2018-19 Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Kate Simpson chairs Outriders Africa: Following in their Footsteps, featuring Booker Prize-longlisted writer and film-maker Tsitsi Dangarembga and rising star of Scottish poetry (and contributor to IASH's Dangerous Women Project) Nadine Aisha Jassat. "Fascinated by the rich tradition of storytelling in their shared Zimbabwean ancestry and the voices erased within it, they set out to retrace the funereal route of David Livingstone, whose body was carried from modern day Zambia to the coast of Tanzania by his two attendants, Susi and Chuma. Their adventure took an unexpected turn when Jassat was forced to return to the UK at short notice during the height of the pandemic, leaving Dangarembga to complete the journey solo." The event is free to watch online: https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/nadine-aisha-jassat-tsitsi-dangarembga-outriders-africa-following-in-their-footsteps