Oyekan Owomoyela, the Ryan Chair of African Literature in the Department of English, gives the first African American Read-In lecture at the Bess Dodson Walt Branch Library, 6701 S. 14th St. on Feb. 5. The lecture was about Owomoyela's recently published book, "Yoruba Proverbs," and opened Black History Month activities at the Lincoln Public Libraries. Photo by Troy Fedderson/University Communications.