Novelist Maaza Mengiste will discuss her forthcoming book set during the Fascist invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and her fascinating and troubling encounters with Italian soldiers’ letters home.

March 3, Villa La Pietra
6:00pm Introduction Ellyn Toscano, NYU Executive Director
´Cara Mamma, Sono in Africa´: Cameras, Soldiers, Empires Dialogue with Maaza Mengiste
7:30pm Question & Answer session
8:00pm Reception

Writing Workshop with Maaza Mengiste (NYU Florence students only)
March 2, 5-7:30 pm - Villa Sassetti
March 3, 12-2:30 pm - Villa Sassetti