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Saturday, March 13th 2010
at 2:00-4:00 p.m., FREE/DONATIONS ACCEPTED
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Join Afri-Ware for a special Women's History Month Book Signing by
Safiya Bukhari,
the author of "The War Before"
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Meet and greet author
Safiya Bukhari,
the author of "The War Before"
will be at Afriware 266 W. Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301
2:00-4:00 p.m.
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Saturday, February 13th 2010
at 2:00-4:00 p.m., FREE/DONATIONS ACCEPTED
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Join Afri-Ware for a book signing with
GregAlan Williams
with the author of two critically acclaimed books
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Meet and greet author
GregAlan Williams,
the author of two critically acclaimed books, host of WCIU-TV's "Know Your Heritage: College Game Show", and, star in more than 100 films and prime-time episodes including, Remember The Titans, The District, City of Angels, The West Wing, Baywatch,The Sopranos, and The Game.
We are honored to be one of the first to receive his latest work for a book signing of,
"Heart of a Woman."
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Friday, January 1st 2010
at 6:00-8:00 p.m., FREE/DONATIONS ACCEPTED
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Join Afri-Ware Kwanzaa Celebration
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Drummer Atiba Jali and his group Black United
States Americans (BUSA) as well as Nnedi Okofor, Ph.D, author of "Zahrah",
"Shadow Speaker," and winner of Whole Soyinka Prize for Literature, as
well as FOOD
will be at Afriware 266 W. Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301
6:00-8:00 p.m.
For more information: Dr Nnedi Okorofor see
http://nnedi.com and Atiba Jali see
http://busafamily.org.
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TOP 10 WAYS TO SUPPORT
AFRI-WARE...
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Donate to Afriware (non-tax deductible) using PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!
- Tell your friends/family about this
great Black-Owned bookstore in Oak Park.
- Invite your friends/family to Afri-Ware
events.
- Purchase gifts/gift cards @ Afri-Ware
for your friends/family.
- Have your book club/planning meeting @
Afri-Ware.
- Have your birthday party/wedding/Naming
Ceremony celebration @ Afri-Ware.
- Teachers/Administrators/students, buy
your books for classes @ Afri-Ware.
- Take flyers around town to drop off
points.
- Call in to your favorite radio station
to announce events/where people can buy books.
- Reporters/journalists write about
Afri-Ware or interview owner Nzingha Nommo on your program.
Thanks all for your input/ideas/suggestions and previous support!!! We
appreciate it! |
| ONGOING EVENTS |
Saturdays, 10:30am - 11:30am, Adults, $15
Saturdays, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Children, $15
Restarted 8/22.
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| Afri-Ware's Drumming Class with Atiba
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Drumming instruction by Atiba at Afri-Ware, Inc
for adults 10:30am - 11:30am $15. And children 11:30am-12:30pm $15.
The class will go for 6 weeks, 2 week break, 6 weeks.
Optionally buy Atiba's CD "Karibu" for $15
 (Not required for the course).
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Last Sundays, next on January 31,
4-6:00pm, FREE
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| Afri-Ware's
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| African/African American
Perspective Book Club discussions |
Black Spirituality & Black Consciousness - Soul Force, Culture and Freedom in African-American Experience
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author Carlyle Fielding Stewart
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Pick up the book TODAY
"Black Spirituality & Black Consciousness..." ($18.95
), and GET STARTED READING. Please feel free to
pass along this information to anyone who may be interested in joining
the book club. Membership in the book club is free. Stop by the day of
the book club discussion and share your view, we want to hear from you!
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Saturdays next is TBA.
4:00pm-5:30pm
FREE/Donations appreciated
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| Afri-Ware's
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| Black
History and Heritage Book Club for parents and children in 2nd through
5th grades |
Black History and Heritage Book
Club for parents and children in 2nd through 5th grades.
Families are invited to join this educational, informational and FUN
Heritage Book Club to stay culturally connected in the summertime @
Afri-Ware 266 W. Lake St. Oak Park, 4-5:30pm FREE/Donations
appreciated. Upcoming dates are TBA. Each
family will read the book before the book club date. Children will
prepare a written summary of the book(s) (1 paragraph to 1 page).
Families will bring fruit and juice for refreshments. Afterwards, the
group will decide to go to a nearby playground or swimming pool.
Please pick up copies of the books from
Afri-Ware. For additional information contact an Afri-Ware staff member
at 708-524-8398
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Gift Cards @ Afri-Ware
Now Available for those friends who are
hard to find gifts for. Great for Birthdays, Congratulations,
Naming Ceremonies, Weddings, Graduations, or just because you want to
say thanks for standing strong and holding your ground and being a
positive example for others.
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ON BEHALF OF AFRI-WARE INC..,I'd
like to welcome all newcomers to our email list! We are happy to
send you updates on our events throughout the year. Thank you for
signing up and please feel free to send this on to your friends/family.
We will happily add new members to our list as well, just email
us: afriware@aol.com
- Nzingha Nommo, President Afri-Ware Books & Gifts, Inc.
Thank you for taking the time
to read this, visit our website and/or store again. It is our
committed goal to give you our best service possible, which is
what you deserve. We welcome and appreciate all comments and or
feedback in helping us achieve this objective.
In the Spirit of our
Ancestors, we Thank YOU.
send email to
Afri-Ware, call 708-524-8398, fax 708-524-8397, or
write to: Afri-Ware Books & Gifts, Inc. 266 W. Lake
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE @
NEW HOURS: M,W,Thu: 1-7pm, Fri/Sat: 10-8pm, Sun: 1-4pm, Tues. closed
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