Maryse Condé at the African-American Research Library, Pre-Conference for the Pan-African Bookfest
BROWARD COUNTY – For readers anxiously awaiting the Pan-African Bookfest, Broward County Libraries will host a pre-conference event featuring Maryse Condé on April 8, 2006 at 2 p.m. in the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center located at 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale.
Condé, a native of Guadeloupe, is renowned for her bestselling historical novels, Segu and I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, in which she explores colonialism, sex, gender and the stereotypical images of literary characters.
During her career, Condé has written numerous children’s books and articles about Caribbean literature and cultural studies including Haϊtí Chérie and Winward Heights. She has also contributed to writing about other women writers and oral literatures in Martinique and Guadeloupe. Condé currently serves as a professor at Princeton University.
The event is free and open to the public. Book signing will take place immediately after the discussion. For more information, visit www.broward.org/library, or call Outreach Services at 954-357-7348.
This project is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, Broward County Parks and Recreation Division, Broward County Mass Transit, The Miami Herald, Broward Community College, Comcast, North Broward Hospital District, Pyramid Books, Broward Times, WTPS 1080 AM, Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College, Broward Public Library Foundation, Caribbean American Commentary Newspaper, Multicultural Dept, School Board of Broward County, Unique Graphics, South Florida Water Management District, WMBM 1490 AM, Florida Atlantic University CURE Dept, Success Magazine, Tri Rail, City of Fort Lauderdale, Enterprise Security, Inc., Roots, Reggae & Kulcha Magazine, Ocean Bank, Friends of the AARLCC, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Decco Designs, and Dynamyk Entertainment.
