USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Toyin Falola Interviews: Monica Cheru To Address Issues in African Literature

The Toyin Falola Interviews: A Panel Discussion on African Literature

 

Please join us for a panel discussion on Rethinking African Literature in the Modern Era by the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA)

 

Sunday, August 7, 2022

4:00 PM GMT

5:00 PM Nigeria

11:00AM Austin CST

6:00 PM SAT

7:00 PM EAT

 

Register and Watch:

https://www.tfinterviews.com/post/_pawa

 

Panelist

 

 

Monica Cheru is the Vice-President of Pan African Writers Association-PAWA   (South region) and the current chair of the Zimbabwe Writers Association. She sits on the board of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair Association. She is the author of short story anthologies Chivi Sunsets and The Happy Clapper. Cheru's short stories also appear in multi-author compilations, including Nothing to See, published by Uganda's Femwrite.

 

Cheru is an academic author with textbooks in use in primary schools. She has written papers for journals such as BUWA! and presented papers at different fora such as the China Africa Institute for Cultural Studies. A trained storyteller with The Moth, Cheru is a multi-platform digital storyteller, senior media practitioner, and digital footprints strategist.