PHILIPSBURG:--- The work of St. Martin writer Lasana M. Sekou was the lecture topic last Thursday at the University of the Third Age (UNITRE) in Mestre, mainland Venice, Italy.
“I introduced Lasana Sekou and his work; talked about the geopolitical situation of St. Martin; then we showed videos of Lasana’s performances and read some poems in Italian. People were ecstatic!” said Dr. Michela Calderaro.
“It was a beautiful afternoon with Federica Messulam,” translator and co-presenter of the lecture at the university, also known as Università della Terza Età (UNITRE), said Dr. Calderaro.
Calderaro is an author and comparative literature ...
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People were ecstatic!” – Lecture on the writings of St. Martin’s Lasana Sekou in Venice, Italy.
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