Again, Again: Conversation 1 with Lola Olufemi, Heba Hayek & Pear Nuallak
Join Lola Olufemi, Heba Hayek & Pear Nuallak at Burley Fisher Books for the first in a two-part event series from Hajar Press on the theme of childhood.
‘What are we going to do with a world that places targets on children’s backs before they can even understand they are in danger?’
A question from Experiments in Imagining Otherwise
‘I love my mother, but she couldn’t protect me. I love you but you couldn’t either. I’m a lot better now, you see?’
A line from Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies
‘Now the child announces they will tell a story, and it is exactly the same story the parent has told, again and again, repeated each day with fresh joy, and it is heard with loving patience.’
From the endnote of Pearls from Their Mouth
Why is listening to children and taking their wishes, dreams, feelings and thoughts seriously a crucial part of transformative politics?