Upcoming

Celebrating African American Heritage Series. 7 p.m. Monday. Free. Forsyth County Public Library will present a series of guest lectures and discussions for adults through- out February to observe African American History Month. Paula Glover at 678-513-9367 or gloverp@forsythpl.org

■ 7 p.m. Monday. Free. Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road, Cumming. Fulbright Scholar Gnimbin A. Quattara, an associate professor of History and International Studies at Brenau University and a filmmaker from the Ivory Coast of West Africa, will speak on the initial African reaction to the Transatlantic slave trade with a focus on Adahu, the first African slave mentioned by name in historical documents.

■ 11 a.m. Feb. 9. Free. Sharon Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming. Sarah Tanner, head of the Archives Research Center at the Atlanta University Robert W. Woodruff Library, will speak on “African Americans in Times of War.” Then she will discuss how genealogists and other storytellers can access the center’s materials, where to find digital resources and the importance of archival material in telling this story.

■ 2 p.m. Feb. 9. Free. Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega St., Cumming. Jurgen E. Grandt of the University of North Georgia will present “Syncopated Switzerland: Hot Jazz in the Cold Alps.” He will explain how and why jazz music - African American in its origin - found its way to the heart of Alpine Europe.

■ 3 p.m. Feb. 23. Free. Hampton Park Library, 5345 Settingdown Road, Cumming. Ian Afflerbach of the University of North Georgia will conclude the series with a book clubstyle discussion of “Recitatif,” a short story by African-American author Toni Morrison who has won the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for her novels. Free copies of “Recitatif ” are available at the Ask Us desk of all four branches of the library.