28377: Vedrine (announce) Bernard DIEDERICH to speak @ UMass-Boston (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: E Vedrine <evedrine@hotmail.com>


Bernard DIEDERICH to speak @ UMass-Boston

THE AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF
MASSACHUSETTS-BOSTON PRESENTS:

Bernard DIEDERICH – Journalist and author of many books about the Caribbean. 
Author of  “Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoutes”. During his professional career 
as a journalist and author, DIEDERICH has won many distinctions. They include: 
The 1976 Maria Moors Cabot Gold Medal (conferred by Columbia University, New 
York), The 1983 Overseas Press Club’s Mary Hemingway citation for the best 
reporting from abroad, The 2003 James Nelson Goodsell Award (conferred by 
Florida International University) and the Caonabo de Oro 2003 (by the Dominican 
Journalist Association)… DIEDERICH will present his new book: “Le Prix du sang” 
(The Price of blood), the stories of the young people who lost their lives 
fighting Duvalier’s dictatorship.

Sunday, April 30, 2006 (4 pm) at the Small Auditorium 1st floor (Science 
Building).
For more information, please contact the Africana Studies @ (617) 287-6790