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(Jennifer Moreau)

Interview with Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes

Interview with Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes


Length: 0:00:00
Uploaded: 16 Oct, 2010

Recording Date: 14 Oct, 2010
Recording Location: Burnaby, B.C.
Logsheet: none
Language: English
Topical for: 6 Months
Status: Complete, Ready to Air
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Program Title: Interview with Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes
Description: Interview with Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes. He talks about writing, slavery and black history in Canada.

Host(s): Jennifer Moreau
Featured Speakers/Guests: Lawrence Hill

Credits: Jennifer Moreau

Comments: INTRO FOR HOST TO READ:
Jennifer Moreau caught up with Lawrence Hill, an award-winning Canadian author. His acclaimed novel, The Book of Negroes, follows the life of an 11-year-old African girl in the 1700s. She was kidnapped from her village in Mali and sold into slavery.
Hill was in Vancouver, speaking at a fundraising event on Oct. 14 for Canadian Crossroads International. Hill has volunteered with the organization on aid projects in West Africa.
Here he is, speaking on Canadian black history, writing and 21st century slavery.

Runs: 5:01 (five minutes, one second)

OUTTRO:
That was Jennifer Moreau, speaking with author Lawrence Hill in Burnaby.

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Society and Culture > Racism
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