Students at the University of Cartagena Politécnnica (UPCT) may get 2 free credits by participating in a workshop of African literature has been organized in collaboration with UPCT La Mar de Musicas festival organized by the Culture Department of the City of Cartagena .
The course will run from 18 to 27 July.
In it, the student will attend meetings with authors, panel discussions, poetry readings and literary tours.
These tools will be used to bring the student to the literature
La Mar de Letras 2012 addresses the Black Africa, introducing the literary scene from different perspectives.
A world of strong oral tradition that sees the light recently through the publications that are made after the Second World War and, in half a century, manages to strengthen its position with names like Nadine Gordimer, Wole Soyinka and JM Coetzee.
The course will also discuss plenty University the i letters European Influence in Africa, where the authors transgress their ethnic anchors and break into the publishing world with a surprising cosmopolitanism.
African writers bow to fads that plague the publishing market: mystery, historical, erotic.
La Mar de Letras is this year's mission to present works and authors in prose and poetry and to show new trends in the African context.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena