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You're invited to Writing the Archive: A Reading!

Friday 18th March
7.30pm, Zoom 
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You're invited to an online sharing of work produced during 'Writing the Archive,' an ongoing Writing Squad project from Fahad Al-Amoudi, Lydia Hounat and Prerana Kumar.

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Writing the Archive is a creative project that interrogates the nature of the archive as a problematic space of procurement, violence and misinformation, emblematic of a colonial legacy. Responding to marginalised narratives within the archive of the British Museum, Squad writers Lydia Hounat, Prerana Kumar and Fahad Al-Amoudi will share their work that blurs historical fiction with the poetics of Ethiopian, Indian and Algerian literary traditions.

The historical artefacts that have inspired their work ranges from Mughal Paintings to Kabyle Jewellery, crafted by the Amazigh peoples in Algeria, to 19th century photographs from Ethiopia.

The readings will be followed by a Q&A and general discussion about cultural-historical work, chaired by award winning poet Momtaza Mehri.

The event is free to attend, but places are limited. For more info about the poets, and to secure your spot, sign up via this Eventbrite. We'd love to see you there!

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