AfroLit4China@Bruce_Humes

Chinese-to-English literary translator.

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China-themed AfroSF/非洲科幻里的中国题材: "… if we use contemporary science fiction as a barometer, African sentiment towards China appears more inclined towards dystopian forecasts."https://t.co/m6qHByoqON

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Newly published in Chinese: House of Hunger by the controversial author Dambudzo Marechera (《饥饿之屋》丹布达佐·马瑞彻拉 著). A novella about growing up in what was then Rhodesia + shorter pieces depicting African exile’s experience studying at Oxford U. https://t.co/U4KcSjPx9T

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《浮生六记》作者 Chigozie Obioma (奇戈契 • 歐比奧馬) 的《An Orchestra of Minorities》入围 2019 Booker Prize (2019年布克奖) 名单。歐比奧馬是尼日利亚人，目前在美国内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的文学与创意写作系教书。https://t.co/hwE2AIkME9

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《经济学人》报道今年乌干达 Writivism文学节/"The Economist" on new fiction out of Uganda, and highlights at this year’s Writivism festival. https://t.co/XmTgo6EM7g

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非洲出现好几十个 <文学节> Dozens of new literary festivals throughout Africa https://t.co/TUTyR1gbzd

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Naguib Mahfouz Museum just opened in Cairo (纳吉布·马哈福兹博物馆在开罗开张了) https://t.co/Ghqg4q00Iq His “Cairo Trilogy" (三部曲) translated into Chinese (scroll down to M) https://t.co/EhS9J1Ehz4 (illustration by Janet Hamlin)

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Teju Cole, novelist raised in Lagos: "Translation, after all, is literary analysis mixed with sympathy, a matter for the brain as well as the heart.” (picture credit: Martin Lengemann ) https://t.co/aIigu5i1Ea

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Bertrand Mialaret introduces — in English — the newly published "Quinze Causeries en Chine” by Le Clézio https://t.co/PGiAkkvKAK. Le Clézio has actually been much published in Chinese translation: 20+ novels, 7 just in 2018. https://t.co/EhS9J1VSqC

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In memory of Binyavanga Wainaina who recently passed away, a link to Chinese version of his satirical “How to Write about Africa”: "一定要在标题里写上“非洲”、“黑暗”、“游猎”。副标题可以使用诸如“桑给巴尔”、“马赛”、“祖鲁”、“赞比西河”. . . 不要陷入精确的描述" https://t.co/bHRVTJQhYa

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Written furtively on toilet paper in prison, it took 40 years to appear in Chinese. Kang Kai (康慨) reviews "Devil on the Cross" by Kenya's Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. 魔鬼的宴会与恩古吉的厕纸https://t.co/fYXLxcFCF5

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Four new Chinese renditions of 20th-century African fiction launched by Zhejiang Gongshang University Press: “非洲人文经典译丛”首批成果《沿着第二大街》《解放了的埃塞俄比亚》《一封如此长的信》《索苏的呼唤》与读者见面 https://t.co/IjYy2XxA2M

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非洲文学: 中文译本 (African Writing in Chinese Translation) bilingual database update: 22 of Le Clézio's titles now in Chinese, including 4 published within 2018. 数据库现记录勒·克雷齐奥 22 种，包括 4 本是 2018 年出版的。https://t.co/EhS9J1VSqC

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Zainab Alwi Baharoon, Jacob Ngumbau Julius are Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize 2018 winners https://t.co/nj9tZVhLaO via @jamesmurua

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非漂 [Fēi Piāo] 报道: “非洲文学在中国 — 2018 年终总结” https://t.co/JyOyr895HV

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Latest update of bilingual database < 非洲文学：中文译本 (African Writing in Chinese Translation) > features 67 African authors, 148 translated works https://t.co/EhS9J1Ehz4

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Some years ago, at one of my reading events in Lagos, a young man in the audience raised his hand to ask me a question. His question was: “Are you an African Writer?” 已移民美国的尼日利亚有名作家阿迪奇埃回答https://t.co/rdGsHSYpjD

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Literary Hub 采访 Gaël Faye , Petit Pays (“小国”) 的作者。这本小说围绕东非布隆迪 90 年代的种族灭绝以及内战，光在法语世界已卖 700,000+ 本。有英文版 (Small Country)，并正在编电影剧本过程中。https://t.co/7zUX8tyAZ5

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非洲文学：中文译本 (African Writing in Chinese Translation) update: 66 African Authors, 146 Translated Works. Latest additions/最近更新: works by Jacinto de Lemos (雅辛多·德·莱莫斯) Oscar Ribas (奥斯卡·里巴斯) from the portuguese (译自葡萄牙文的著作). https://t.co/EhS9J1VSqC

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The 2018 batch of new African fiction in Chinese translation (非洲文学在中国: 2018 年中总结): Majority penned in Portuguese or Arabic. Novels, short stories and drama all represented https://t.co/mYMPUwYlJ1