This event is part of the Building Solidarity & Kinship programme curated by Esraa Husain at the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025.
This event is developed in partnership with U Belong Glasgow and the University of Glasgow and presented as part of the Creative Conversations programme. Will be delivered online via ZOOM.
Aminatta Forna is an award winning writer. Through fiction and non-fiction she has examined the effects of war and trauma. Formerly a journalist for BBC TV, her first book, The Devil that Danced on the Water, was an investigation into the murder of her father, a political activist and Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience, in Sierra Leone in the 1970’s. There followed three novels, including the multi award winning and bestselling The Memory of Love. A firm believer in the resilience of the human spirit, Aminatta’s last novel is titled, Happiness.
Born in Scotland to a Scottish mother and West African father, Aminatta’s childhood was spent moving between worlds and even included spells in Iran and Thailand. She first came to the United States as a Harkness Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley in 1996. Aminatta is widely travelled and her boundary-crossing life provides the context for her understanding of history, culture and politics. Her adventures are the subject of her most recent book, an essay collection, The Window Seat.
Please book your ticket via this link: Aminatta Forna: Creative Conversations X UBelong Tickets, Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
