Annachiara Raia in IIAS podcast on Swahili poetry

Annachiara Raia was interviewed by The Channel, the podcast of Leiden University's International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) about her research on Swahili poetry. In the interview she explains about her work on Ustadh Mahmoud Mau, the importance of poetry in East Africa, and the recently published book In This Fragile World: Swahili Poetry of Commitment by Ustadh Mahmoud Mau (Brill Academic Publishers, with Clarissa Vierke).

Listen to the interview.

 

 

Date, time and location

26 October 2023