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(Above: Faith Adiele's Workshop)
Week 1 (Based at NYU campus in Accra)
Thursday, July 3rd: Arrivals
Friday, July 4th: Orientation with PALF staff: NYU Center, 7p.m.
Saturday, July 5th: Opening Ceremony
Reading and Keynote Address by Keropatse Kgositsile, Poet Laureate of South Africa
Musical Performance by Grandmaster Masese
Sunday, July 6th:
Publisher's Panel lunch at Dubois House
Group Trip: Excursion to James Town
Options of Individual and Group Excursions to Makola Market and other attractions
Evening Panel on the state of Ghanaian Writing and Writing in Africa and the Diaspora: Mohammed Ben Abdullah, Manu Herbstein, Binyanga Wainaina, Muhtar Bakare, Eliot Agyare, Jeffery Renard Allen, and Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Sunday Salon Reading: Dr. Abena P.A. Busia, Jeffery Renard Allen, Billy Kahora & Jacqueline Jones
Monday, July 7th: Morning Workshops (10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.)
Fiction: Binyavanga Wainaina
Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa
Creative Nonfiction: Pam Fletcher
--Afternoon Workshops (2:00-5:00)
Fiction: Niq Mhlongo
Poetry: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Creative Nonfiction: Faith Adiele
Off-campus evening reading (7:00-8:30): Hope Eghagha, Niq Mholongo & Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Tuesday, July 8th: Morning Workshops
Afternoon Workshops
Late Afternoon Panel (Exploring the Connection between Cinema and Literature in Africa and the African Diaspora): Manthia Diawara
Off-campus evening reading: Kofi Awoonor & Pamela Fletcher
Wednesday, July 9th: Morning Workshops
Afternoon Workshops
Evening Panel: Writing Programs—Kofi Anyidoho, Arthur Flowers, Tyehimba Jess, Reginald S. Young, and Ed Pavlic
Off-campus evening reading: Yusef Komunyakaa & Binyavanga Wainaina
Thursday, July 10th: Morning Workshops
Afternoon Workshops
Publisher’s Panel (Magazines): Binyavanga Wainana and Laurie Calhoun
Off-campus evening reading: Arthur Flowers & Manu Herbstein
Friday, July 11th: Morning Workshops
Afternoon Workshops
Evening--Publishers’ Panel (Books): Malaika Adero, Muthar Bakare and Bibi Bakare-Yusef
Night: Reading with Mohammed Ben Abdullah & Niq Mhlongo followed by a Party with DJ Ntone Edjabe
Saturday, July 12th: Group visit to Cape Coast Castle & Elmina Castle
Evening Reading: Contest winners
Sunday, July 13th: Free Day
Evening: Sunday Salon Reading (poetry): Patricia Jabbeh Wesley & Tyehimba Jess followed by an Open Mic
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