Tuesday, April 8 2025, 3 - 5pm Journalism 502 Type of Event: Lecture COMPASS Lecture Series Presents: Dr. Neelofer QadirTitle: ‘Kifa Urongo’ Temporalities of Racial Capitalism in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ParadiseDate & Time: April 8, 2025 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PMLocation: Journalism 502Contact: complitgrads@uga.edu Join us for an engaging and critical lecture by Dr. Neelofer Qadir, who will be discussing Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 1994 historical novel, Paradise. In this talk, Dr. Qadir explores the complex entanglements of unfreedom and the temporalities of racial capitalism through the characterization of “Kifa Urongo,” or “living death”—a term attributed to Yusuf, the novel’s protagonist. Drawing on the legacies of Arab colonialisms and Indian Ocean financial networks, Dr. Qadir examines how these systems of power underwrote the Eastern African caravan trade and contributed to the historical and ongoing structures of slavery and racial capitalism. This lecture will illuminate the contemporary legacies of these systems and deepen our understanding of their literary representation. This event is part of the COMPASS Lecture Series Dr. Neelofer Qadir
