[Goanet] Invitation to Book Launch: Shadow of the Palm Tree by Vatsala Mendonca - 7 April 2019, 6.30 pm

[Sunaparanta - Goa Centre for Arts]

Sunaparanta – Goa Centre for the Arts invites you to celebrate the book
launch of Shadow of the Palm Tree by Vatsala Mendonça on Sunday, 7th April
2019, 6.30 pm

 

The author will be in conversation with Journalist, Devika Sequeira.  The
book will be released by Novelist, Critic & Scriptwriter Damodar Mauzo

 

Shortlisted for the Jaipur BookMark’s First Book Club 2018, Shadow of the
Palm Tree spotlights a little-known facet of Goan history…the presence of
African slaves in Goa who were brought down from Portuguese-Africa.  Over
the years, some Goans not only bought slaves but joined the slave trade.
The novel tells the story of the Abreus who as a result of their role in
this lucrative trade, received not just power and prestige but a curse that
echoed across the generations.

 

Venue: Sunaparanta – Goa, Centre for the Arts, 63/C-8, Near Army House,
Altinho

E-invite is attached to this mail.

Open to all!

 

For more details, please call on 2421311 or write to:
<mailto:i...@sgcfa.org> i...@sgcfa.org