Hi Emma:

PBS ran the program again tonight, and we just watched it.  Amazing!  I
am embarrassed to acknowledge we did not know about Abdul Rahman
Ibrahima Sori before watching the documentary.  

Here is an article from Time.com which provides some really interesting
background.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1709229,00.html?xid=rss-arts
It turns out that the book, on which the program is based, was written
in 1977! Our team will definitely produce a story about this.

Isn't the Internet a marvelous way to communicate?  THANKS, Emma, for
alerting us to this terrific program.

Best regards,
Carole


>>> Ebourassa at tru.ca 02/05/08 4:02 PM >>>

Carole, 
I watched a fascinating program on PBS last night about an African
Prince from Timbuctu who was a slave for 40 years, then gained support
to get freedom and head back to Africa. Is this something in your
repertoire? I believe the title was The Prince- I just caught it part
way in. It was a different kind of story which I thoroughly enjoyed. e

Emma Bourassa
English as a Second or Additional Language/ Teaching English as a Second
Language Instructor
ESAL Department
Thompson Rivers University
900 McGill Road. P.O. Box 3010
Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5N3
(250) 371-5895
fax 371-5514
ebourassa at tru.ca


>>> Carole Bos <cbos at bosglazier.com> 05/02/2008 10:55 am >>>

During February we commemorate African-American Heritage Month and
recall numerous world events:  Explosion of the shuttle Columbia,
Parliament's abolishment of the slave-trade law, opening of King Tut's
tomb and FDR's Executive Order 9066 (resulting in Japanese-American
internment camps).  Learn the details of those, and other events, in
this summary of February Highlights. 
http://www.awesomestories.com/Newsletters/Feb%20Newsletter.htm  

Also provided is a listing of topics (which link to primary sources)
for slavery, World War I and World War II (with separate sections for
the war in Europe and the war in the Pacific). 

Group access to the site is free for all schools, libraries and
educators.  Request group access with this form. 
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also free for students and members of the general public.  Select an
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https://www.awesomestories.com/signup.php?ua=individual_signup  The
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Carole Bos
Dean's Advisory Board
Grand Valley State University
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