Welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. Tonight is the seventh day of an eightday festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. It has been a tremendous week of literary celebration as were very grateful to have his of the wilkerson and Michael Eric Dyson with us tonight. I would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. They are authors with books after all and going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you very kindly. Im honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. I am going to make that argument. So it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. Isabel wilkerson, and to have this opportunity to chat with you. Theyre calling it a a conversation but im just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. And see if we can stimulate the convers
A divided country. Ivory coasts hugely reelected president meets the main Opposition Leader. After a tense election, ukraines president has become the latest lead it to contract covered 19 bottom is it in ski, has been hospitalized. And is countries and governments across europe struggle to contain a rapidly spreading 2nd wave, the World Health Organization is warning them not to lift restrictions too fast. The agency says that could result in, a major spike in cases and are seen as revolts. For the u. K. , its another landmark in the spread of covidien, and its causing a lot more than 50000. 00. People who tested positive have died. Britains total of dead is now the highest in europe, nearly 600 deaths wednesday overtakes figures since may in the 1st wave. Every death is a tragedy. I mean, we mourn everybody whos gone and, and our feelings are with their families as and friends as well. Were not out of the woods yet. It does still require everybody to follow the guidance elsewhere. In
No more. No more than 18 months. U. N. Led to a preliminary role for libya aimed at ending a decade of violence. Also this hour as Coronavirus Infection soar last year of the World Organization warns against lifting receptions quickly and a controversial plan to turn a World Heritage site in indonesia into a Jurassic Park style tourist attraction. Forces golds mosque is finally gets underway for a 7 month delay. All eyes are on big number who is aiming to win back to back mages out driving his opposition. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where the Prime Minister says military gains have been made in the northern teague, a region where the federal government is battling local forces. But the conflict is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. Phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. If the opium Prime Minister abu ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of to gray. And the reg
Threatens china with more sanctions. After 4 politicians are disqualified from hong kongs legislature. A warning to europe against lifting covert 19 restrictions to quickly the World Health Organization says that could lead to another resurgence in infections. Ethiopias Prime Minister says military gains have been made in the northern tick rate region where the federal government is battling local forces. The offensive began last week, after the ahmed accuse the Regional Government of attacking a military picks, aid agencies are warning there, unable to bring much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. Thousands of people have fled the on rest, many to neighboring sudan triggering fears of a refugee emergency. Joins us now live from the capital, addis ababa . Just tell us about these gains, liberated areas that it is talking about. Well yes kim is talking about their entire western parts of a region that is years and near the border. Its you have to be a house with er
Were like 7000000000 people and we speak 7000. 00 languages. We need language for communication, but is language in that sense kind of preventing communication rather than facilitating it. I mean, since every language cost to some sort of a private club thats more or less outsiders. Right. Right. Thats always been one conception of language, is that collectively that people that speak a language, even a very its a little bit from person to person. You can think of as a kind of cultural artifact thats being created by the people or last week that way. Of course, the way we want to study language might differ from that because language can be used for lots of things. It can be used for communication about it can also be used for miscommunication as well as weve seen in the current election, not only just just here in the united states, but lots of other places too. So theres this aspect of language about whats knowledge of language thats inside your head, that you actually that every hum