Q&A with Aberjhani discussion

From GdeScholar: “Since the first edition of your Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance had its 10th anniversary last year, do you plan on releasing a special edition sometime in the next few years in observation of the 100th anniversary of the renaissance?


I like the idea of that a lot but so far, to be honest with you, it hasn’t received the kind of support you might think it would. If I don’t do something with the encyclopedia itself, then I wouldn’t mind doing a completely different book altogether but related to the Harlem Renaissance.

That’s kind of what prompted the creation of the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance initiative. It’s about properly recognizing the centennial with new publications, staged dramatizations, films, symposiums, and other events. And instead of trying to squeeze all of that into a single year, we should probably look at planning for a decade of events just because so many seminal moments occurred over a wide period of time. You can check out more about the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance initiative at the website: http://www.100th-anniversary-of-the-h...