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TRAVELLING LIVES - Second evening

The physical and spiritual journey, following the trail of poets or trains in progress. The journey as an unassailable desire and the journey as a declaration of independence. The journey into a restless world and the journey as a first step towards a different future.

Book presentation and debate with the author Francesca Giommi

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian-American writer, is now in the limelight of the English-speaking world literary scene (and not only, translated into 30 languages) thanks to works such as The Hibiscus Viola, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, in which she addresses issues of sexism, racism and feminism, patriarchy and ethnic-religious conflicts, globalization, migration and diaspora, postcolonialism and cosmopolitanism.

A way to peace. Conscientious objection: history and testimonies, with a look at the present

The conscientious objection to military service is the result of a struggle that lasted over 25 years that involved movements, intellectuals, politicians, priests, Christians of different denominations, libertarians, anarchists, and especially those 706 young people, to whose request to be able to serve the country without weapons, the State has opposed a harsh refusal and prison sentences.

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