Hay Festival Cartagena 2023

Welcome to the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2023 programme, to be held from 26 to 29 January. In this page you can find the events in the general programme as well as Hay Joven activities tor university audiences, Hay Comunitario sessions which will take place in different areas of Cartagena, Reading Clubs and Talento Editorial.

The tickets of the general programme and reading clubs are on sale for in person events. If you wish to register to see the live streaming of events, please select the option "Register to watch online" when this option is available. Hay Joven, Hay Comunitario and Talento Editorial are 100% in person and free of charge.

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Event HC1

Workshop with La Pacifican Power: From sea to sea

Evento inaugural

 Institución Educativa 14 de Febrero, El Pozón
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A dialogue about the development of new approaches in music, based on traditional community practices. An experience full of power and zest with the band La Pacifican Power, which brings together some of the most popular voices from El Chocó to Pacífico Sur. At this event, members of La Pacifican Power will run a workshop for musicians that will unite the two musical styles of Colombia’s two coasts. With Nidia Góngora, Alexis Play, Heriberto Bonilla, Adrian Viáfara, Freddy Colorado and César Herrera.
For ages over 10
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Workshop with La Pacifican Power: From sea to sea

Event 5

José Antonio Figueroa and Paula Marcela Moreno in conversation with Aurora Vergara

Challenging unequal attitudes

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (patio)
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We celebrate the role of people, particularly those of non-white or of African heritage, who have played major roles in the history of Colombia and the region, but who have often been ignored in the official histories. José Antonio Figueroa (Colombia), anthropologist, thinker, lecturer at the Central University of Ecuador and researcher with the Center for Advanced Latin American Studies, is the author of Republicanos negros, which looks at this essential part played by Afro-descendents in the tradition of republicanism and liberalism in Latin America. Paula Marcela Moreno (Colombia) is an influential social leader, former Minister of Culture, Chair of Corporación Manos Visibles and author of Soñar lo imposible, which brings to light the stories of people who have worked within civil society and offered their talents to create a better country. They will talk to Aurora Vergara.
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Event HJ4

Indhira Serrano in conversation with Laura Romero

 Universidad de Cartagena, Aula Máxima de Derecho (Claustro de San Agustín)
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Based on their experiences of racism and inequality, our two guests will talk about the mindsets that hinder the realization of racialized individuals, launching a message of self-acceptance, respect for differences and pride in the Afro-Colombian heritage. Indhira Serrano began her career as a model, which gave her a very clear view of the media’s influence on people’s perceptions of themselves. Since 2015 she has been running a series of talks and workshops called Reconstruyendo Imaginarios (“Rebuilding Mindsets”), which reflects on the relationships we have with money, education, our partners and power. She has just published her first book, Rosa la crespa. In conversation with journalist Laura Romero.
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Event 10A

La Pacifican Power in concert (General)

 Explanada del Centro de Convenciones
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More than an orchestra or a band, La Pacifican Power is a laboratory of collective creation that seeks to promote the different kinds of cultural manifestation of the Colombian Pacific, in which music has a central place, in dialogue with the oral narrative tradition, the visual arts and others. They will offer us a concert for dancing and enjoying tunes that come from the border of Panama to the border of Ecuador, and from the peaks of the Western Ranges to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The Big Band of the Unit of Culture of Comfenalco Cartagena will present the opening act.
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La Pacifican Power in concert (General)

Event 10B

La Pacifican Power in concert (Platea)

 Explanada del Centro de Convenciones
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More than an orchestra or a band, La Pacifican Power is a laboratory of collective creation that seeks to promote the different kinds of cultural manifestation of the Colombian Pacific, in which music has a central place, in dialogue with the oral narrative tradition, the visual arts and others. They will offer us a concert for dancing and enjoying tunes that come from the border of Panama to the border of Ecuador, and from the peaks of the Western Ranges to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. The Big Band of the Unit of Culture of Comfenalco Cartagena will present the opening act.

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La Pacifican Power in concert (Platea)

Event 16

Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Aurora Vergara

 Centro de Convenciones (Auditorio Getsemaní)
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In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo (United Kingdom) made history for being the first black woman to win the prestigious Booker Prize, with her novel Girl, Woman, Other. Her most recent work of fiction, Blonde Roots, a satirical novel that reimagines history as we know it: the great powers of Africa are in charge of the transatlantic slave trade, and those enslaved are white. With prowerful prose and a sharp sense of humour, Evaristo leads us to question the bases of society as we know it with this bold alternative tale of our past. At this event, she will talk to Aurora Vergara about her work and her life.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

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Event HC5

Indhira Serrano

 Institución Educativa Puerto Rey
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Based on her experience of racism and inequality, Indhira Serrano will talk about the mindsets that hinder the realization of racialized individuals, launching a message of self-acceptance, respect for differences and pride in the Afro-Colombian heritage. Serrano began her career as a model, which gave her a very clear view of the media’s influence on people’s perceptions of themselves. Since 2015 she has been running a series of talks and workshops called Reconstruyendo Imaginarios (“Rebuilding Mindsets”), which reflects on the relationships we have with money, education, our partners and power. She has just published her first book, Rosa la crespa.
Family event
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Indhira Serrano

Event HC10

Music workshop with Hugo Candelario González

 Institución Educativa San Francisco de Asís, Membrillal
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At this event, the master Hugo Candelario González offers a masterclass that bring sounds from the Colombian Pacific coast to the Caribbean, sharing the marimba, bunde and currulao, among other styles and rhythms. A very special workshop for learning about the country’s two coasts, exploring genres that go back a long way and learning new ways of playing them.
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Music workshop with Hugo Candelario González

Event HC13

Indhira Serrano

 Casa Comunitaria Tierra Baja
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Based on her experience of racism and inequality, Indhira Serrano will talk about the mindsets that hinder the realization of racialized individuals, launching a message of self-acceptance, respect for differences and pride in the Afro-Colombian heritage. Serrano began her career as a model, which gave her a very clear view of the media’s influence on people’s perceptions of themselves. Since 2015 she has been running a series of talks and workshops called Reconstruyendo Imaginarios (“Rebuilding Mindsets”), which reflects on the relationships we have with money, education, our partners and power. She has just published her first book, Rosa la crespa.

Family event
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Indhira Serrano
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RCN
Bancolombia