Searching for the Heart of Africa

[Chris Abani gives a talk at the TED conference in Monterrey, Calif.]

In this video, novelist Chris Abani talks about the search to create an African narrative. This summer, Abani will be giving a reading and a lecture as part of the Port Townsend Writers' Conference. The lecture will take place Monday, July 14 at 4 pm at the Joseph F. Wheeler Theater, and the reading will take place Friday evening, July 18, at 7:30 pm, also at the Wheeler. All readings and lectures are free.