On legacy php5 environment...
imc indymedia

Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

white themeblack themered themetheme help
About Us Contact Us Calendar Publish RSS
Features
• latest news
• best of news
• syndication
• commentary


KILLRADIO

VozMob

ABCF LA

A-Infos Radio

Indymedia On Air

Dope-X-Resistance-LA List

LAAMN List

make media
archives


links
donate
sf-active
imc network

IMC Network:

Original Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: ambazonia canarias estrecho / madiaq kenya nigeria south africa canada: hamilton london, ontario maritimes montreal ontario ottawa quebec thunder bay vancouver victoria windsor winnipeg east asia: burma jakarta japan korea manila qc europe: abruzzo alacant andorra antwerpen armenia athens austria barcelona belarus belgium belgrade bristol brussels bulgaria calabria croatia cyprus emilia-romagna estrecho / madiaq euskal herria galiza germany grenoble hungary ireland istanbul italy la plana liege liguria lille linksunten lombardia london madrid malta marseille nantes napoli netherlands nice northern england norway oost-vlaanderen paris/Île-de-france patras piemonte poland portugal roma romania russia saint-petersburg scotland sverige switzerland thessaloniki torun toscana toulouse ukraine united kingdom valencia latin america: argentina bolivia chiapas chile chile sur cmi brasil colombia ecuador mexico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario santiago tijuana uruguay valparaiso venezuela venezuela oceania: adelaide aotearoa brisbane burma darwin jakarta manila melbourne perth qc sydney south asia: india mumbai united states: arizona arkansas asheville atlanta austin baltimore big muddy binghamton boston buffalo charlottesville chicago cleveland colorado columbus dc hawaii houston hudson mohawk kansas city la madison maine miami michigan milwaukee minneapolis/st. paul new hampshire new jersey new mexico new orleans north carolina north texas nyc oklahoma philadelphia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rogue valley saint louis san diego san francisco san francisco bay area santa barbara santa cruz, ca sarasota seattle tampa bay tennessee urbana-champaign vermont western mass worcester west asia: armenia beirut israel palestine process: fbi/legal updates mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer projects: print radio satellite tv video regions: oceania united states topics: biotech

Surviving Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: canada: quebec east asia: japan europe: athens barcelona belgium bristol brussels cyprus germany grenoble ireland istanbul lille linksunten nantes netherlands norway portugal united kingdom latin america: argentina cmi brasil rosario oceania: aotearoa united states: austin big muddy binghamton boston chicago columbus la michigan nyc portland rochester saint louis san diego san francisco bay area santa cruz, ca tennessee urbana-champaign worcester west asia: palestine process: fbi/legal updates process & imc docs projects: radio satellite tv

Return to Calendar    
   
Title: Special Event with Author Ngugi wa Thiong\'o
START DATE: 7/25/2010
START TIME: 2:00 PM
Duration: 3 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main St.
Downtown Los Angeles 90012
Event Topic: memoir of Kenya
Event Type: literary event
Contact Name: Nicole Lee
Contact Email: librosrevo@yahoo.com
Contact Phone: 213.488.1303
DESCRIPTION:
Benefit event with Ngugi wa Thiong\'o, preeminent Kenyan author reading from and discussing his new memoir, \"Dreams in a Time of War,\" at the new, state-of-the-art Downtown Independent Theater, 251 S. Main Street. 2-5 PM. In conversation with Michael Slate, KPFK host and writer for Revolution newspaper.

Ngugi Wa Thiong\'o is respected and beloved around the world for his path-breaking novels and plays that paint an unsparing picture of life in neo-colonial Kenya. He has broken new ground in bringing the oppressed onto the stage, and his outspoken resistance to imperialist culture is also reflected in his innovative theoretical work on post-colonial literature. He has been imprisoned more than once in Kenya for his works. In the late \'70s he began writing novels in Gikuyu, his mother tongue. The first of these, Devil on the Cross, was written in prison on toilet paper.

Ngugi now lives in exile in the U.S. Formerly a professor at NYU, he is currently a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages.

For more on Ngugi, go to http://www.ngugiwathiongo.com/

Listen here to a great interview with Ngugi and Michael Slate on Pacifica radio:

http://www.radio4all.net/files/michaelslate@redfuture.com/4024-1-the_michael_slate_show_2-24-10.mp3

Tickets: - available on-line at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/118229

Students with ID: . Special group rate for high school classes.

Benefit tickets:

0-- includes copy of Ngugi\'s memoir and special seating

0-- includes the above + 1-year membership in Friends of Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion

Student & benefit tix available from Revolution Books - 213.488.1303, librosrevo@yahoo.com, 312 W. 8th St. in downtown LA.

Call Revolution Books for reservations (suggested, space is limited). 213.488.1303.

You are needed to volunteer to put on this event; please call 213.488.1303.

---

This special evening with Ngugi Wa Thiong\'o will contribute to transforming and relocating Revolution Books / Libros Revolucion... Scientific and poetic, wrangling and visionary -- Revolution Books is alive with a defiant spirit that refuses to accept the horrors of today as permanent. The bookstore is contributing to building a new movement for revolution. People come from all over the world to find the books and deep engagement about the possibility of a radically different world.
© 2000-2018 Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Running sf-active v0.9.4 Disclaimer | Privacy