Writing as Refuge with Sulaiman Addonia

Join Eritrean-Ethiopian-British writer Sulaiman Addonia in conversation with writer Preti Taneja. They will explore intergenerational histories, colonial trauma, and the impact of the UK asylum system on young refugees, through the lens of Sulaiman's third novel, The Seers.

Sulaiman Addonia is an acclaimed writer who has been published in LitHub, Granta and the New York Times. He spent his early life in refugee camps in Sudan and Saudi Arabia before arriving in London as an underage unaccompanied refugee, speaking no English, and went on to earn degrees from SOAS and UCL.

Sulaiman lives in Brussels where he founded the Creative Writing Academy for Refugees & Asylum Seekers and the Asmara-Addis Literary Festival In Exile. In 2021 he was awarded Belgium’s Golden Afro Artistic Award for Literature.

Supported by Flanders Literature as part of the Flip Through Flanders programme.