Cabral/Truth Circle
TransAfrica Forum at Busboys and Poets: The Cabral/Truth Circle
Film/Book Discussion on Africa and the African Diaspora
"If we are going to forge a 21st century movement for peace and justice, we must first understand the plight of our brethren around the world. The Cabral/Truth Circles are designed to educate and then motivate our community to take action against tyranny, racism and all forms of war.”
—Nicole Lee, Executive Director, TransAfrica Forum
The Cabral/Truth Circle is a combination of a great film festival and an exciting book club that focuses on the history and political movements of Africa and the African Diaspora. Every other month TransAfrica Forum shows a short documentary and hosts a discussion linking history and current affairs, thus encouraging individual and collective activism.
The Cabral/Truth Circle is named in honor of Amilcar Cabral and Sojourner Truth. Amilcar Cabral was one of Africa’s most successful and thoughtful leaders. He led the anti-colonialism movement in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. Sojourner Truth petitioned the government and won back her five-year-old son who had been sold illegally. She spent the rest of her days traveling throughout the country encouraging the debate to end slavery and the creation of a peaceful society.
The venue is Busboys and Poets, one of the most exciting new establishments in the Washington area. Busboys and Poets is a restaurant, bookstore and gathering place for people who believe that social justice and peace are attainable goals. Admission is free, but space is limited. We encourage you to have dinner with us and change the world.
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-POET
www.busboysandpoets.com
Upcoming Events
April 28, 2008, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
TransAfrica Forum's Viewpoint Lecture Series presents a presentation and discussion Rwanda: Women and the Post-Genocide Society featuring
Anyango Reggy of Howard University's African Studies Department
May 1, 2008, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
International Workers Day Celebration symposium "Global Capital-Global Unions" presented by: The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO; Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO; TransAfrica Forum
National Labor College
May 2, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Discussion with Harold Alegria Gamboa Representative of SINTRAMARITIMO (Colombian Dock Workers Union) at TransAfrica Forum
TransAfrica Forum's Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library's Readers' Corner featuring The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption by John Perkins
Past Events
WHUT, Howard University, Africa Action and TransAfrica Forum
present Iron Ladies of Liberia with panel featuring Dr. Greg Carr, Dr. Lorenzo Morris and Emira Woods
TransAfrica Forum, with the American Friends Service Committee and the New York-based African Services Committee present a screening and discussion of the award-wining film BAMAKO
Venue: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NYC
April 17, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Cuba and the Struggle Against Apartheid: The Battle of Cuito-Cuanavale
April 14, 2008, 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Cabral/Truth Circle at Busboys and Poets: "Free Trade vs.
Human Rights: The Case of Afro-Colombians"
Films presented: En Busca de una Vida Digna (In Search of a Dignified Life) by Rob Davenport and Alvsia Childs and
Raised by Our Own Authority by Mauricio Acosta
Books featured: Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest and Destabilization by Mario A. Murillo
The Profits of Extermination: How U.S. Corporate Power is Destroying Colombia by Francisco Ramirez Cuellar
April 9, 2008, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
UDC Open Forum--“Violence Against Women” Insights into Effective Local and Global Policies and Practices
April 10, 2008, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Zimbabwe We Want: Reporting the Views and Visions of Zimbabwe's Grassroots Communities
TransAfrica Forum, afrikafé and AFI present the New African Films Festival at AFI Silver Theatre Featuring DC Premieres of FESPACO winner EZRA, U.S. Premiere of TARTINA CITY, JUJU FACTORY,
NAMIBIA: THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION and more
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