Colonialism

Isabelle: A Story in Shorts

Book 1998

Books, Collaborations, Colonialism, Feminism, Nella Bielski, Theater

Isabelle: A Story in Shorts, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in 1998.
John Berger and Nella Bielski’s powerful story in shots brilliantly recreates the life of Isabelle Eberhardt, a young European woman who travelled throughout North Africa disguised as a man.
In 1897, Isabelle, aged twenty, left Geneva for Kenadsa, at the Moroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and a desire…
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Return to my Native Land

Book 1969

Books, Colonialism, France, Migrants, Poetry, Politics, Translations by JB

Return to my Native Land, poem by Aimé Césaire, translated in english by Anna Bostock and John Berger, first edition in 1969. New edition introduced by Jason Allen-Paisant who revisited their translation.
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Return To My Native Land edited by Jason Allen-Paisant

Mar 21 2024

Return To My Native Land  by Aimé Césaire translated by John Berger and Anya Bostock
In 1969, John and Anna translated Return To My Native Land by Aimé Césaire, originally published in french in 1939. Penguin proposed to publish this masterpiece of West-Indian author into its collection Modern Classic and, recommended by Aimé Césaire’s family, they entrusted Jason Allen-Paisant,&n…
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Ways of Travelling Qattan Foundation book

Oct 10 2024

Despite the genocide and the war, Palestinian cultural world is still in resistance keeping to work, think, create, publish… Based in Gaza, London and Ramallah, the Qattan Foundation published Ways of Travelling about their artist residency program.
We can’t find yet any webpage about this publication, but here you’ll have some informations about :Announcement of the recipients of the Ways of Travelling …
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