Justo Bolekia Boleka to speak at Denison

Date of Event: April 1, 2013

Posted: March 21, 2013

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Scholar and writer Justo Bolekia Boleka will deliver a lecture at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1, in room 210 of Denison University’s Samson Talbot Hall (350 Ridge Road). This event, co-sponsored by Denison’s Global Studies Seminar and the Middle Eastern Culture Organization, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Liz Barringer at 740-587-6643 or visit www.denison.edu. 

Boleka is a writer from Equatorial Guinea who is exiled to Spain, where he teaches at the University of Salamanca. A member of the Bubi people, an African ethnic group based in Equatorial Guinea, Boleka has written multiple volumes of poetry about his culture. He also has published several books on linguistic and historical issues about Equatorial Guinea, the only Spanish-speaking country in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING: Denison, Granville—Lecture by Justo Bolekia Boleka at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, April 1, in room 210 of the Samson Talbot Hall (350 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Liz Barringer at 740-587-6643 or visit www.denison.edu

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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