February writer of the month Paulina Chiziane

 

Paulina Chiziane

February writer of the month Paulina Chiziane

12 February 2019

As part of the Writer of the Month initiative, the Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo dedicates the month of February to Mozambican writer Paulina Chiziane.

With the objective of deepening the knowledge of the work of the Mozambican writer, a session entitled "Paulina Chiziane: The Free Literature, The Emancipated Literature" will be held on February 27. Organised by the researcher Sara Jona, at the Library of Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center.

During this meeting, Sara Jona proposes an attempt to understand how Paulina Chiziane encourages her readers to liberate oppressed minds and the emancipation of women. To do so, she will use as examples the works Winds of the Apocalypse, Niketche: a story of Polygamy and The Swallows.

About Paulina Chiziane

Paulina Chiziane is a native of Manjacaze (1955-). She attended the Linguistics course in Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) and published her first work "Balada do amor ao vento" in 1990, which represents the first novel published by a Mozambican woman.

Followed by "Ventos do Apocalipse" (1993), "O Sétimo Juramento" (2000), "Niketche: Uma história de poligamia" (2002), "O Alegre Canto da Perdiz", (2008), "As Andorinhas" (2009), "Por Quem Vibram os Tambores do Além" (2013), "Na Mão de Deus" (2013), "Ngoma Yethu: O Curandeiro e o Novo Testamento" (2015), the most recent being "O Canto dos Escravos" (2017). She was honoured with several honourable mentions, among which stands out the Prize José Craveirinha, of the Mozambican Writers' Association, in 2003.

Her writing combines tradition and originality, "in a complex and socially valued production" (T. Manjate). The dominant theme is the treatment of the role of women in society, with the conflicts of identity that derive from the presence of a diversity of religions and cultures.

About Sara Jona

Sara Jona Laisse - Doctorate in Literature and Cultures in Portuguese Language at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Professor of Mozambican Culture and Research Methodology at the Polytechnic University. She is a consultant in Teaching Quality Assessment.

She is the author of teaching manuals, articles published in national and foreign newspapers and magazines. She published the book Between the Indian and the Atlantic: essays on literature and other texts and is co-author of the work Organisational Identity: a differential for the competitiveness of Mozambican companies and the Portuguese-Bitonga-Portuguese Dictionary with Grammar Compendium. Three years ago, an academic event called "Tertulias Itinerantes" was held, in which researchers from different fields of knowledge and from various universities discussed the theme "interculturality".

For the last 18 years she has had another incentive program for the taste of the literature called "Saturday Tertulias". Sara has participated in several national and international scientific events and has been a jury member in literary competitions in his country and in others.

Date and Time: Wednesday, February 27 2019 at 17h00

Entrance: Free

Address: Camões - Centro Cultural Português, Av. Julius Nyerere no. 720, Maputo

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