Book Launch Event - Black Girl, Black Girl
Fri, Sep 20
|Columbia
We are proud to welcome authors Ali Kamanda and Jorge Redmond who are promoting their new picture book "Black Girl, Black Girl", a follow-up to their highly praised Black Boy, Black Boy (2022). This interactive and energetic children's event will inspire and entertain!
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2024, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Columbia, 6955 Oakland Mills Rd E, Columbia, MD 21045, USA
Guests
About the event
A new inspiring picture book from the authors of Black Boy, Black Boy about self-esteem for African American girls, drawing on the history of the role models that came before them.
Dear Girl, Black Girl, rise up, it’s time
It’s a new day and a chance to shine.
Shine like the moon, you’re one of a kind
Radiant and fierce, a brilliant young mind
A mind filled with wonder, creativity and dreams
Shape your own history like these amazing queens
From Kamala Harris to Wilma Rudolph and from Rosa Parks to Miriam Mekaba, this is an uplifting and beautiful introduction to the strong women who have touched our history.
ALI BIKO SULAIMAN KAMANDAÂ is an award-winning filmmaker and social entrepreneur from Sierra Leone, West Africa. He runs BIKO Studios, a cross-cultural film production company and is the President of Salone Rising, a not-for-profit organization that provides micro-financing and mentoring resources to small business owners in rural Sierra Leone.
JORGE REDMOND currently works in the Buncombe County District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney, and as an adjunct professor in South College’s Legal Department.