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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Black Shield Maiden with Willow Smith
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:The MLK Library is thrilled to host singer\, songwriter\, and 
 activist Willow Smith on her debut book\, Black Shield Maiden in partnersh
 ip with MahoganyBooks..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/10557124
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>A riveting science fiction fantasy novel s
 teeped in African roots and Viking lore\, <em>Black Shield Maiden&nbsp\;</
 em>by Willow Smith and Jess Hendel is a powerful and groundbreaking histor
 ical saga about an African warrior in the war of Vikings.</p>\n<p>We are l
 ooking forward to you joining us for this powerful conversation. The DC Pu
 blic Library Foundation is supporting this program by donating copies of t
 he book to select attendees. Register for your chance to attend and learn 
 more about the book below. (The KNOWYOURPOWER24 tickets are now sold out.)
 </p>\n<p>Event guidelines are subject to change.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Books will
  be pre-signed.</li>\n<li>Parking is limited. Ridesharing highly encourage
 d.</li>\n<li>Note: all books must be picked up at our National Harbor loca
 tion within two weeks of the event date. Those not retrieved will be donat
 ed to a local organization.</li>\n<li>Photographs may be taken during the 
 event WITHOUT FLASH.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>An ASL Interpreter will be av
 ailable for this event.</strong></p>\n<p><strong>For reasonable accommodat
 ions\, please contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or <a h
 ref="mailto:DCPLaccess@dc.gov.">DCPLaccess@dc.gov.&nbsp\;</a></strong></p>
 \n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></p>
 \n<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>Stream the Event<
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  style="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>Black Shield Maiden</strong>
 </span></h4>\n<p>Lore\, legend\, and history tell us of the Vikings: warri
 or kings on epic journeys of conquest and plunder. But the stories we know
  are not the only stories to tell. There is another story\, one that has b
 een lost to the mists of time: the saga of the dark queen.</p>\n<p>This sa
 ga begins with Yafeu\, a defiant yet fiercely compassionate young warrior 
 who is stolen from her home in the flourishing Ghānaian empire and take
 n to a distant kingdom in the North. There she is thrust into a strange\, 
 cold world of savage shield maidens\, tyrannical rulers\, and mysterious g
 ods.</p>\n<p>Yafeu may have lost her home\, but she still knows who she is
 \, and she&rsquo\;s not afraid to be the flame that burns a city to the gr
 ound so a new world can rise from the ashes. She will alter the course of 
 history&mdash\;and become the revolutionary heroine of her own myth.</p>\n
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