Ghirmai NegashFor many African writers, censorship can entail a lived experience as well as a current threat, even for those who emigrated to the United States. Ghirmai Negash danced close to the flame of censorship several times before arriving at Ohio University. So re-examining the impact of censorship on the work and lives of African writers was an apropos culmination to his year as president of the African Literature Association, both as a conference topic and as a moment of introspection about his own journey. Ghirmai Negash delivers his Freedom of the Writer speech in 1992. His talk was titled “The Freedom of the Writer,” and it became a touchstone for conversations about censorship.

Source: Ethiopian News July 07, 2021 16:07 UTC