This round-table, convened in Portuguese, brings together a number of writers, activists and sociologists from Lusophone Africa to discuss the response of young people to the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants will focus on creative responses, interactions, and the contexts which these have been framed within. This will be an unusual opportunity to hear from creative writer, activists and academics from Lusophone Africa as to the experience of the pandemic in Angola, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé e Principe and Guinea Bissau.

About the speakers

• Priscila Belchior: Writer- Angola
• Redy Lima- Sociologist: Cabo Verde
• Lectícia Trindade: Writer – São Tomé e Príncipe
• André Massina: Social Activist – Moçambique
• Yovanka Paquete Perdigao: Writer- Guinea Bissau

Moderators: Aleida Borges (Research Associate, The Global Institute for Women's Leadership, KCL) and Dr Toby Green (Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture, KCL)