{"id":217,"date":"2017-11-01T10:46:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/?p=217"},"modified":"2017-11-01T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:46:18","slug":"professor-linda-heywoods-upcoming-talk-at-the-library-of-congress-on-queen-njingas-diplomacy-written-and-performed-nov-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/2017\/11\/01\/professor-linda-heywoods-upcoming-talk-at-the-library-of-congress-on-queen-njingas-diplomacy-written-and-performed-nov-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Linda Heywood\u2019s upcoming talk at the Library of Congress on \u201cQueen Njinga\u2019s Diplomacy: Written and Performed\u201d Nov 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, November 9, 2017, noon \u2013\u00a0 1 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Book Talk: \u201cQueen Njinga\u2019s Diplomacy: Written and Performed\u201d by Linda Heywood<\/strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>The African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division at the Library of Congress invites you to a book talk, \u201cQueen Njinga\u2019s Diplomacy: Written and Performed,\u201d by Linda Heywood.\u00a0 Dr. Heywood is Professor of African History and the History of the African Diaspora and African American Studies at Boston University. Her latest book is \u201cNjinga of Angola: Africa\u2019s Warrior Queen\u201d (Harvard University Press, 2017). Book signing to follow. Free and open to the public. Please allow time to clear security.<\/p>\n<p>Location: African and Middle Eastern Division Reading Room,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.loc.gov_visit_maps-2Dand-2Dfloor-2Dplans_jefferson-2Dbuilding-2Dsecond-2Dfloor_-3Floclr-3Dblogint&amp;d=DwMFAg&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=_qno1wKGxJotchEiHfqJhfMrr772-yFYjB-Us3KcR_M&amp;m=lwhb0R6pN2i_qfnQxrJgD75eSDKYn4L4j9E_Hmj_Mvo&amp;s=a478bx_DZ5ObjW9NEPheYt4m_JTXWQmhL5zwPQRVKfA&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\">LJ-220<\/a>, 2nd floor, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street SE, Washington, DC 20540. Metro stop:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.loc.gov_visit_directions_-3Floclr-3Dblogint&amp;d=DwMFAg&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=_qno1wKGxJotchEiHfqJhfMrr772-yFYjB-Us3KcR_M&amp;m=lwhb0R6pN2i_qfnQxrJgD75eSDKYn4L4j9E_Hmj_Mvo&amp;s=DNQ53BkK7ZoIPZ_UPBfefythYeA1HjlEp1IuYB5AIIs&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\">Capitol South<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Laverne Page, (202) 707-1979,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:mpag@loc.gov\" target=\"_blank\">mpag@loc.gov<\/a><br \/>\nRequest ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (Voice\/TTY) or email<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Ada@loc.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Ada@loc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, November 9, 2017, noon \u2013\u00a0 1 p.m. Book Talk: \u201cQueen Njinga\u2019s Diplomacy: Written and Performed\u201d by Linda Heywood The African Section of the African and Middle Eastern Division at the Library of Congress invites you to a book talk, \u201cQueen Njinga\u2019s Diplomacy: Written and Performed,\u201d by Linda Heywood.\u00a0 Dr. Heywood is Professor of African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/heywoodnjinga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}