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DESCRIPTION:From human rights in Africa, to the importance of education for girls and 
 boys, hear from one of contemporary Africa’s most important and 
 perceptive chroniclers as she joins us to discuss her newest novel, The 
 Memory of Love.  Set in post-colonial Sierra Leone a few years after the 
 civil war, The Memory of Love is a breathtaking view of modern Africa 
 through the eyes of both insiders and outsiders who struggle to cope with 
 the aftermath of a war waged against and among civilians. Forna’s novel 
 depicts a deeply hopeful and universal story about love and human 
 resilience. \n  \nAminatta Forna was raised in Sierra Leone and the United 
 Kingdom and now divides her time between London and Sierra Leone. She is 
 the author of a novel, Ancestor Stones, a memoir, The Devil that Danced on 
 the Water and her newest novel, The Memory of Love. The tortuous events of 
 Sierra Leone's history have dominated Forna's writing. She is the daughter 
 of a former Sierra Leonean cabinet minister and dissident, murdered by the 
 state in 1975. Forna has produced and presented several televison 
 documentaries, most recently The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu for the BBC and 
 her journalism has appeared in The Sunday Times, The Observer, Granta and 
 Vogue, among others. In 2003, Forna helped build a primary school in her 
 family's village of Rogbonko, where she is also working to establish a 
 cashew plantation named Kholifa Estates after the fictional plantation in 
 Ancestor Stones. Forna is a trustee of the Royal Literary Fund, sits on the 
 advisory committee of the Caine Prize for African Writing and is a member 
 of the International Museum of Women's Global Council.\n\n \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/01/18665389.php
SUMMARY:Aminatta Forna Speaker Series
LOCATION:World Affairs Council Auditorium\n312 Sutter Street \nSecond Floor\nSan 
 Francisco, California 94108\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/01/18665389.php
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