TransAfrica and BloomScreen present On the Trail of My Father: The Story of Lucky Dube

TransAfrica and BloomScreen present On the Trail of My Father: The Story of Lucky Dube Date: June 18, 2013 7:00 – 9:00PM Venue: BloomBars, 3222 11th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 Join TransAfrica and BloomBars as we celebrate June – Caribbean American Heritage Month with the presentation of On the Trail of My Father: The Story of Lucky Dube (2009, 52 min), by Kurt Orderson.

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TransAfrica and Busboys and Poets present Horace Campbell Discussing His Book Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya: Lessons for Africa in the Forging of African Unity

TransAfrica, and Busboys and Poets Books welcome author Horace Campbell to discuss and sign Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya: Lessons for Africa in the Forging of African Unity (2013, Monthly Review Press).

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Thirteenth Annual DC Caribbean Filmfest

In recognition of the Caribbean Heritage Month in June, Caribbean Association of World Bank and IMF Staff (CAWI), Caribbean Professional Network (CPN), Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), TransAfrica, and AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center are proud to present the DC Caribbean Filmfest MAY 31-JUNE 2, 2013—now in its thirteenth year.

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TransAfrica and BloomScreen present The Prodigal Son

Join TransAfrica and BloomBars as we commemorate African Liberation Day (May 25), with the presentation of The Prodigal Son (2008, 64 min), by Kurt Orderson. The Prodigal Son retraces the lost history of the Orderson family, and the West Indian community who left the Caribbean in the late 1800’s as emancipated enslaved Africans, to settle in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Readers’ Corner featuring Camwood at Crossroads, by Femi Euba

The next regular meeting of TransAfrica’s Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library Readers’ Corner will be held Sunday, May 5, 2013 2:30 to 4:30 PM, discussing the book Camwood at Crossroads, by Femi Euba (2001, Xlibris Press, 230 pp.). Venue: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, Room 221, Washington, DC 20001-4531, (Nearest Metro Station: Gallery Place on the Red Line).

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