For the author of
We Love You, Charlie Freeman, writing is as much an adventure of discovering new history as it is an act of creative expression.
The legacy of medicine, trauma, motherhood and marriage in Black American communities provides the groundwork for Kaitlyn Greenidge’s second novel,
Libertie, an engrossing study of a headstrong mother and her equally headstrong daughter. Speaking by phone from Westborough, Massachusetts, Greenidge discusses her novel’s deep roots in history and the literary traditions created by Toni Morrison, whom she describes as “the mother of everything.”
Libertie was inspired by the true story of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, who in 1869 became the first Black female doctor in New York. She also co-founded the Brooklyn Women’s Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary at a time when homeopathy was considered state-of-the-art medicine. Greenidge learned about Dr. McKinney Steward and her family while working at the Weeksville Heritage Cen
Dr Mark Agyei donates to widows ahead of Christmas He made the donation over the weekend at the clinic’s headquarters in Dansoman, Accra. The items donated include bags of rice and Christmas hamper. Dr Mark Agyei also gave the widows cash. The extraordinary occasion dubbed ‘Widow Charity Ball 2020’ was attended by some respectable people in the country. Vice-Chancellor of Valley View University Prof Daniel Kwame Bediako, as well as gospel musicians Nacee and Cece Twum, were all in attendance. The Widow Charity Ball is an annual event put together by the award-winning doctor to put smiles on numerous widows before the festive season with this year being the seventh event.
Chief Executive Officer of New Life Homeopathic Clinic, Dr Mark Agyei has put smiles on the faces of widows by donating items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to over 100 widows ahead of the Christmas festive season.
He made the donation over the weekend at the clinic’s headquarters in Dansoman, Accra.
The items donated include bags of rice and Christmas hamper. Dr Mark Agyei also gave the widows cash.
The extraordinary occasion dubbed “Widow Charity Ball 2020” was attended by some respectable people in the country. Vice-Chancellor of Valley View University, Prof Daniel Kwame Bediako, as well as gospel musicians Nacee and Cece Twum, were all in attendance.