The Bay Grandmothers
On October 13, 2011, Burris Devanney spoke to about 40 members of the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers Group of St. Margaret's Bay, NS. He praised the dedication of the grandmothers in Africa looking after their grandchildren orphaned by the AIDS pandemic and the support provided them in this critical work by grandmothers organizations in Canada. He discussed briefly his own and Louanne's work in Africa over many years and outlined some of the main themes of African Chronicles as they relate to development achievements and failures in Africa since the 1960s.
News Release: Public Meeting
Burris Devanney will read four brief excerpts from his new book African Chronicles – a memoir and engage his audience in a discussion on Africa and international development at a public meeting at the Cape Breton Regional Library in Sydney on Thursday, December 9, 2011 at 7:00 PM. The author will also be signing books at the Old Curiosity Shop, 296 Charlotte Street in Sydney on Friday, November 10 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM.
News: Book Launch
Burris & Louanne with artist Jacqui Mitchell (rt)
MEDIA RELEASE from New World Publishing: 18 November 2010
Book launch a huge success
Despite the wet, foggy weather in downtown Halifax and several other major events in the city, a large gathering assembled for the launch of African Chronicles - a memoir by author Burris Devanney at Saint Mary’s University Tower last evening (Nov. 17, 2010). A standing room only crowd in excess of 130 were enthralled by several readings by family, friends and colleagues, which included varied excerpts from this fascinating and wide ranging new title: often humorous passages, some more serious and perilous in tone, but ending up with very positive, yet challenging excepts from the Prologue/Epilogue by the author himself.
In his presentation, Burris Devanney presented challenges for Canada and other “first world countries” related to their role in International Development, especially in what are commonly labelled as “third world” countries. Devanney has a
collective 45-year engagement with Africa in over a half dozen individual nations. His message was not lost on the attentive crowd who stood in line for up to 30 minutes to obtain a signed copy of the book. On average virtually every person in attendance picked up a copy of African Chronicles at this event.
Recently returned from Ghana, Devanney travels this weekend to Montreal and Ottawa where he has meetings with the Canadian Teacher’s Federation, and will speak to the Ottawa South Rotary Club on his current work in Ghana, as well as about his book. The literary magazine Atlantic Books Today November issue contains a humorous, yet prophetic 1200-word excerpt from the book and a biography of the author.
Book launch a huge success
Despite the wet, foggy weather in downtown Halifax and several other major events in the city, a large gathering assembled for the launch of African Chronicles - a memoir by author Burris Devanney at Saint Mary’s University Tower last evening (Nov. 17, 2010). A standing room only crowd in excess of 130 were enthralled by several readings by family, friends and colleagues, which included varied excerpts from this fascinating and wide ranging new title: often humorous passages, some more serious and perilous in tone, but ending up with very positive, yet challenging excepts from the Prologue/Epilogue by the author himself.
In his presentation, Burris Devanney presented challenges for Canada and other “first world countries” related to their role in International Development, especially in what are commonly labelled as “third world” countries. Devanney has a
collective 45-year engagement with Africa in over a half dozen individual nations. His message was not lost on the attentive crowd who stood in line for up to 30 minutes to obtain a signed copy of the book. On average virtually every person in attendance picked up a copy of African Chronicles at this event.
Recently returned from Ghana, Devanney travels this weekend to Montreal and Ottawa where he has meetings with the Canadian Teacher’s Federation, and will speak to the Ottawa South Rotary Club on his current work in Ghana, as well as about his book. The literary magazine Atlantic Books Today November issue contains a humorous, yet prophetic 1200-word excerpt from the book and a biography of the author.
