On Thursday, May 26 at 10am, join Contemporary African Voices, bookseller Massy Books, and Zimbabwean award-winning novelist Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu for a conversation with Garvia Bailey, followed by a Q&A.

This event is a fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign which supports community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa who are turning the tide of HIV and AIDS.

The online talk is free + open to all of our community. It will be streamed live through Zoom, and registration is mandatory.

Contemporary African Voices is presented by SLF Grandmothers Groups in Vancouver: East Van Gogos, Tikun Olam Gogos, VanGogos, and Welisa Gogos.

Click here to donate to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign

Click here to register for the event

Click here to purchase The Theory of Flight by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

Click here to purchase The History of Man by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

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Guests

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu is a writer, filmmaker and academic who holds a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, as well as master’s degrees in African Studies and Film. Her first novel, The Theory of Flight, won the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize in South Africa. Her novel, The History of Man, is the second book published in her trilogy. She was recently awarded a prestigious 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize which is administered by Yale University.

Garvia Bailey is a Toronto based, Jamaica born journalist, producer, broadcaster, and former CBC host who is inspired and driven by the power of sharing our stories.

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