The Long Echo: Writing Civil War, Memory and Resilience

April 8 Tuesday, 4:30pm | Oakley Center Aminatta Forna is a distinguished novelist, memoirist, and essayist whose work explores how violence fractures societies and individuals. Over four novels and two works of non-fiction, she has examined themes of war, trauma, and resilience. *The Memory of Love* delves into Sierra Leone’s civil war, *The Hired Man* investigates collective trauma in Yugoslavia, and *Happiness* explores human connections amid adversity. Her memoir, *The Devil that Danced on the Water*, investigates her father’s murder in Sierra Leone, and *The Window Seat* is a collection of essays. A recipient of numerous literary awards, Forna is currently the Director of the Lannan Center at Georgetown University. Continue reading »

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