UBC Connects Masterclass with Maaza Mengiste

Pluralism: Strengthening Respect for Diversity
This event took place on May 18, 2021
About the Speaker:
Maaza Mengiste is a novelist and essayist whose work examines the individual lives at stake during migration, war and exile. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and lived in Nigeria and Kenya before moving to the United States.
Mengiste’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, was selected by The Guardian as one of the 10 best contemporary African books. Her second novel, The Shadow King, was a finalist for both The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize. It revolves around an army of ordinary women who join the front lines to fight against Mussolini’s fascists in 1935 Ethiopia.