1 August 2019

Karen Lauterbach discusses Thomas Boberg’s recent novel Africana and the consequences of reading it as a portrait of the continent

In an article for the webmedia POV International, associate professor at CAS Karen Lauterbach, comments on the readings and reviews of Thomas Boberg's new novel 'Africana'. In describing the reception and readings of the book, Karen Lauterbach engages with the idea that Boberg's 'Africana' points to Africa, not as a place for the reader to understand, but as a place from where we can see and understand ourselves.
Read the full article here. The article is in Danish.