You are invited to an exceptional event: a presentation of Les Noirs en France (2022) by award-winning author and UCLA Professor Alain Mabanckou.
Alain Mabanckou will present his documentary and take questions from the audience. This presentation will be followed by a screening of Noirs en France.
Sponsors
- The Center of Excellence at The Ohio State University
- The Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University
- The Consulate General of France in Chicago
- The French Cultural Services in the United States
Registration
The event is free but pre-registration is required.
To register, please follow this link: go.osu.edu/mabanckou
Location
- Mendenhall 100 (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH) on Thursday, October 27 at 4:00pm (Columbus, Ohio)/10:00pm (Paris, France)/1:00pm (Los Angeles, California).
- Zoom
The event will start with a presentation and Q&A with Alain Mabanckou (45 minutes, in French).
It will be followed by the screening of Les Noirs en France (1h45, in French with English subtitles).
About Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic.
A French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he currently teaches literature and creative writing in the Department of French & Francophone Studies and African Studies Center at UCLA.
Known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France, Alain Mabanckou is among the most recognized Franco-African writers in France in contemporary literature.
