Stella Gaitano: The Meaning of Homeland

  • Sat 17 Aug 14:30 - 15:30
  • EFI Venue NW
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Stella Gaitano: The Meaning of Homeland

Stella Gaitano’s powerful multi-generational epic, Edo’s Souls, is the first novel from South Sudan to be translated into English. Winner of a 2020 PEN Translation Award, the novel blends historical fiction and folklore, exploring themes of identity, motherhood, and loss against the backdrop of an unfolding civil war. Today, talking with Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Gaitano joins us to reflect on her writing journey and the power of stories.

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