THIS WEEK IN SAMINAKA--Sept. 22-28, 2009

Tues, Sept. 22 at 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 (it 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.

This week we will each be taking individual directions with the prompt "Africa" Come join us!

Thursday, Sept. 24 at 1 pm slt. European decorate your canoe workshop (American workshop next week)! Saminaka's African Festival is coming up fast, and you'll want to be part of the regatta--and maybe win a prize! The regatta is a Nigerian-style festive event, whereby participants decorate a canoe with canopy, pennants, even revolving platforms! If you're a regular builder, all you need to do is look at a slideshow, and you'll be on your way--but if you don't build much, you need a feel for how it's done. We'll give you a free, modifiable canoe and some full-perm pennants with instructions to get you started!