A Family Friendly Event, hosted by the Blackout Arts Collective & sponsored by Sankofa Video and Book Store

Every Friday, from Spring to Fall, 7:00-9:00 PM.
Sankofa Video and Books, 2714 Georgia Ave, NW
Close to Howard University, right off of the 70 and 71 bus lines
Metro: Howard/Shaw (Green Line)
Cost: FREE

Please bring your art to share with all!

Yoo-Hoo! I want to go to college; Is anybody there?
Parents/Students: If you find yourself asking this question, come to College Entrance Workshop Night.

Host: Sankofa Video and Book
Date: November 15, 2003
Time: 4:00 pm
Cost: FREE

Come and discuss options you may not have considered
with our very informative speakers from:
The Greater Washington College Info Ctr.
GTU Office of Recruiting
Howard University

Teen Book & Video Club Sponsors their Premier Book Signing with 16 year old author, Sara Gabriel

Host: Sankofa Video and Book
Date: November 8, 2003
Time: 4:30pm
Cost: Free and open to the public

"Facing holiday menus with concerns about how you can avoid feeling guilty later? You are not the only one. Sixteen year-old Sara B.Gabriel has written a recipe book titled, "Better Eat Well than Sorry." After Sara lost 50 lbs. her friends and relatives strongly encouraged her to share her favorite meals in this quaint collection of simple recipes, many with Ethiopian spices!

How about trying Orange Zest Wild Rice, using orange peels, Ethiopian Spiced Potatoes or Red Hot Spiced Chicken Pieces? She will be signing the book at Sankofa Video and Books, sponsored by their Teen Book & Video Club, 4:30pm, November 8, 2003. Stop by Sankofa Bookstore, 2714 Georgia Ave, and check it out!

The Teen Book and Video Club is run entirely by teens. They are launching their club with their premier book signing, by non other than a teen-writer, Ms. Sara Gabriel. The club will read books, view videos and eat pizza, pretty much as they see fit. So spread the word if you or a teen you know would love to spend a couple of hours, having fun the first Saturday of every month.

Firpo Carr, Ph.D
Dr. Carr will show "Hitler's Black Victims" video as part of his presentation

Host: Sankofa Video and Book
Date: October 23, 2003
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: Free and open to the public

* Dr. Firpo Carr spoke to standing room only audience. His book, Germany's Black Holocaust, 1890-1945 is still available. To order Call 1-800-524-3895; $19.99 + 3.75

In the 1890s Blacks were tortured in German concentration camps in Southwest Africa (now called Namibia) when Adolph Hitler was only a child. Colonial German doctors conducted unspeakable medical experiments on these emaciated helpless Africans decades before such atrocities were ever visited upon the Jews.

Thousands of Africans were massacred. Regrettably, historians neglected to properly register the slaughter-that is, to lift it from the footnote in history that it had been relegated to-until now.

In an attempt to give the incidents their rightful recognition in the historical context of the Holocaust, Dr. Firpo W. Carr has authored a new book entitled, Germany's Black Holocaust: 1890-1945. In it, he reveals the startling hidden history of Black victims of the Holocaust. The mayhem and carnage date back to the turn of the 20th century, many years before there were ever any other unfortunate victims-Jew or Gentile-of the Holocaust.

Carr conducted three incredibly revealing interviews with: (1) a Black female Holocaust victim; (2) the Black commanding officer who liberated 8,000 Black men from a concentration camp; and (3) an African American medic from the all-Black medical unit that was responsible for retrieving thousands of dead bodies from Dachau. (White medical units were spared the gruesome task.)

"Kay," the Black female Holocaust survivor, laments: "You cannot possibly comprehend the anger I have in me because of being experimented on in Dachau, and being called 'nigger girl' and 'blacky' while growing up."

Testimonials from the Black commanding officer and African American medic are memorialized, for the first time ever, in Carr's book. The research is based on voluminous documentation, and more.

If you are like most people, you simply have never heard the unbelievable story of Black victims of the Holocaust. You are invited to read about the human spirit's triumph over events that occurred during this horrible piece of hidden history.