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Publisher Will Hire Nine Part-time Sales and Marketing Associates to Work Its Philadelphia Book Festival Exhibit 20 Mar 2009, 8:00 pm

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers Inc. has openings for nine part-time sales and marketing associates to staff its exhibit at the Philadelphia Book Festival on April 18 and 19, 2009. Interested individuals must submit their applications by March 31, 2009.

(PRWeb March 21, 2009)

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Local Hero Returns Home Golden to Share His Story of Victory On and Off the Olympic Field 15 Oct 2008, 8:00 pm

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers introduces to the literary world Kamp Olympik. An Olympic gold medalist in the pole vault in 1960, Don Bragg returns to the Tri-State Area to promote his captivating and heartwarming memoir that relates the story of his power to change the hopes, aspirations, and mindsets of a generation of inner-city boys whom society had counted out. Don will greet the public at his book signings in Ardmore, PA, on October 25, 2008, and in the Historic Town of Smithville, Galloway, NJ, on October 29, 2008.

(PRWeb October 16, 2008)

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Last Call for 2007 Africana Homestead Literary Contest Entries 22 Feb 2008, 7:00 pm

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) issues its last call for entries for the company's annual short story and poetry contests. AHLP invites adults, youth, and children to send their best work to highlight the black experience in the U.S. by March 31, 2008. Youth and children may enter for free, and the full guidelines are posted on the company's Web site at http://www.ahlpub.com/Literary_Contests.html. AHLP will publish the 2007 winning entries in Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume 4.

(PRWeb February 23, 2008)

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Call for Entries for the 2006 Africana Homestead Short Story and Poetry Contests 31 Jul 2006, 8:00 pm

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) calls for entries for its popular short story and poetry contests for amateur writers and poets to highlight the black experience in the US. Adults, youth, and children should submit their best works for judging by a panel of authors and educators. Submissions must be postmarked by October 31, 2006 and the full guidelines, entry fees, and a description of awards are posted on the company’s website. AHLP will publish the 2006 winning entries in its annual monograph, Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume III May 2007.

(PRWeb August 01, 2006)

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AHLP Releases "The African Interior Mission," C. William Allen’s Updated Novel 15 Jul 2006, 8:00 pm

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers has released C. William Allen’s "The African Interior Mission," a remake of his second novel, "The African Interior Mission School" (1992). Allen masterfully crafts the story of teenage life and coming-of-age in Liberia. Sixteen-year-old Jerry Saye Gompa leaves his rural home to attend a Christian boarding school. His adventures with his best friend, Obadiah (OB) Dixon, Obadiah (OB) Dixon, show the dichotomy of country and "kwi" (city) values, traditional religion, teenage romance, politics, polygamy, and death.

(PRWeb July 16, 2006)

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FSU Professor Completes Comprehensive Study of N'ko, a West African Writing System 31 Jan 2006, 7:00 pm

Historian Dianne White Oyler, an associate professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, has completed her much anticipated study on N'ko, a writing system used by the Mande people of West Africa. Its founder, Souleymane Kanté, was born near Kankan, Guinea in 1922. Dr. Oyler’s The History of N’ko and its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons was published November 2005 by Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers and is available for purchase from booksellers in the United States and overseas.

(PRWeb February 01, 2006)

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AHLP Expands Call for Entries for 2005 Literary Contests and Releases First Volume of New Literary Collection 4 May 2005, 8:00 pm

The Africana Homestead 2005 Short Story and Poetry Contests are sponsored by Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP). In 2004 AHLP established this contest to support emerging, amateur poets in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware and to honor the legacy of African Americans and recent black immigrants who live in those states. The contests are now open to residents of all 50 States and the territories of the United States of America.

(PRWeb May 05, 2005)

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Literary Contests for Emerging Black Poets and Writers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware 13 Apr 2004, 8:00 pm

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) has established two annual literary contests. The Africana Homestead 2004 Poetry Contest and the Africana Homestead 2004 Short Story Contest will promote the works of amateur poets and writers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware who honor the historic or present-day black experience in those states. Individuals or co-authors may enter the children, youth, or adult categories and submit their entries by June 30, 2004. AHLP will publish an anthology of the works of the winners and honorable mentions and give awards to the top three finalists in each age group.

(PRWeb April 14, 2004)

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HYMAN TOURS TO PROMOTE BOOK THAT TELLS OF FLAWED US POLICY TOWARDS LIBERIA 14 Sep 2003, 8:00 pm

Lester S. Hyman, a noted Washington, D.C. attorney with 48 years experience in law, government, and politics, has started a tour that started late summer 2003 and will continue through summer 2004 to promote his provocative new book, "United States Policy Towards Liberia, 1822 to 2003: Unintended Consequences?" His 2003 itinerary includes appearances in ten cities in three countries: Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, eight U.S. cities -- New York, Nashville, Sacramento, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Boston, and Chicago, and London, U.K. He is available for additional interviews, and private and public appearances.

(PRWeb September 15, 2003)

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