THE EQUIANO SOCIETY
presents
OLAUDAH EQUIANO: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE (1745-1797)
TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 2020 from 7:30pm to 9pm
From Enslavement to becoming a Businessman, Explorer, Community Activist, Abolitionist and Best-Selling Author, this event celebrates Equiano’s extraordinary life and his contribution to African literary and cultural heritage. His book, The Interesting Narrative (1789), is positioned at number 79 among the 100 best nonfiction books of all times (The Guardian, 7 August 2017).
Contributors include:
Nairobi Thompson (Performance Poet)
Mervyn Weir (Creative Communicator)
Kieron Daniel (Violinist)
Join us as we celebrate the extraordinary life of THE AFRICAN.
Free Zoom tickets from Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/olaudah-equiano-an-extraordinary-life-1745-1797-tickets-117692029027?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
Presented by The Equiano Society | Supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund
www.equiano.uk equianosociety@gmail.com
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