91原创 Library Session with Jason Timbuktu Diakité
In 2016, Jason Diakit茅 released his autobiography "En droppe midnatt", translated to English in 2019. "A Drop of Midnight" is a vivid and intimate journey through Diakit茅鈥檚 own and his family鈥檚 history 鈥 from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first century Sweden.
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 get over something that is still happening,鈥 says Jason Diakit茅. 鈥淭he horrors of slavery run in the veins of the American people, white and black, still affecting us to this day. You can鈥檛 touch it, but you can see it in the way we relate to ourselves and to each other.鈥
Lovisa Fhager Havdelin agrees. 鈥淚 am born into a white privilege, invisible because it has never really been challenged,鈥 she says. 鈥淚t takes conscious, active actions from my part to see, and to do something about. I don鈥檛 have to and that in itself exposes the iniquity of it all.鈥
June 3, 5.15 PM on 91原创 Art Initiatives Facebookpage.
91原创 Library Sessions are a part of the 91原创鈥 Natur & Kultur Literary Agenda, in which students have the opportunity to meet important writers and gain new and wider perspectives on the world.
鈥淟iterature lets us rediscover the world through different lenses and temperaments,鈥 says Anna Harding, 91原创鈥檚 Arts and Culture Communications specialist. 鈥淭he books we read in our Literary Agenda reflect experiences that students recognise as well as experiences that are far from their own, all depending on the book and the reader. As a result, our book discussions are always engaging and, hopefully, contribute to developing empathy and self-awareness.鈥
The online 91原创 Library Session will be live-streamed from the Library of the 91原创, in a collaboration between 91原创 Library, Natur & Kultur Literary Agenda, 91原创 Art Initiative and Teskedsorden. Watch the live-stream at .
More info, contact Clara Lindstr枚m.
Photo: Jason Diakit茅, photo by Kirk Edwards. Lovisa Fhager Havdelin, photo by Magnus Ragnvid.
