The multimedia show, which encourages audiences to develop their skills for “radical listening”, includes a banned books annex featuring books that have been prohibited in American schools since 2021. It’s about not having to face that history.”If book bans are indeed about erasure, then there is currently a lot of it happening. According to data compiled by the American Library Association, book bans are currently at record levels in the US. When those books are banned, it’s an attempt to limit how free readers can be.”In part, the banned books reading room is about showing those communities that they do matter. This is Gottesman’s hope for his Oromaye Project, the Listen Until You Hear exhibition, and its banned books annex.

Source: Ethiopian News May 10, 2023 08:00 UTC