May Events   

Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe' 

At Sankofa Video, Bks & Cafe

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MAY 1 - MAY 14 

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3pm, Sunday, May 4th, BOOK SIGNING:  

RON WALTERS signing and discussing two of his books,

PAN AFRICANISM IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA; An Analysis of Modern Afrocentric Political Movements. "Walters presents a brilliant analysis of modern Pan Africansm.  Walters, a distinguished scholar of African American politics cultivates new ground in the study of Pan African organizations and their political activitIes inside black communities.  ...One of the best Black Studies publications in recent years."  James Turner , Cornell University

THE PRICE OF RACIAL RECONCILIATION, The issue of reparations in America provokes a lot of interest, but the public debate usually occurs at the level of historical accounting: "Who owes what for slavery?" ...The author concludes that the grand narrative of black oppression in the United States---which contains the past and present summary of the black experience---prevents racial reconciliation as long as some substantial form of racial restitution is not seriously considered. This is "the price" of reconciliation.

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 Wednesday May 7, 2008, "What is Obama to Me?"  

Day III
From 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Panelists of Poets leading the discussion:

Sunni Patterson, Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, artist and visionary Sunni Patterson combines the heritage and tradition of her Native town with an enlightened modern world view to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove.   

  Jared Ball,  Dubbed by free speech radio News as "the first hip-hop presidential candidate," ran temporarily on the Green Party ticket.  He is an assistant professor of communication studies at Morgan State University.

Taalam Acey featured at the 2001 and 2002 Essence Music Festivals in New Orleans. He has also lectured on performance poetry at the U.C. Berkeley. His first video, "When the Smoke Clearz" was shown in film festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam and was one of only 22 films nominated for a 2002 Sundance Film Festival On-line Award. "Crack the CIA,"  is a film narrated by Acey.

Aliya B. Bashiruddin-Carter of HU Poutre' poets, Premier Poetry Organization that brings together writers, MCs and Poets. Poutre' promotes Art and Poetry at Howard University, continuously linking the Howard University Poetry scene with that of the broader Washington DC community.

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