This year's Greenwich Reads Together book selection isAmericanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a story of race and identity that unfolds against three continents, chronicling a contemporary Nigerian woman's immigrant experience in America.
As part of the town-wide program, guest speaker Nigerian Princess Omaa Adaobi Ume-Ezeoke will share stories that reflect traditional Igbo world views on the roles of women in the contexts of family, marriage and work. She will talk about their impact on women's roles today as depicted in Adichie's book Americanah.
The speaker is a visual and performing artist, as well as a storyteller of Igbo folktales. Her experiences from the 1967-70 Nigeria-Biafra civil war constitute an important influence on her work. She contributed to the reader Pearls of Wisdom and co-curated the exhibitionProducing Histories: African Art at the Housatonic Museum of Art. Ume-Ezeoke is the founding president of the Igbo Women's Association of Bridgeport.
Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7:00 to 8:00 pm
The program is co-sponsored with the Greenwich Library. It is free and open to all; no registration required.
Greenwich Historical Society, Vanderbilt Education Center
39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT 06807
For more information visit www.greenwichhistory.org or call 203-869-6899.
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