June 19, JUNETEENTH, is a legitimate Emancipation Day; and
Affirmative Action is the contemporary iteration of Emancipation. However, the
Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey called upon us to “do for self,” invoking self-affirmation
rather than Affirmative Action.
SO, DON’T FORGET:
To Commemorate
JUNETEENTH 2/014, SANKOFA BOOKSTORE proudly announces
A FORUM: “Occupying Western Civilization as
Emancipation from Mental Slavery”
Focusing on:
Ian Isidore Smart. Occupying
Western Civilization: Debunking the White Supremacist Narrative.
Washington, D.C.: Original World Press, 2012. ISBN 0964192993. $20.00
And
Algris Xiomara Aldeano. Bunde
and Bullerengue: Popular Oral Literature from My Native Region, Darién.
Washington, D.C.: Original World Press, 2011. ISBN 09394231917. $20.00
Professor Smart’s latest book presents the theoretical road
map for achieving the definitive emancipation from mental slavery by reclaiming
Western civilization, which Cheikh Anta Diop incontrovertibly established to be
of African Origin. Consequently, for Professor Smart, this emancipation amounts
to an occupation of Western civilization.
Algris Xiomara Aldeano is one of Professor Smart’s students
whose work on the popular oral literature of her native region, Darien is
informed and inspired by Smart’s insights. Her book “blazes an entirely new
trail in the field of literary studies by focusing on the cultural expressions
of Afro-descendants not as exotic folklore proper to a marginalized population,
but as central elements of the national culture.”
These recent publications evince Original World Press’s
unwavering commitment to scholarly rigor, in accord with its motto, “scholarship
to the people, the people to scholarship.” As Howard University moves
towards inaugurating a doctoral program in Africana Studies, the work
undertaken by Professors Smart and Aldeano will place the institution at the
cutting edge in the unique specialty, Hispanophone Africana Studies.
THURSDAY, JUNE 19: 6:30
p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
SANKOFA BOOKSTORE and
CAFÉ, 2714 GEORGIA AVE, NW, WASHINGTON D.C.
202-234-4755
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