We Are What We Speak - Frieda Ekotto - Part 1

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 9:00am

When: October 25, 2023

Today in conversation with Frieda Ekotto – Francophone novelist, literary critic, professor at the University of Michigan, filmmaker, and 2023-2024 President of the Modern Languages Association – about formative language experiences, and grappling with language and identity.

Hosts: Aliyah Mitchell and Juan D. Freitez; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

Featured “African Cinema: Filming Against All Odds” (1983).