Friday, October 30, 2009 by: Maxim Matusevich, Ph.D.
Katrin Hansing
Join us for a free screening of "Freddy Ilanga: Che's Swahili Translator" on November 5 at 6 p.m. in the Science and Technology Center Auditorium. A roundtable discussion with film director Katrin Hansing, and professors Maxim Matusevich and Vincente Medina will follow the screening.
This film is a documentary about Freddy Ilanga, an African man whose life was abruptly transformed through a chance encounter with one of the great icons of the 20th Century and which has predominantly been determined by the power struggles of the Cold War and the Cuban Revolution. It is a story about migration and displacement and the high human costs caused by states' neglect and disrespect for individual human rights.
Katrin Hansing, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Black and Hispanic Studies at Baruch College, City University New York. Prior to her tenure at CUNY she was Associate Director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University in Miami. As an anthropologist she has conducted research in Cuba for the past 13 years. Her main areas of expertise include: race/ethnicity, religion, migration, internationalism and civil society.
Currently she is working on a new book project on contemporary Cuban youth. Dr. Hansing received her Ph.D. from the University of Oxford. She is the author of numerous publications including the book Rasta, Race, and Revolution: The Emergence and Development of the Rastafari Movement in Socialist Cuba (2006). Apart from her academic pursuits, she has worked as a consultant for numerous think tanks and policy institutes. `Che Guevara' Swahili Translator is her debut film.
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