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'''Edda Manga''' (born 1969)<ref>{{cite news |first=Edda |last=Manga |title=Edda Manga: Tillväxtens ideologi gör oss fattiga |url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.372125-edda-manga-tillvaxtens-ideologi-gor-oss-fattiga |publisher=Göteborgs-Posten |date=2004-09-14 |accessdate=2010-05-19 |language=Swedish}}</ref> is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[History of ideas|historian of ideas]], speaker and debator. Manga won the [[Clioprize]] in 2004 for her [[Thesis or dissertation|doctorate thesis]] ''Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag'' ("Divine revelations and demonic intercourses").<ref>{{cite news |first=Eva |last=Bäckstedt |title=Historisk onani ledde till Cliopris |url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/historisk-onani-ledde-till-cliopris_163430.svd |publisher=Svenska Dagbladet |date=2004-09-14 |accessdate=2010-10-17 |language=Swedish}}</ref> She was a summer host on [[Sveriges Radio P1]] during ''Sommar i P1'' on 14 June 2004.<ref>{{cite web
'''Edda Manga''' (born 1969)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |first=Edda |last=Manga |title=Edda Manga: Tillväxtens ideologi gör oss fattiga |url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.372125-edda-manga-tillvaxtens-ideologi-gor-oss-fattiga |publisher=Göteborgs-Posten |date=2004-09-14 |accessdate=2010-05-19 |language=Swedish}}</ref> is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[History of ideas|historian of ideas]], speaker and debator.
| url = http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3421&artikel=860986
| title = Sommarvärdar 2004
| work = Sveriges Radio
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| accessdate = 2010-10-17}}</ref> In 2011 she together with her husband was a speaker at the summer camp of the [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party]] in Sweden, though she is not a member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kommunisterna.org/nyheter/2011/08/kommunisternas-sommarlager|title=Kommunisternas sommarläger|last=admin|date=2011-08-04|website=www.kommunisterna.org|language=sv|access-date=2017-12-25}}</ref> Since January 2016 she works as a researcher at Mångkulturellt centrum (tr: [[Multiculturalism|Multicultural]] center).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mkcentrum.se/edda-manga/|title=Edda Manga - Mångkulturellt Centrum|work=Mångkulturellt Centrum|access-date=2017-12-25|language=sv-SE}}</ref> Edda Manga is active in public debates and is a defender of Muslim women in Sweden to wear the [[hijab]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/nyheter/debatt/samma-gamla-slitna-pamflett-om-sl%C3%B6jan-1.3995|title=Samma gamla slitna pamflett om slöjan|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2017-12-25|language=sv}}</ref> She has in turn been criticised for trivialising the issue of women as victims of [[Honor culture#Sweden|violent honor cultures]] in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/ledare/f%C3%B6rnekarna-av-hedersv%C3%A5ld-1.4375211|title=Förnekarna av hedersvåld|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2017-12-25|language=sv}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Gaza flotilla==
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Manga is married to historian [[Mattias Gardell]]. They were aboard [[MV Mavi Marmara|MV ''Mavi Marmara'']] as part of the flotilla which tried to break the [[Israel]]i embargo of the [[Gaza strip]], before [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli armed forces]] [[Gaza flotilla clash|attacked the flotilla]] on the morning of 31 May 2010.<ref name="exp">{{cite news |first=Erik |last=Högström |title=Gardell ombord på bordat fartyg |url=http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.2006940/gardell-ombord-pa-bordat-fartyg |publisher=Expressen |date=2010-05-31 |accessdate=2010-05-31 |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603024624/http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.2006940/gardell-ombord-pa-bordat-fartyg |archive-date=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Manga was deported from Israel and landed in [[Sweden]] on 3 June along with her husband and other Swedish left-wing activists.<ref name="ekot">{{Cite episode | title = Alla svenskar från Gazakonvojen hemma igen | url = http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=83&grupp=11418&artikel=3753332 | series = Ekot | network = [[Sveriges Radio]] | station = [[Sveriges Radio P1|P1]] | airdate = 2010-06-03}}</ref> She denied allegations of [[IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)|IHH]] being a militant Islamist organisation, saying "They are not turkish islamists. They are a muslim organisation working with humanitarian aid in 143 countries." She further called the Israeli action irrational.<ref name="ekot"/>

Manga was born in Bogota, Colombia.<ref>[https://www.womeninpeace.org/m-names/2017/7/11/edda-manga Women in Peace website, ''Edda Manga'']</ref> She moved to Sweden when she was 17 years old.<ref>[https://www.elcolombiano.com/historico/edda_llego_a_suecia_y_narro_el_horror_rumbo_a_gaza-JVEC_91998 El Colombiano website, ''Edda arrived in Sweden and narrated the horror on the way to Gaza'', article dated June 3, 2010]</ref>

==Career==
{{expand section|date=August 2024}}
On 14 June 2004, she was a summer host on [[Sveriges Radio P1]] during ''Sommar i P1'' o.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=3421&artikel=860986| title = Sommarvärdar 2004| work = Sveriges Radio| accessdate = 2010-10-17}}</ref> In 2004, Manga won the [[Clio Awards|Clio]] award<ref name=":0" /> for her [[Thesis or dissertation|doctorate thesis]] ''Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag'' ("Divine revelations and demonic intercourses").<ref>{{cite news |first=Eva |last=Bäckstedt |title=Historisk onani ledde till Cliopris |url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/historisk-onani-ledde-till-cliopris_163430.svd |publisher=Svenska Dagbladet |date=2004-09-14 |accessdate=2010-10-17 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
In 2011 she together with her husband was a speaker at the summer camp of the [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party]] in Sweden, though she is not a member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kommunisterna.org/nyheter/2011/08/kommunisternas-sommarlager|title=Kommunisternas sommarläger|last=admin|date=2011-08-04|website=www.kommunisterna.org|language=sv|access-date=2017-12-25}}</ref>

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Since January 2016 she has worked as a researcher at Mångkulturellt centrum (tr: [[Multiculturalism|Multicultural]] center).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mkcentrum.se/edda-manga/|title=Edda Manga - Mångkulturellt Centrum|work=Mångkulturellt Centrum|access-date=2017-12-25|language=sv-SE}}</ref><ref>[https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/botkyrka-sager-upp-avtalet-med-mangkulturellt-centrum SVT News website, ''Botkyrka terminates agreement with Multicultural Centre'', article dated June 14, 2024]</ref> As of 2017, Manga was active in public debates and a defender of Muslim women in Sweden to wear the [[hijab]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/nyheter/debatt/samma-gamla-slitna-pamflett-om-sl%C3%B6jan-1.3995|title=Samma gamla slitna pamflett om slöjan|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2017-12-25|language=sv}}</ref> She has been criticised for trivialising the issue of women as victims of [[Honor culture#Sweden|violent honor cultures]] in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/ledare/f%C3%B6rnekarna-av-hedersv%C3%A5ld-1.4375211|title=Förnekarna av hedersvåld|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=2017-12-25|language=sv}}</ref>

==Personal life==
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Manga is married to historian [[Mattias Gardell]].<ref>[https://www.uu.se/en/staff/news/archive/2023-02-10-literature-on-the-brain Uppsala University website, ''Literature on the brain'', article dated October 2, 2023]</ref> They were aboard [[MV Mavi Marmara|MV ''Mavi Marmara'']] as part of the flotilla which tried to break the [[Israel]]i embargo of the [[Gaza strip]], before [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli armed forces]] [[Gaza flotilla clash|attacked the flotilla]] on the morning of 31 May 2010.<ref name="exp">{{cite news |first=Erik |last=Högström |title=Gardell ombord på bordat fartyg |url=http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.2006940/gardell-ombord-pa-bordat-fartyg |publisher=Expressen |date=2010-05-31 |accessdate=2010-05-31 |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603024624/http://www.expressen.se/Nyheter/1.2006940/gardell-ombord-pa-bordat-fartyg |archive-date=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Manga was deported from Israel and landed in [[Sweden]] on 3 June along with her husband and other Swedish left-wing activists.<ref name="ekot">{{Cite episode | title = Alla svenskar från Gazakonvojen hemma igen | url = http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=83&grupp=11418&artikel=3753332 | series = Ekot | network = [[Sveriges Radio]] | station = [[Sveriges Radio P1|P1]] | airdate = 2010-06-03}}</ref> She denied allegations of [[IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)|IHH]] being a militant Islamist organisation, saying "They are not turkish islamists. They are a muslim organisation working with humanitarian aid in 143 countries." She further called the Israeli action irrational.<ref name="ekot"/>


==Works==
==Works==
*''Att mäta rasism'' (with Mattias Gardell, Alireza Behtoui, René León Rosales and Alexander Ekelund) (2020) <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202450267-att-m-ta-rasism GoodReads website, ''Att mäta rasism'']</ref>
*''Utvägar - feministiska allianser för en solidarisk framtid'' (editor) (2015) <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6538729.Edda_Manga GoodReads website, ''Edda Manga'']</ref>
*''Slöjor'', Authors Elin Berge, Edda Manga, Atlas, 2006, {{ISBN|978-91-7389-205-6}}
*''Slöjor'', Authors Elin Berge, Edda Manga, Atlas, 2006, {{ISBN|978-91-7389-205-6}}
*''Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag'' Glänta produktion, 2003, {{ISBN|978-91-628-5276-4}}
*''Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag'' Glänta produktion, 2003, {{ISBN|978-91-628-5276-4}}
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Latest revision as of 13:39, 18 August 2024

Edda Manga

Edda Manga (born 1969)[1] is a Swedish historian of ideas, speaker and debator.

Early life and education

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Manga was born in Bogota, Colombia.[2] She moved to Sweden when she was 17 years old.[3]

Career

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On 14 June 2004, she was a summer host on Sveriges Radio P1 during Sommar i P1 o.[4] In 2004, Manga won the Clio award[1] for her doctorate thesis Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag ("Divine revelations and demonic intercourses").[5] In 2011 she together with her husband was a speaker at the summer camp of the Communist Party in Sweden, though she is not a member.[6]

Since January 2016 she has worked as a researcher at Mångkulturellt centrum (tr: Multicultural center).[7][8] As of 2017, Manga was active in public debates and a defender of Muslim women in Sweden to wear the hijab.[9] She has been criticised for trivialising the issue of women as victims of violent honor cultures in Sweden.[10]

Personal life

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Manga is married to historian Mattias Gardell.[11] They were aboard MV Mavi Marmara as part of the flotilla which tried to break the Israeli embargo of the Gaza strip, before Israeli armed forces attacked the flotilla on the morning of 31 May 2010.[12] Manga was deported from Israel and landed in Sweden on 3 June along with her husband and other Swedish left-wing activists.[13] She denied allegations of IHH being a militant Islamist organisation, saying "They are not turkish islamists. They are a muslim organisation working with humanitarian aid in 143 countries." She further called the Israeli action irrational.[13]

Works

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  • Att mäta rasism (with Mattias Gardell, Alireza Behtoui, René León Rosales and Alexander Ekelund) (2020) [14]
  • Utvägar - feministiska allianser för en solidarisk framtid (editor) (2015) [15]
  • Slöjor, Authors Elin Berge, Edda Manga, Atlas, 2006, ISBN 978-91-7389-205-6
  • Gudomliga uppenbarelser och demoniska samlag Glänta produktion, 2003, ISBN 978-91-628-5276-4
  • Santas visiones y pecados extraordinarios Cecilia Rodríguez, Editor Edda Manga, Göteborgs universitet, 2002, ISBN 978-91-631-2459-4

References

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  1. ^ a b Manga, Edda (2004-09-14). "Edda Manga: Tillväxtens ideologi gör oss fattiga" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  2. ^ Women in Peace website, Edda Manga
  3. ^ El Colombiano website, Edda arrived in Sweden and narrated the horror on the way to Gaza, article dated June 3, 2010
  4. ^ "Sommarvärdar 2004". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  5. ^ Bäckstedt, Eva (2004-09-14). "Historisk onani ledde till Cliopris" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  6. ^ admin (2011-08-04). "Kommunisternas sommarläger". www.kommunisterna.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  7. ^ "Edda Manga - Mångkulturellt Centrum". Mångkulturellt Centrum (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  8. ^ SVT News website, Botkyrka terminates agreement with Multicultural Centre, article dated June 14, 2024
  9. ^ "Samma gamla slitna pamflett om slöjan". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  10. ^ "Förnekarna av hedersvåld". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  11. ^ Uppsala University website, Literature on the brain, article dated October 2, 2023
  12. ^ Högström, Erik (2010-05-31). "Gardell ombord på bordat fartyg" (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  13. ^ a b "Alla svenskar från Gazakonvojen hemma igen". Ekot. 2010-06-03. Sveriges Radio. P1.
  14. ^ GoodReads website, Att mäta rasism
  15. ^ GoodReads website, Edda Manga
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