Booklovers at the Pratt featuring Imbolo Mbue

400 Cathedral Street,Baltimore MD 21201

05 February, 2022

Description

Booklovers at the Pratt will feature Imbolo Mbue. Joining Imbolo Mbue in conversation is M'Balu Bangura. IMBOLO MBUE is the author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. The novel has been translated into eleven languages, adapted into an opera and a stage play, and optioned for a miniseries. Her new novel, How Beautiful We Were, is about what happened when a fictional African village decided to fight against an American oil company that had been polluting its land for many years. A native of Limbe, Cameroon, and a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia Universities, Mbue lives in New York. M'Balu "Lu" Bangura is an experienced Civil Rights Investigator, Risk Analyst, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional. She considers herself an Inequity Eliminator and has spent her academic and professional career as a social justice advocate and promoter of diversity, equity, and inclusion for all. Lu is currently the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for Enoch Pratt Free Library and Maryland State Library Resource Center. In this role, she is responsible for leading and overseeing the library's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. In her previous role with the City, Lu played a vital role in expanding the Office of Civil Rights to the Office of Equity and Civil Rights. Lu served as the City's Equity Specialist where she managed the city-wide equity initiative. Even though COVID-19 safety protocols prevent us from hosting breakfast, Booklovers is back in-person at the Pratt! COVID-19 safety procedures will be in place. Please review COVID protocols here. No food or drink will be present at the event. Seating is limited to 200. All seats are reserved in order of receipt of registration and payment. All sales are final. No refunds will be given. Book sales provided by MahoganyBooks. We serve the residents of Baltimore with locations throughout the city, and the residents of Maryland as the State Library Resource Center. Our mission is "to provide equal access to information, services, and opportunities that empower, enrich, and enhance the quality of life for all."