Readers’ Corner

Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America, by Peniel E. Joseph

February 8, 2009

Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America, by Peniel E. Joseph

The next regular meeting of TransAfrica Forum's Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library Readers' Corner book club will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2009, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM, featuring the book Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America, by Peniel E. Joseph (2006, Henry Holt and Co.).

Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil by John Ghazvinian

December 7, 2008

The next regular meeting of TransAfrica Forum's Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library Readers' Corner book club will be held on Sunday, December 7, 2008, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM, featuring the book Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil by John Ghazvinian (2007, published by Harcourt, Orlando).

Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope by Tariq Ali

October 5, 2008

The Readers’ Corner is the Ashe Library’s book club which focuses on writers from the African World with a special emphasis on books highlighting social justice issues. The purpose of The Readers’ Corner is to provide a forum for its members to discuss and gain a better understanding of issues facing the African world.

Unbowed: A Memoir By Wangari Maathai

March 16, 2008

Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai (2006, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York)

Description from the publisher: “Hugely charismatic, humble, and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her extraordinary life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya.

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