Résilience, sororité et transmission : rencontre avec la romancière Hemley Boum (in French)
Oct 29, 2026 — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Résilience, sororité et transmission : rencontre avec la romancière Hemley Boum (in French)
The Collège des chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone at the University of Ottawa invites you to meet Cameroonian novelist Hemley Boum, holder of a Francophone Mobility Chair.
The event, focusing on resilience, sisterhood and transmission, will feature a discussion of Boum’s work, including an introduction to three of her books, Le rêve du pêcheur (The Fisherman’s Dream), Les jours viennent et passent (Days Come and Go) and Nos vies sauvages (not translated into English).
Kasereka Kavwahirehi, Département de français associate professor and International Francophonie Research Chair on Youth Culture and Ideas of the Future in Francophone Africa, will serve as host.
This event is presented in partnership with the Salon du livre afro-canadien and Mosaïque Interculturelle.
Hemley Boum
Guest speaker
Hemley Boum is a Cameroonian novelist, poet, and essayist, and holder of a Francophone Mobility Chair at the University of Ottawa. Trained in anthropology and international business, she lived in several African countries before settling in France. In her novels, Hemley Boum seamlessly blends urbanity, tradition and stories drawn from everyday experiences within close relationships.
Boum is the author of several acclaimed works, including Nos vies sauvages (Gallimard, 2026), Le rêve du pêcheur (Gallimard, 2024), Les jours viennent et passent (Gallimard, 2019), Les Maquisards (La Cheminante, 2015; Folio, 2026), Si d’aimer (La Cheminante, 2012), and Le Clan des Femmes (L’Harmattan, 2010). Her work has received numerous literary awards and has been translated into several languages, including English, German, Spanish, and Dutch.
Kasereka Kavwahirehi
Host