writing Africa
Themes and Context
*language   *literature   *culture   *ideology
 
on
Tuesday, April 15, 2003  
         from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.    
The Elliott School of International Affairs
  1957 E Street, N.W., Room 645

The first volume of a dynamic four-volume series Women Writing Africa: The Southern Region is the product of a decade of research into a rich but hidden literary tradition. It is a project of cultural reconstruction which aims to restore African women’s voices to the public sphere. This project will make visible the oral and written expression of African women. The “writing” has been deliberately broadened to include songs, poems, and significant oral texts, as well as short fiction, poetry, letters, journals, and journalism.
Please join us as we introduce the individuals responsible for bringing these volumes to us and learn more about this astonishing and comprehensive project. 
Speakers will include:
Florence Howe - Internationally acclaimed women’s activist; past-president of the Modern Language Ass’n; founding publisher of The Feminist Press (CUNY)
 
Tuzyline Jita Allan– Associate Professor, English Department, Baruch College (CUNY); co-director of Women Writing Africa and a native of Sierra Leone
 
Fulata Anoyo  - Department of Theology and Religion, Chancellor College, University of Malawii; visiting scholar Yale University
 
Dolores Singer Wright- Professor of Social Work, Deleware State University; Washington Organizing Committee forWomen Writing Africa
 
RSVP by email to rsvpesia@gwu.edu or call (202) 994-4876.