Exchanging Tales event | 29 April 2024

29 April 2024 |Exchanging Tales: Celebrating Irish and Nigerian storytelling through D.O. Fágúnwà and Peig Sayers

Date:Monday, 29th April 2024
Time:7pm
Venue:Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)

• This event is open to all members of the public. Book your free ticket (opens in a new window)HERE

Join us for an evening of entertainment and conversation to celebrate two of the world's greatest storytellers, D.O. Fágúnwà (1903-1963) and Peig Sayers (1873-1958). Dagogo Hart and Samuel Yakura of WeAreGriot will perform a selection of English translations of stories from Fágúnwà and Sayers. This will be accompanied by a Q&A with Diipo Fágúnwà, Fágúnwà's son, and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, writer and scholar. 

All attendees are invited to continue exchanging tales and making new connections at the reception afterwards.

This event is kindly supported by the Transnationalising the Humanities Research Strand, led by the UCD Humanities Institute.