PRESS RELEASE: Book Launch Book Launch Book Launch Book Launch Book Launch
THURSDAY JULY 30 8PM – 10PM
Some proceeds will be going to Literacy through Hip Hop
(TORONTO – July 22, 2009)
Author Mc-Anthony Keah in collaboration with Parkdale Project Read—Literacy through
Hip Hop will be launching his new book: Growing Up Naked: The Untold Stories of
Children At War on Thursday July 30th 2009 at the Teranga African Bar Restaurant, 159
Augusta Ave. at the intersection of Augusta and Dundas street.
In Liberia, the civil conflict that lasted for over a decade not only tore down the country
and broke families apart, it also destroyed the lives of thousands of children, leaving
them with wounds deeper than the eye can see. Like in much of the
African continent, and some other parts of the world, little boys and girls were taught to
be killers.
In Growing Up Naked: The Untold Stories of Children at War, Mc-Anthony Keah
captures the story of the inner pain of child soldiers. In a powerful voice using fictional
characters, the author brings together the child soldier victims, a Canadian research
student, and the world (conference participants), to explain what it means for these
children and the implication for the world.
The launch organizers would like to invite you to watch a brief slide show on Liberia and
listen to Mc-Anthony speak about his new book.
Please visit Mc-Anthony’s website at www.growingupnaked.info or call (647) 892-5471
for more details.
This LAUNCH is free. Copies of the Growing Up Naked: the untold stories of
children at war will be available for purchase.