{"id":3102,"date":"2011-08-31T16:05:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T20:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?post_type=cu-events&p=3102"},"modified":"2011-09-13T23:23:02","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T03:23:02","slug":"drink-the-bitter-root","status":"publish","type":"cu-events","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/drink-the-bitter-root\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink the Bitter Root"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carleton University\u2019s Institute of African Studies and the Centre for Media and Transitional Societies present<\/p>\n
Gary Geddes and Drink the Bitter Root: a writer\u2019s search for justice and redemption in Africa<\/p>\n
When: Thursday September 15, 2011, NEW START of 5 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
Where: The Arts Lounge – 2017 Dunton Tower*, Carleton University<\/p>\n
Gary Geddes has written and edited more than 40 books and has received numerous literary awards, including the British Columbia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence andChile’s Gabriela Mistral Prize. He is the author of two bestselling travel memoirs, The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things and Sailing Home. He also recently wrote an op-ed article on Somaliland in the Globe & Mail. He lives on Thetis Island, British Columbia.<\/p>\n