Events
Nnedi is an amazing speaker and in high demand to do college, high school, library, and Community Reads events, as well as other types of speaking engagements. We typically arrange her calender 6 to 12 months in advance. She’s available for in-person and virtual visits. To find out more contact events@booksincommon.org.
november 2022
07nov2:00 pm9:00 pmLiving Writers Reading SeriesMuhlenberg College - Allentown, PA
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Muhlenberg College’s Center for Ethics Programs seeks to develop “our capacities for ethical reflection, moral leadership, and responsible action by engaging community members in scholarly dialogue, intellectual analysis,
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Muhlenberg College’s Center for Ethics Programs seeks to develop “our capacities for ethical reflection, moral leadership, and responsible action by engaging community members in scholarly dialogue, intellectual analysis, and self examination about contested ethical issues.” This year our theme will be “Speculative Futures.”
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(Monday) 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
08nov7:00 pm9:00 pmHershey LibraryHershey, PA
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Nnedi Okorafor is appearing in conjunction with the Hershey Area All Things Diversity group based in Hershey, PA. The library has hosted many large authors before such as
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Nnedi Okorafor is appearing in conjunction with the Hershey Area All Things Diversity group based in Hershey, PA. The library has hosted many large authors before such as Fiona Davis, Rosemary Wells, Elizabeth Wein, and Ann Patchett.
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(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
18nov1:15 pm2:30 pmRacial Justice ReadsFacing Race: A National Conference in Phoenix Arizona
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Facing Race: A National Conference is presented by Race Forward, a national non-profit working to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. A unique collaborative space
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Facing Race: A National Conference is presented by Race Forward, a national non-profit working to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. A unique collaborative space for racial justice movement making, Facing Race is the largest multiracial, inter-generational gathering for organizers, educators, creatives, and other leaders. For over 15 years, Race Forward has presented this incredible conference experience that has hosted over 4,000 attendees to convene, organize and mobilize for a more equitable future.
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(Friday) 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
january 2023
23janAll DayThe Poe MuseumRichmond, VA
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The Poe Museum is in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia and is dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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The Poe Museum is in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia and is dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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All Day (Monday)
26jan6:00 pm8:00 pmBarnard College Africana StudiesNew York, NY
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The Lewis-Ezekoye Distinguished Lecture in Africana Studies series is named for the sustained, collaborative friendship formed by two Barnard alumnae (Class of ’66) — the donors for this
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The Lewis-Ezekoye Distinguished Lecture in Africana Studies series is named for the sustained, collaborative friendship formed by two Barnard alumnae (Class of ’66) — the donors for this lectureship — Denise Jackson-Lewis and Adaeze Ezekoye. The series aspires to highlight innovative and inspiring scholars, artists, activists and visionary thinkers who address key issues in African Diaspora Studies. It was established in 2018. The inaugural speaker in 2018 was Ntozake Shange (Barnard Class of 1970). The subsequent speakers for this event were Jaki Shelton Green (2019), Ruha Benjamin (2021), and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (2022).
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(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
february 2023
28feb4:00 pm8:00 pmStanford UniversityPalo Alto, CA
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Nnedi will be a guest speaker for a course called SOCIAL (with-in) JUSTICE: Theater Skills for Rethinking Everything. In this course we will employ theater foundations (writing, acting,
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Nnedi will be a guest speaker for a course called SOCIAL (with-in) JUSTICE: Theater Skills for Rethinking Everything. In this course we will employ theater foundations (writing, acting, staging and direction) to interrogate individual and collective belief systems prescribed through our lineage, geography, genetics, culture and class. We will ask big questions like: How do we rethink collective narratives? What can be made in the midst of ongoing emergencies? Who am I within and beyond my circumstances? Together we will learn from diverse practitioners within science fiction, documentary filmmaking, theater, site-speficifty, and environmental activism to create site-specific performances, that ignite our imaginations and skillsets for enacting social change. “Broken Places Outer Spaces” is one of the books taught in the course.
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(Tuesday) 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
march 2023
