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克里斯.阿巴尼讲述非洲故事

Filmed Jun 2007 • Posted Aug 2007TEDGlobal 2007
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在这篇深沉的个人演讲中,尼日利亚作家克里斯.阿巴尼认为是一些故事让"我们知道如何成为我们自己"。他通过包括他自己的作品在内的诗篇与叙事作品来追寻非洲之心。

Imprisoned three times by the Nigerian government, Chris Abani turned his experience into poems that Harold Pinter called "the most naked, harrowing expression of prison life and political torture imaginable." His novels include GraceLand (2004) and The Virgin of Flames (2007). Full bio »

Translated into Chinese, Simplified by Quan Cheng
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