Rebuilding the Library at Timbuktu
Book Drive for the University of Bamako, Mali
Book Drive for the University of Bamako, Mali
Nine hundred years ago, Timbuktu was celebrated as a major center of passage for all desert voyagers. It
was the center of trade where merchants from the Tuareg and Fulani peoples, for example, would trade
gold and other desired items from the Nile to the Niger areas. Timbuktu not only celebrated a long history
of commerce, it was also the citadel for scholarship for various empires spanning from the Mali Empire
(1300 bc) to the Songhai Empire (1400 bc).
In honor of this great history, the African Studies Graduate Students Association (ASGSA) at Howard
University in collaboration with the African New Era Organization (ANEO) is launching this project is
symbolically called Rebuilding the Library in Timbuktu to provide books for students at the University of
Bamako in the Republic of Mali.
Recommended book list for Spring 2008 book drive.
Open Mic and Book Send-off Celebration at Sankofa Bookstore.
At the end of the Spring book drive, ASGSA hosted a celebratory open mic reading at Sankofa Bookstore on
Friday May 2, 2008. At the open mic students and community members to read original poetry and excerpts
of literature and poetry by African writers.
This project will resume in the Fall of 2008. Check our website then for more information. For more
information contact Chioma Oruh at chioma@journeywomanchi.com.
was the center of trade where merchants from the Tuareg and Fulani peoples, for example, would trade
gold and other desired items from the Nile to the Niger areas. Timbuktu not only celebrated a long history
of commerce, it was also the citadel for scholarship for various empires spanning from the Mali Empire
(1300 bc) to the Songhai Empire (1400 bc).
In honor of this great history, the African Studies Graduate Students Association (ASGSA) at Howard
University in collaboration with the African New Era Organization (ANEO) is launching this project is
symbolically called Rebuilding the Library in Timbuktu to provide books for students at the University of
Bamako in the Republic of Mali.
Recommended book list for Spring 2008 book drive.
Open Mic and Book Send-off Celebration at Sankofa Bookstore.
At the end of the Spring book drive, ASGSA hosted a celebratory open mic reading at Sankofa Bookstore on
Friday May 2, 2008. At the open mic students and community members to read original poetry and excerpts
of literature and poetry by African writers.
This project will resume in the Fall of 2008. Check our website then for more information. For more
information contact Chioma Oruh at chioma@journeywomanchi.com.
| Journey Woman, Chioma Oruh |
| Poet, Sechaba Khoapa |
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African Studies Graduate Student Association
10.03.08
Graduate Student Conference, "Emerging Voices for Africa: Scholarship, Transformation and
Activism" at Howard University.
05.08.08
Kwaheri (Farewell) Celebration at Safari DC
05.02.08
"Rebuilding the Library at Timbuktu" Book Drive for the University of Bamako, Mali Open Mic
04.29.08
Spring Paper Exchange -- Peer Editing Session
04.11.08
Witness to Genocide Forum, Five Years of Genocide in Sudan Co-Sponsored with Africa Action
02.26.08
Get Your Research Published Workshop
02.19.08
Black History Month Film Screening The Spook Who Sat by the Door
02.05.08
Super Tuesday Election Party February 2008
02.03.08
Super Bowl Party Fund-raiser February 2008
02.01.08
Information Session at the Embassy of Ghana January 2008
02.11.08
New Student Orientation January 2008
01.20.08
Spring Welcome Back Party at Safari DC
11.28.07
Fall Paper Exchange -- Peer Editing Session
11.08.07
"Reflections from New York City": Feedback from Participants of the 50th Annual African Studies
Association Conference
10.16.07
Mock Presentations for the African Studies Association Conference
Graduate Student Conference, "Emerging Voices for Africa: Scholarship, Transformation and
Activism" at Howard University.
05.08.08
Kwaheri (Farewell) Celebration at Safari DC
05.02.08
"Rebuilding the Library at Timbuktu" Book Drive for the University of Bamako, Mali Open Mic
04.29.08
Spring Paper Exchange -- Peer Editing Session
04.11.08
Witness to Genocide Forum, Five Years of Genocide in Sudan Co-Sponsored with Africa Action
02.26.08
Get Your Research Published Workshop
02.19.08
Black History Month Film Screening The Spook Who Sat by the Door
02.05.08
Super Tuesday Election Party February 2008
02.03.08
Super Bowl Party Fund-raiser February 2008
02.01.08
Information Session at the Embassy of Ghana January 2008
02.11.08
New Student Orientation January 2008
01.20.08
Spring Welcome Back Party at Safari DC
11.28.07
Fall Paper Exchange -- Peer Editing Session
11.08.07
"Reflections from New York City": Feedback from Participants of the 50th Annual African Studies
Association Conference
10.16.07
Mock Presentations for the African Studies Association Conference
Howard University