As part of our Online Author Series\, enjo y a conversation with popular CNN anchor Zain E. Asher as she discusses he r moving and inspiring memoir "Where the Children Take Us."
\nIn "Wh ere the Children Take Us\," Zain E. Asher\, tells the story of her mother' s harrowing fight to raise four children as a widowed immigrant in South L ondon. There is tragedy in this tale\, but it is not a tragedy itself. Dra wing on tough-love parenting strategies\, Obiajulu Ejiofor teaches her son s and daughters to overcome the daily pressures of poverty\, crime and pre judice &mdash\; and much more. With her relentless support\, the children exceed all expectations &mdash\; becoming a CNN anchor\, an Oscar-nominate d actor (Asher's older brother is Chiwetel Ejiofor)\, a medical doctor and a thriving entrepreneur.
\nWhen grief threatens to engulf her fract ured family after a fatal accident\, Obiajulu\, suddenly a single mother i n a foreign land\, refused to accept defeat. As her children veered down t he wrong path\, she instated a family book club with Western literary clas sics\, testing their resolve and challenging their deeper understanding. D esperate for inspiration\, she plastered newspaper clippings of Black succ ess stories on the walls and hunted for over-achieving neighbors to serve as role models\, all while running Shakespeare theatre lines with her son and finishing homework into the early morning with Zain. When distractions persisted\, she literally cut the TV cord and installed a residential pay phone.
\nThe story of a woman who survived genocide\, famine\, pove rty and crushing grief to rise from war-torn Africa to the streets of Sout h London and eventually the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace\, "Where th e Children Take Us" is an unforgettable portrait of strength\, tenacity\, love and perseverance embodied in one towering woman.
\nAbou t the Author: \;Born and raised in London\, Zain E. Asher gra duated from Oxford University where she studied French and Spanish and gra duated with a distinction in oral Spanish. In 2006\, she earned an MS from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
\nAsher is an anchor for CNN International based in New York. She anchors the new global news program\, "One World With Zain Asher\," and also hosts "Marketplace Africa\," CNN International's weekly business show about the continent and its place within global markets. \;
\n"Where the Children Take Us" is her first book and was published in April 2022. \;
\nThis eve nt is part of \;DBRL's Online Auth or Series\, supported by David Lile honorarium funds. A recording will also be available for later viewing on the author series site.
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