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Join us at J. Gumbo's as we explore the world through a diversity of stories and cuisine. We'll be discussing "Someone Knows My Name" by Lawrence Hill.
On the 4th Tuesday of each month, we will explore the world through stories set in various parts of the globe. Come enjoy learning about a diversity of cultures as we read our way around the world.
In observance of Black History Month, in February we will read Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill. More about the book :
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. "Wonderfully written...populated by vivid characters and rendered in fascinating detail." ―Nancy Kline, New York Times Book Review
Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom―and of the knowledge, she needs to get home. Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan, Aminata helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for service to the king with safe passage to Nova Scotia. There Aminata finds a life of hardship and stinging prejudice. When the British abolitionists come looking for "adventurers" to create a new colony in Sierra Leone, Aminata assists in moving 1,200 Nova Scotians to Africa and aiding the abolitionist cause by revealing the realities of slavery to the British public.
This captivating story of one woman's remarkable experience spans six decades and three continents and brings to life a crucial chapter in world history.
We will meet at J. Gumbo's located at 39 E. William St., Delaware OH 43015
Copies will be available on display at the Orange Branch Library, or by request through the DCDL catalog. If you need assistance finding a copy of the book, please email jkelch@delawarelibrary.org.
