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S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community artwork

S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community

Belonging to Blackness
S2 E1052:11
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Host Yndia is in conversation with Glory Edim, founder of #WellReadBlackGirl, author of Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, and the recipient of the Madam CJ Walker award from the Hurston/Wright Literary Foundation, the Innovator’s award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and an Outstanding Literary Work nomination from the NAACP Image Awards. Listen in as they discuss their love for books and the importance of celebrating African descended narratives in the current climate of #BlackLivesMatter globally. The post S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community appeared first on Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD.

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