The Debate on Female Genital Excision in Literature from the Horn of Africa

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Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event« Literatures of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti): Beyond the Language and the Territory » - Université Libre de Bruxelles
Duration: 19 Sep 201320 Sep 2013

Other

Other« Literatures of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti): Beyond the Language and the Territory »
Period19/09/1320/09/13
OtherWriters of the Horn of Africa have developed in the last decades an important literature, which is characterized by a series of features, like the variety of the languages (national languages, French, Italian, English, Arabic) and the important participation of the diaspora, especially writers of the second generation (Europe, North America, Middle East and Arabian Peninsula).

Keywords

  • female genital excision
  • African literatures

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