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TONIGHT! Isaiah Washington at Eso Won!

Meet author/activist/actor ISAIAH WASHINGTON as he discusses and signs

A Man from Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life

From 7 – 9 pm at Eso Won Bookstore

In this inspirational memoir, Grey’s Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington explains how filling in the gaps of his past led him to discover a new passion: helping those less fortunate. DNA testing revealed that Washington was descended from the Mende people, who today live in Sierra Leone. For many people, the story would end with the results of the search; for Isaiah, it had just begun. Discovering his roots has given him a new purpose, to lead an inspirational life defined by faith and charity.
After visiting Sierra Leone, and researching the country and its needs, Washington forged a strong relationship with the Mende people, and was inducted as Chief Gondobay Manga in May 2006. He established The Gondobay Manga Foundation to institute many improvements suggested by the country’s people, addressing educational concerns, practical issues (road building, water supply, and electricity), and rehabilitative projects.

Dual citizenship has been a dream of African-Americans such as W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, but Washington became the first to realize that honor in 2008. A twofold milestone, it was also the first time an African president granted citizenship based on DNA.

Come early and enjoy yourself.

Eso Won Bookstore
4331 Degnan Blvd. LA.
90008
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LA EVENTS: Sister Souljah at Eso Won Bookstore

Sister Souljah, the New York Times bestselling author of The Coldest Winter Ever andMidnight, delivers her most compelling and enlightening story yet. With Midnight and The Meaning of Love, Souljah brings to her millions of fans an adventure about young, deep love, the ways in which people across the world express their love, and the lengths that they will go to have it.

Powerful and sensual, Midnight is an intelligent, fierce fighter and Ninjutsu-trained ninja warrior. He attracts attention wherever he goes but remains unmoved by it and focuses on protecting his mother and sister and regaining his family’s fortunes. When Midnight, a devout Muslim, takes sixteen-year-old Akemi from Japan as his wife, they look forward to building a life together, but their tumultuous teenage marriage is interrupted when Akemi is kidnapped and taken back to Japan by her own father, even though the marriage was consummated and well underway.

“There’s not one drop of inferiority in my blood,” Midnight says as he first secures his mother, Umma, and sister, Naja, before setting off on a global journey to reclaim his wife. Midnight must travel across three countries and numerous cultures in his attempt to defeat his opponent. Along this magnificent journey he meets people who change him forever, even as he changes them. He encounters temptations he never would have imagined and takes risks that many a lesser man would say no to, all for the women he loves and is sworn to protect.

See Sister Souljah on Monday, May 2, 2011 from 7 – 9 pm

Eso Won Bookstore
4331 Degnan Blvd. LA.
90008
(323) 290-1048
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LA EVENTS: Spike Lee & Nikki Giovanni at Eso Won!

LA Babies, start 2011 off right by visiting Eso Won Books and meet Nikki Giovanni as she discusses, Hip Hop Speaks to Children and The 100 Best African American Poems this Friday, January 7th from 7 – 9 pm. Return on Saturday, January 8th to meet Spike Lee as he celebrates the 20th anniversary of Do The Right Thing at Eso Won from 7 – 9 pm. Get your copies signed and besure to get there early, as space is limited! Eso Won Books is located in Leimert Park at 4331 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008.

See you there!