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As part of the FZA building's opening, another exciting activity awaits.

On 14 May 2025, join us to meet Prof Dr. Gilbert Ndi Shang as he shares his story and reads from his book “The Radio and Other Stories” which is a spiral of stories that connects diasporic experiences with home in all its uncanny complexity.

An excerpt from the book:

"On moving into a new apartment abroad in his Bavarian hometown, the narrator realises that some of his possessions and elements of his new neighbourhood open a window into a flurry of memories, serving as allegorical threads to his childhood, self-consciousness and discovery of the world.

What begins as a personal narrative quickly cedes to a social archaeology, inviting the reader/listener on a homegoing journey in the backdrop of Cameroon’s tottering democratic trajectory.

Modulated with poetry and music, The Radio tunes in to diaspora, home, nation, education, existence, religion as well as Mbum popular culture, showcasing creative re-appropriation and re-mixing of global trends and icons in specific communities."

The event will be moderated by Thierry Boudjekeu.