The journalist and writer Igiaba Scego is described as "One hundred percent Italian and one hundred percent Somalia", the "composite identity" and "second-generation writer".
Igiaba Scego was born in Rome in 1974 to Somalian parents who had fled the dictatorship of Siad Barre.
"I gave you the name of the first African victory against imperialism. I, your father, I was on the right side. And you must never believe otherwise. Inside your name there is a battle, my ..." - extract form the book translated into English.
The event will be held in Italian with French translation. It is being organised by Time For Equality in collaboration with the Italian Bookshop in Luxembourg-Grund.
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