Elegba Folklore Society

MALCOLM X DAY BLACK BOOK EXPOSITION
2013-05-18 10:00 - 2013-05-19 18:00 (America/New_York) | Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center, 101 E Broad St, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States
ELEGBA FOLKLORE SOCIETY & UBUS BOOKS & THINGS
Present
MALCOLM X DAY BLACK BOOK EXPOSITION
Saturday, May 18 – Sunday, May 19 ◉ Richmond, Virginia

UBUS and Elegba Folklore Society are combining forces to present the largest Black Literature Expo of the century. After years of breakdowns in plans, by others, to put the Capital City of Richmond, Virginia on the Black Books Map, arguably the largest, most effective cultural organization is connecting to, perhaps, the largest Black publisher in the history of Black people to get the job done.

The Exposition will feature a vast, awesome display of Black literature. It will feature must-haves, Carter G. Woodson’s MisEducation of the Negro and Elijah Muhammad’s Message to the Blackman to Ivan Van Sertima’s Before the Mayflower and The Souls of Black Folk. This classic by W. E. B. DeBois may well sound of the theme, as Black writers, publisher and distributors come to Richmond for the Malcolm X Day Expo. Attendees can also choose from a variety of novels and children’s books.

This book event happens from 10a – 8p on Saturday and 2p – 6p on Sunday at Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center, downtown in the RVA Arts District at 101 East Broad Street (corner of 1st & Broad). Live jazz and refreshments will spice the Malcolm X Day Black Book Exposition on Saturday evening.

Celebrity Guest Authors will make presentations at the Exposition, and there will be Independent Black Writers. These writers will come, for the most part, from the publishing house of UBUS.

All Black writers are respectfully invited to send books to be sold at the Expo, or attend and participate.

Elegba Folklore Society, Richmond’s Cultural Ambassador, was founded by Sister Omilade Janine Bell, whose signature spectacular career as a cultural artist, folklorist and producer was the springboard used to form the Society in 1990. Elegba Folklore Society is known worldwide for its three annual cultural festivals, dance theatre and music performing and teaching programs, cultural history tours along the Trail of Enslaved Africans and other notable sites and exhibits of African Diasporic art in its cultural center. www.efsinc.org

United Brothers and United Sisters Communications Systems was founded by H. Khalif Khalifah in Harlem, New York in 1975. A Master Printer, Khalifah has plied his trade into the publication of more than 600 different titles. Fundamentally, he is the catalyst that reconstructed the book buying habits of Black people. Without a marketplace to receive his and his colleagues’ publications, he built and grew a comprehensive Black Book Industry.

UBUS has promoted and sponsored dozens of national book events, published Your Black Books Guide and has presented the Black Book Achievement Awards for Excellence in Black Literature in 19 installments on the first weekend of June. This event has happened in recent years at The Nat Turner Library in Southampton County. www.black-e-books.com

Among the Yoruba, Elegba is the Orisa who opens the roads, bringing clarity our of confusion. We hope our programs and services are, indeed, road-opening experiences. Embrace the Spirit!

THE ELEVATION OF THE QUEEN MOTHERS - April 5th through April 30th
2013-04-05 10:00 - 2013-04-30 17:00
Come behold a new gallery exhibit at Elegba Folklore Society giving honor to the Ancestral Queen Mothers of RVA.
THE ELEVATION OF THE QUEEN MOTHERS is presented by Ms. Maat Free and The Guardians of African Ancestral Remembrance in RVA. Photo Credits: Patience Salgado.
This exhibit is interactive. You will be able to sit down and craft an altar card to establish a sacred space within your own home. Bring your family and your friends.
The Guardians for African Ancestral Remembrance in RVA were inspired to perform the elevation ceremony in March 2013 because that is International Womens History Month.
The exhibit features a collection of photographs depicting a celebration to honor the mighty women of RVA from our earliest known African Ancestral Mother, Queen Mother Betsy all the way up to the last to make her transition, our Beloved Queen Mother Joyce Branch.
Learn these women’s stories, seek guidance from their collective wisdom. Gain insight about the age-old practice of Ancestor Veneration and lifting up the names of those with impeccable character and strength, upon whose shoulders we stand.
Group Ancestral Remembrance workshops can be arranged.
For more information please call 804 564 6163 or send your email inquiries to oracle@myclearpeople.com
VIsit us on the web at www.MYCLEARPEOPLE.com

[Exhibition] Africa in Portraits - On exhibit through June 30th
2013-04-01 10:00 - 2013-06-30 17:00
Africa in Portraits
Africa in Portraits is the exhibit in Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center, 101 E Broad St, corner of 1st & Broad in the downtown Arts District. The exhibition runs through June 30.
Africa in Portraits features the paintings and print of Joseph Harris’. He has been an artist since he learned how to hold a pencil in his hand. He evolved from drawing to painting throughout his primary school years, and he developed his craft to become a competitive award winner. Joseph Harris is certified in Commercial Art from The Art Instruction School in Minneapolis, Minnesota and in Fine Art from The Brookline Institute in Anaheim, California. He currently resides in Richmond.
