Wayne County Reads 2009

 

THIS WEEK: 7 p.m., Monday, March 2, Moffatt Auditorium, Wayne Community College, 3000 Wayne Memorial Drive
“Bad to the Hair Bun: Women Pirates through History” by Connie Mason, Maritime Heritage Tourism Officer

Ms. Mason is a native of Carteret County who has worked for 17 years as the historian/folklorist for the North Carolina Maritime Museum and now works as the Maritime Heritage Tourism Officer for the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.

7 p.m., Thursday, March 5, Room 101 in the Walnut Building, Wayne Community College, 3000 Wayne Memorial Drive

"Modern Day Piracy" by UNC-CH professor Julius Nyang'oro, African and Afro-American Studies; Adjunct Professor, Political Science

In the past two decades his primary research interest has been on Africa's comparative political economy, particularly the role of the State in national development. This interest has resulted in a number of books including The State and Capitalist Development in Africa (1989). In the last decade his work has focused on the role of civil society in Africa's democratization. This interest has resulted in collaborative work with colleagues in Africa. The results of this collaborative work include an edited volume: Civil Society and Democratic Development in Africa (1999). Current research is on governance issues in Africa in light of globalization and the discourse on democracy.

Saturday, March 7: Treasure Hunt, Meet at 10 a.m. at Wayne County Public Library, Goldsboro.




Wayne County Reads' pirate ship docked at Arts Council of Wayne County



Read more about Blackbeard now:


http://www.blackbeardlives.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/pirates/maina.html?

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blackbeard/ax/main_fs.html

http://www.ncmaritime.org/exhibits/Knights.htm?

http://www.qaronline.org/

http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/blackbea.cfm?

http://www.archaeology.org/0803/abstracts/blackbeard.html?

http://www.blackbeardthepirate.com/blackbeard1.htm

WAYNE COUNTY READS is a community-wide reading campaign, what is sometimes called a "One Book" projects. The first one is believed to have been "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book," which was initiated by the Washington Center for the Book in 1998. The goal of "One Book" projects is to strengthen community ties by giving people something in common to discuss.

Previous Wayne County Reads selections were Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in 2004; Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace of Chapel Hill, 2005; Night, by Elie Wiesel, 2006; Walking Across Egypt, Clyde Edgerton, 2007; and Blood Done Sign My Name, Tim Tyson, 2008.


The organizing committee for Wayne County Reads includes representatives of the Wayne County Public Library System, Wayne County Public Schools, Mount Olive College, Wayne Community College, the Foundation of Wayne Community College, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Wayne County Council on Aging and the Arts Council of Wayne County. Other groups have been involved at different times.

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