The Committee To Commemorate and Memorialize the Abolition of the Slave Trades (CMAST) and KidsCan Press Present Governor General Award Nominee and Planet Africa Renaissance Award Winner, Dr. Afua Cooper, in the Launch of Her Two New Books: My Name is Phillis Wheatley and My Name is Henry Bibb: Stories of Slavery and Freedom. These historical novels are based on the lives of two enslaved American children Henry Bibb and Phillis Wheatley, who as adults overcame great odds to effect their freedom and went on to change literature and history.
When: Fri. 30 Oct. 2009
Place: William Doo Auditorium, New College, University of Toronto, 45 Willcocks Ave, at Spadina, Toronto, ON.
Time: 7p.m.
Fee: $10
Special Guests: Ian Kamau, Um’knondé, Keisha-Monique.
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