DERBY - The Black Lives Matter protests that swept through the nation in 2020 made many Americans question their own beliefs and long held assumptions about race and privilege in America.
Join us [at Derby Neck Library] on Tuesday, June 8 at 6 p.m. via Zoom for this educational and multicultural presentation with author Manju Soni.
Manju will give a brief overview of her experiences growing up in South Africa under the system of racial separation called apartheid, and draws parallels with America’s own past and present experiences with racism.
She will trace the drivers of racism in both countries, and reflect on her personal experiences of how South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission worked to dismantle apartheid, and the lessons America can learn from it.
To register for the Zoom link, please call 203-734-1492.
Manju Soni was born and grew up under apartheid in South Africa, where she trained as an ophthalmologist. At a young age she was introduced to social justice issues in high school during the student protests called the Soweto Uprising.
Then, apartheid police killed close to 200 people, most of them middle and high school students.
Her debut nonfiction book, When Lions Roared: How Brave Young People Defied Apartheid, captures her experiences during these tumultuous times.
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