THIS WEEK IN SAMINAKA--JULY 20 to 26

Tues., June 21, 6 pm SLT. Weekly meeting of Egbe Akowe Writers Group at the new Slates, Scrolls & Sticks, Saminaka's library cum bookstore. Join the group and receive its missives by hitting the Subscribe-o-Matic (doesn't add to group count) at the meeting location http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/174/194/30 or the Manatee Lookout Palm Wine Joint on Tarkwa Beach. Critique/sharing the first hour, then writing fun afterwards for the lingerers. Prepare to use BenGay--Acu Watanabe will split your sides with her wisecracking!

We had a great first meeting--come even if you haven't written this week and join the discussion and in-place exercises!

Wed., June 22. 6 pm SLT. Opening of the "Timbuktu's Ancient African Universities" slideshow and launching of the African Intellectual Traditions hippobook at Slates, Scrolls & Sticks at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/174/194/30

Ongoing for unspecified period. Visit Saminaka's booth at the "Show Me the Green" Expo on the

rooftop of the Museum of the African-American

Experience here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/136/213/28

Ongoing for 3 more weeks. The Middle Passage Experience has been relocated outside Treet.TV's studios. With more prims, it is more powerful than ever! Foliage surrounds the paths you take from freedom to slavery, and evocative sounds reinforce the move from everyday contentment to horror. Make history come alive! At http://slurl.com/secondlife/Northpoint/71/68/23