The Cheuse Center Presents Bisi Adjapon

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Nigerian-Ghanaian novelist Bisi Adjapon discusses her powerful novel Daughter in Exile with Helon Habila.

Fenwick Reading Room, 2nd Floor of Fenwick Library

Bisi Adjapon’s Daughter in Exile is a poignant novel about family, immigration, and adversity. Lola, a young Senegalese woman, gets engaged to an American Marine without her family’s approval, and must move to the US, pregnant and alone. “Insightful and riveting,” author Maaza Mengiste says, “Daughter in Exile is a deft exploration of motherhood and love, told through the eyes of a young woman determined to create her world on her terms.” Adjapon will be in conversation with Helon Habila, most recently the author of the novel Travelers. Adjapon and Habila will also be joined by artist Bennie Herron, who will be displaying his original artwork from the Mason Exhibition Origin Stories. Sponsored by the <a href="https://cheusecenter.gmu.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cheuse Center for International Writers</a>. This conversation will be held in the Reading Room, on the second floor of Fenwick Library. T﻿his event is part of Fall for the Book's Mini Fest on February 15 at George Mason University's Fairfax Campus. View the full schedule: <a href="https://fallforthebook.org/mini-fest/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://fallforthebook.org/mini-fest/</a>A﻿bout the Author:Bisi Adjapon is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Teller of Secrets, whose short story version, Of Women and Frogs, was nominated for the Caine Prize. She has written for and been featured in many publications including McSweeney’s Quarterly, the Washington Post, Ms Magazine, Aljazeera, the New York Times, The Guardian and the Washington Times. She founded and ran the Young Shakespeare company for four years, and, as an International Affairs Specialist for the US Foreign Service, she won the Civil Rights Award for Human Relations. As an educator, she won an Excellence in Teaching award. She divides her time between Ghana and America.

Featured artist: Bennie Herron, Infinity, Acrylic on Canvas, 76″ X 61″

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