Oregon State professor emerita Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi will discuss her latest book, AfroSwedish Places of Belonging (Northwestern University Press, 2024), alongside University of Washington associate professor Dr. Olivia Gunn, who recently translated the memoir of playwright Camara Lundestad Joof. The memoir titled I Talk about It All the Time (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024) features an introduction by Osei-Kofi. Dr. Temi Odumosu of the University of Washington will moderate this conversation.
About the Books
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AfroSwedish Places of Belonging
by Nana Osei-Kofi
This is a work of cultural studies rooted in critical feminist thought that grapples with AfroSwedishness in relation to processes and experiences of racialization, imagination of self, and notions of belonging, agency, and kinship. Nana Osei-Kofi focuses on the function of diverse forms of critical cultural expressions, paying particular attention to their liberatory public pedagogical potential.
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I Talk About It All the Time
by Camara Lundestad Joof,
Translated by Olivia Noble GunnIn this biting, lyrical memoir, Camara Lundestad Joof, born in Bodø to Norwegian and Gambian parents, shares her experiences as a queer Black Norwegian woman. Joof’s daily encounters belie the myth of a colorblind contemporary Scandinavia. She wrestles with the fickle palimpsest of memory, demanding communion with her readers even as she recognizes her own exhaustion in the face of constantly being asked to educate others.
Speakers
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Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi
BioNana Osei-Kofi, PhD, originally from Gothenburg, Sweden, is Professor Emerita of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the School of Language, Culture, and Society at Oregon State University.
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Dr. Olivia Noble Gunn
BioOlivia Noble Gunn, PhD, is an associate professor and the Sverre Arestad Endowed Chair in Norwegian Studies in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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Dr. Temi Odumosu
BioTemi Odumosu, PhD, is an art historian and curator at the University of Washington Information School, who is empowering the next generation of information professionals and technologists by centering imagination, empathy, and wellbeing.
