Oops! We forgot to share our word of the week with you yesterday 😇😇😇

Here it is then 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

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Stéphanie St-Clair ✨

Gangster, civil rights advocate, fashionista, and businesswoman.

When her rival Dutch Schultz was assassinated, she sent him a deathbed telegram, saying: "As ye sow, so shall you reap."

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Prof. Wangari Maathai was the first woman in East Africa to earn a PhD.

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Ivorian – Cameroonian ! The Madre

✨ Which African woman artist today embodies that same creative freedom?

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We’ve been quiet because of the roadworks, but we are back — online. ✨

While we wait to welcome you in person again, join us here for words, books, and voices of African and Black women.

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Penda Mbaye: Culinary legend and mother of ceebu-jën Written by La Nich Media / Translation: Edwige Renée Dro

Some call it #Senegalese jollof - whatever that means. We know it as ceebu-jën or tieboudienne.

We continue our series on the women who inspire #1949books by shining our lights upon Madame Penda Mbaye.

As always, read the article: bit.ly/4kjEnI0 and don't forget to subscribe!

We are making use of the time that roadworks are taking place in front of the library - making access difficult but not impossible - to do some renovation works too.

Can't wait to unveil!!!

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