Poster - Africa Speaks
Object
Poster
Production date
9/10/1991
Object number
1991.972
Physical Description
Yellow poster with black print for the poetry event 'Africa Speaks' at CLR James Library, Dalston
Associated Organisation
Three Continents Liberation Collective (Produced for)
Associated Place
Material
Paper
Dimension
Height (Whole): 296mm
Width (Whole): 210mm
Width (Whole): 210mm
Exhibition Label
Africa Speaks, 1986
In the 1980s speakers of African languages made up the fourth largest community grouping in the borough. The Three Continents Liberation Collective was a radical project
aimed to transform the books offered by libraries. Set-up by a British-Kenyan Hackney librarian Shiraz Duranni, he worked with other library staff to identify literature which would be relevant to the borough’s multicultural audiences and in languages familiar to them, rather than just English.
Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s
14 September 2021 to 14 February 2022
In the 1980s speakers of African languages made up the fourth largest community grouping in the borough. The Three Continents Liberation Collective was a radical project
aimed to transform the books offered by libraries. Set-up by a British-Kenyan Hackney librarian Shiraz Duranni, he worked with other library staff to identify literature which would be relevant to the borough’s multicultural audiences and in languages familiar to them, rather than just English.
Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s
14 September 2021 to 14 February 2022
On display?
No
Inscription
AFRICA SPEAKS
Poetry and Prose from Nigeria and South Africa
Ogon Jones, Nigerian actor reading from Achebe’s writings
Pitika Ntull reading his own poetry
Agnes Sam reading from her work
AFRICA SPEAKS celebration the first birthday of the Tree Continents
Liberation Collection - book and material relating to the struggles
of the people of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America -
which is housed in the CLR James Library.
AFRICA SPEAKS is also part of Oxfam’s Frontline Focus and an
exhibition will be on display. Book, African crafts and African food
will be on sale.
. . . . TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER
7pm (doors open 6pm)
Admission free but donations to Oxfam are welcome.
CLR James Library, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London E8
(Phone) 081 985 8262
Buses: 22A, 22B, 30, 38, 67, 76, 149, 243, 277
BR: Dalston Kingsland
We regret there is no wheelchair access to this event.
For further access information, telephone the library.
HACKNEY COUNCIL
Working for local people
Poetry and Prose from Nigeria and South Africa
Ogon Jones, Nigerian actor reading from Achebe’s writings
Pitika Ntull reading his own poetry
Agnes Sam reading from her work
AFRICA SPEAKS celebration the first birthday of the Tree Continents
Liberation Collection - book and material relating to the struggles
of the people of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America -
which is housed in the CLR James Library.
AFRICA SPEAKS is also part of Oxfam’s Frontline Focus and an
exhibition will be on display. Book, African crafts and African food
will be on sale.
. . . . TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER
7pm (doors open 6pm)
Admission free but donations to Oxfam are welcome.
CLR James Library, 24-30 Dalston Lane, London E8
(Phone) 081 985 8262
Buses: 22A, 22B, 30, 38, 67, 76, 149, 243, 277
BR: Dalston Kingsland
We regret there is no wheelchair access to this event.
For further access information, telephone the library.
HACKNEY COUNCIL
Working for local people