“Sudan, TX”, with Safia Elhillo

House C, in the cosy lounge
Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS)

Join us in-person for Session V, with Sudanese-by-way-of-Washington, DC. poet Safia Elhillo (joining remotely) and South African poet and series curator Maneo Mohale. As space is extremely limited (max 20) RSVP is essential. Participants are asked to enbgage with the poem in advance.

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JIAS is thrilled to announce the first iteration of the Repolla Reading Series - (Close)Reading & Ritual’ - curated by feminist writer, poet and RGC Research Associate Maneo Mohale. 

In each of the five sessions (July-October) participants will engage with the work of one poet, and one poem, from one region currently affected by genocide and imperialist violence. In these close gatherings, we hope to foster rituals of solidarity, care, rage, hope and imagination within the otherwise spaces poetry affords us. Each session will be further supported by a curated selection of transdisciplinary resources and associated practices of black-being-well.

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