Göteborg Book Fair 2011

Meet us at the Göteborg Book Fair 22-25 September
You will find NAI in stand number B06:61.

NAI has invited two African writers to participate in this year’s Göteborg Book Fair, 22-25 September: Salim Bachi from Algeria and Miral al-Tahawy from Egypt. They will participate in two separate seminars and at the International Square. 

Two NAI researchers are part of the programme at the Research Square: Kjell Havnevik talks about the consequences of land grabbing; external actors’ growing control of African land for the cultivation of energy and food for export on Friday 23 September at 2 pm.

Anders Sjögren discusses conflict management in Africa on Sunday 25 September at 11.35 am.

Kjell Havnevik and Anders Sjögren will also make presentations at the International Square: Friday 23 September at 11.40  and Sunday 25 September at 13.00 respectively.

Read Anita Theorell’s description of Salim Bachi and the Algerian writer’s novels. The seminar with Salim Bachi takes place on Thursday 22 September at 2 pm. Read more in the Fair’s seminar catalogue.

Anita Theorell has also written a text about Miral al-Tahawy and her award winning novel “Brooklyn Heights”. The seminar with Miral al-Tahawy takes place on Saturday 24 September at 3 pm. Read more in The Fair’s seminar catalogue.

NAI director Carin Norberg will participate in a debate at the International Square on Friday 23 September at 18.20 on transparency and aid.

NAI associate Eva Evers Rosander will make a presentation at the International Square on Sunday 25 September at 13.40. She will talk about her new book “Nyckeln till paradiset” that deals with Senegalese Mourid women in Senegal and on Tenerife, Spain.

Former NAI researcher Göran Holmqvist will make a presentation at the International Square on Thursday 22 September at 14.00. He will talk about social security schemes and aid.

Salim Bachi