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Science journalist Marta Peirano and sci-fi writer Mahmud El Sayed offer a temperature check on the rapidly-evolving capabilities of tech and AI.

Burundian theatre performer and playwright Laura Sheïlla Inangoma presents Sisters of the East (“Sœurs de l’Est”), a powerful monologue following Hoda, a young Sudanese woman imprisoned in a Khartoum prison.

David Maillu is a prolific Kenyan known for his enthralling novels dating from the 1970s. He has written over 60 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in Kikamba, English, and Kiswahili.

Don’t miss this special spotlight on award-winning short fiction writers from across the globe whose dedication to the craft is sure to encourage the next generation of writers.

In the spirit of Prof. Wangari Maathai’s hummingbird analogy that viewed no act in the face of insurmountable odds as small or insignificant

Experts in world-building and weaving magic from the everyday and gravitas from the absurd, Congolese author and academic, Alain Mabanckou and