Upcoming Events
- Book Launch of Breaking Kola: An Inside View of African Customs, March 7, 7 pm, sponsored by Westport Library and TEAM Westport, at Westport Woman’s Club.
Most Recent Nearby Events
- Doral Community Book Talk, Stamford CT, May 17, 2018
- Book Talk, Norwalk Library, May 16, 2018, noon
- Living in Community, Lessons from Nigeria, Fairfield Bigelow Center, 4 classes, February-March, 2018 and 6 classes, Lifetime Learners Institute, March-April 2018
- Darien International Book Club, March 6, 2018
- New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT, “My Nigeria: An Insider’s View,” September 25, 2017
- Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich, CT, First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830, “Nigeria Past and Present,” August 30, 2017
- Yale Conference Africa and the World, “Nigerwives A Major Transnational Connection,” New Haven, CT, June 14-17, 2017
- Bigelow Center, Fairfield, CT, 6-week course, “400 Years of Nigerian History,” began April 17, 2017
- Lifetime Learners Institute, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT, Lunch & Learn, Culture, Customs and Chaos in Nigeria January 20, 2017
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Stamford, CT, Guest Speaker: Living in Community, Lessons from Africa, A Story of Belonging, Again, November 6, 2016
- Westport Woman’s Club, Westport, CT, Author Talk, October 10, 2016
- Sugar and Olives, Norwalk, CT, Westport Writers Workshop Authors’ Reading, July 14, 2016
- Meadow Ridge, Redding, CT, Nigeria Revisited My Life and Loves Abroad, April 25, 2016
- Westport Sunrise Rotary, CT, Nigeria Revisited My Life and Loves Abroad, April 3, 2016
- Yale Women Connecticut Author Conversation, Westport, CT, February 7, 2016
National and International Talks and Book Signings
- May 8, 2018, Panel Chair, “Waging Peace in Biafra: Unique Experiences of Peace Corps Volunteers,” UMBC, Baltimore, MD, 50th Anniversary of Biafra Conference
- February, 2018, Southwest UU Women Conference, Austin TX, “Customs Build Community”
- April 21-22, 2017 SOAS Igbo Conference, London, “Powering Biafra, One Key Actor”
- Feb. 16 – 19, 2017 International Unitarian Universalist Women’s Convocation, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, “Living in Community-Lessons from Nigeria”
- September 21-25, 2016 PeaceCorpsConnect, George Washington University, Washington DC, Memoir Panel & Exhibit Hall book sales
- September 22, 2015, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Crestview Hills, KY (Cincinnati area)
- September 18, 2015, All 8th grade students, Aiken New Tech High School, Cincinnati OH
- August 3, 2015, Southwest Harbor Library, Maine
- June 8, 2015, Park City, Utah, Joint meeting of two book clubs
- June 5-6, 2015, PeaceCorpsConnect, UC Berkeley, Memoir Panel & Exhibit Hall book sales
- June 2, 2015, Paradise Valley Estates, Fairfield California
New York City
- Women’s Alliance Luncheon, All Souls Unitarian Church, April 20, 2016 Living in Community
- Sisters Uptown Book Club, February 27, 2016
- Riverside Book Club, Riverside Church, NY City, December 12, 2015
- Morningside Retirement and Health Services, Nigeria Revisited, 100 LaSalle, New York City, Oct. 21 2015
Other Book Talks and Author Signings
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- Senior Men’s Association of Stamford (SMAS), CT, April 7, 2016
- Fairfield Senior Center, CT, March 15, 2016
- International Book Group, Fairfield Library, Fairfield CT, January 13, 2016
- Y’s Women, Westport CT, Temple Israel, January 11, 2016
2015 Events
- Scarsdale Teachers Association, High School, December 10
- Fairfield Library, CT, Nov. 4
- Westport, CT, Rotary, Nov. 3
- Greenwich Arts Center, CT, Oct. 29, Americanah and Nigeria Revisited. Americanah was Greenwich’s 2015 Town Read
- Greenwich High School, CT, Oct. 26, Nigeria News
- Greenwich Library Book Club, CT, Oct. 13, Conversation about Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- University of Bridgeport, CT, Oct. 1, Professor Hess’ class
- Weston, CT, Newcomers Book Group, Thursday, May 21
- Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, Monroe CT, May 11 YouTube
- Mt. Holyoke Fairfield Villages Alumnae Club, Sunday, April 26
- Weston, CT, Library Lunch and Learn, March 2015
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News from Early Events
My first public author appearance took place on November 5, 2014, at the Westport Senior Center. I blogged about the event later. In this photo I was speaking with a couple of members of the audience.
My second talk was for the Mount Holyoke Club of Greater Bridgeport the next evening, November 6.
My third event was a talk for the survey course in African History that my friend and college classmate Anne Pardo was teaching at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement. I spoke mostly about my husband’s childhood growing up in colonial Nigeria.
I’m very glad my daughter recommended I create PowerPoint presentations for the talks. I know including photo, pictures, and maps makes the talks more engaging.
Then came the program for Lunch and Learn at the Weston Connecticut Library. I was interviewed for the cable television program Carousel, hosted by Marcelle Soviero in early December. Here’s the article from the Weston paper about my appearance.
Other past events include:
- Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) Organization, Tuesday, March 24, 2015
- Westport Library – “Writing Women’s Lives” March 20th, 2015 at 12 noon, Joint Program with Marcelle Soviero (we spoke about the memoir writing process, self-publishing, and editorial work)
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