Lecture - The Identity of the Traveler - Joyce Ashuntantang (NWL)

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ONE WORLD Lecture:
The Identity of the Traveler: Mapping the Contours of the Self from Africa through Europe to North America
Thursday, May 14 at 7:00PM
Noah Webster Library Meeting Room, 20 S. Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut

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In this talk Joyce Ashuntantang, poet and professor originally from The Republic of  Cameroon and a graduate from schools in three continents - Africa, Europe and North America, discusses the impact of crossing borders and the changing sense of self that comes with it. Joyce was born and raised in the former British Southern Cameroons where she imbibed British culture and education as part of her upbringing. She then crossed to the French speaking section of Cameroon to attend the only university in the country at the time. That crossing left lasting scars and marked her as minority within her own country. In the last 30 years and counting, she has had additional border crossings within Cameroon and beyond - including her crossing into the United States where she now resides. In this talk Joyce will look at her journey(s) from myriad angles as she tries to understand who she has become and in the process give us all a chance to examine our own sense of identity.

Dr. Joyce Ashuntantang received a B.A in Modern English Studies with a minor in Theater Arts from the University of Yaoundé Cameroon, a Masters in Librarianship from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D. in English on African Literature from the City University of New York. Dr. Ashuntantang is Associate Professor of English at the University of Hartford.

Bonus Video: Dr. Ashuntantang in conversation with author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at West Hartford Reads 2019.

SUPPORT: This series is made possible with a grant from the Stanley D. and Hinda N. Fisher Foundation, administered by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. 

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PARKING: There is ample library parking in the nearby Isham Garage. Please bypass the garage payment kiosks and come directly to the lecture in the Noah Webster Library Meeting Room, 20 South Main Street, where you may validate your parking with your license plate number.

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