Where’s my jetpack? Robot servants? Hovercrafts? Follies of Science explores the utopian promises and other bizarre predictions that never came true: radium suppositories, blimp superhighways, mile high buildings, and foam homes. Professor Eric Dregni and his brother Jonathan Dregni will show yesterdays’ visions of the future.
Join the Library as we celebrate National Library Week (April 8-14) with a book talk and multimedia presentation by author and Concordia professor Eric Dregni (and his brother Jonathan). This will take place on the Main Level of the Library Technology Center on Wednesday, April 11th at Noon.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Visit the Bunce Island “Slave Castle” Exhibit in Concordia’s Library
“Because of its many important links to North America, Bunce
Island is arguably the most important site in Africa for the United States”.
Such is the claim of the exhibit currently able to be seen
in the Concordia library. It is entitled
“Bunce Island: A British Slave Castle in Sierra Leone”.
Having checked out the exhibit, I highly recommend that you
visit it if you get the opportunity.
Bunce Island is located in Sierra Leone (“Lion Mountain”) in
Africa, named for the mountainous peninsula that is visible for many miles
along the W. African Coast. On the island
was one of forty "slave castles" that operated in Africa during the heyday of
chattel slavery. Between the years of
1670-1807 some 30,000 Africans were held captive there.
Those who were captured were from the “Rice Coast”, which is
the rice-growing region of West Africa. Slave
auction posters from Charleston, S.C. and Savannah, Georgia (where many of
these slaves ended up – their descendants are called the “Gullah” people), tout
this fact, since slaves who had the technical knowledge of rice-farming were in
demand.
The exhibit also brings several other interesting things to
our attention, including some disturbing details of how and why slaves were captured
and treated, the requirement that the slave traders leasing the island (from an
African King) be married to local women (so they could be spied on), the
connections between some influential American revolutionaries and the Bunce
Island "enterprise", “homecomings” of some of the slave’s descendants who have
recently traveled back to the island, and current efforts to preserve the castle on the island.
Take the time to learn more about Bunce Island, made possible by the
Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and other supporters.
Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bunce_Island_map.JPG
Friday, March 2, 2012
Spring Break Library Hours
"Spring Melt" by Sharon Barr |
Saturday, March 3rd - Sunday, March 4th: Closed
Monday, March 5th - Thursday, March 8th: 9:00 AM - 7 PM
Friday, March 9th: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, March 10th: Closed
Sunday: March 11th: 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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