Gabriella Ghermandi 

is an Ethio-Italian writer/performer and musician. In 2007 she published Regina di fiori e di perle (Donzelli), translated into English as Queen of Flowers and Pearls (Indiana UP, 2015) and into Amharic in 2017. Regina di fiori e di perle is the first novel written in Italian dealing with the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from an Ethiopian point of view. Gabriella is also the creator and leader of the Atse Tewodros Project, the only existing Ethiopian/Italian band in the world.

Jenni Skinner

 is the African Specialist and Library Manager of the African Studies Library, supporting the research and teaching needs of the University’s Undergraduate and Postgraduate study of Africa, as part of the World Collections Department at Cambridge University Library.

Event organised by the Italian Section (MMLL Faculty, Cambridge) in collaboration with the Cambridge Centre of African Studies and funded by Intesa Sanpaolo Fund. 

The event will be live-streamed on Zoom. 

For information, please contact Erica Bellia (eb692@cam.ac.uk) or italian@mmll.cam.ac.uk