Institute for Chinese Studies presents the "Global and Transnational Experiences" Lecture Series
"Broken Stanzas of Labu Ezhuo: Yi Literature and Ethnic Life"
Prof. Luo Qingchun (Aku Wuwu), Dean and Professor of Ethnic Minority Studies, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, China, is a well-known poet of the Nuosu branch of the Yi ethnic group. Labu Ezhuo is the place where Aku Wuwu was born and brought up. It is located in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southern Sichuan Province, where traditional Yi culture and mother tongue heritage are well-preserved. However, the process of modernization has brought about dramatic changes to Labu Ezhuo. As a poet with strong sense of social responsibility, Aku Wuwu focuses on the lower ranks of Yi society, shedding light on ethnic life in the area, in order to ponder and express the spiritual pursuits of this ancient land and people. At the end of this lecture, Aku Wuwu will recite his poem “At Twilight, Longing for My Amo” in Nuosu Yi language.
This lecture will be in Chinese and English.
For more information, please contact - Jerey Chan | chan.184@osu.edu | 614-247-6893
