New York Black and African Literature Festival

New York Black and African Literature Festival A literary festival in the heart of New York connecting the global black diaspora.

10/21/2025

Kwame Dawes in conversation with Matthew Shenoda at the 2025 New York Black & African Literature Festival. Recorded live . Full conversation now available on our YouTube channel. Link in bio to subscribe.

And the poets had us on our feet at The Guggenheim
10/15/2025

And the poets had us on our feet at The Guggenheim

"The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality." - Toni Cade Bambara Such a stunning ...
10/14/2025

"The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality." - Toni Cade Bambara



Such a stunning workshop!

Love to the amazing Brenda Polanco for the Afro-Atlantic Breath Rosary, for community and renewal, for rest and resurgen...
10/14/2025

Love to the amazing Brenda Polanco for the Afro-Atlantic Breath Rosary, for community and renewal, for rest and resurgence.

Moments in Harlem
10/13/2025

Moments in Harlem

Still catching our breath
09/08/2025

Still catching our breath

In our closing conversation, speaks with on his new book, The Second Emancipation. Come through , 5 PM.
09/07/2025

In our closing conversation, speaks with on his new book, The Second Emancipation. Come through , 5 PM.

This afternoon, we join the Uptown Kid Lit Festival, for Banned Books Workshop with Dr. Wesley Jacques, Ph.D., an educat...
09/07/2025

This afternoon, we join the Uptown Kid Lit Festival, for Banned Books Workshop with Dr. Wesley Jacques, Ph.D., an educator and researcher of youth literature, media, and culture. He is a professor of literature at Wheaton College (MA), a reviewer for the Center for Children’s Book at University of Illinois, and a contributor to Slate Magazine

According to the American Library Association, book censorship has increased to unprecedented levels since 2021 in schools and libraries throughout the country. This targeted political effort to challenge and ban materials, from literary classics to new favorites that champion inclusivity, has impacted young peoples in their classrooms, their communities, and compromised their processes of identity development.

Dr. Jacques' session at Uptown Kid Lit. Festival will highlight current trends of book bans while imagining the kinds of enriching stories that need to be told, shared and taught regardless of opposition.

All ages welcome. (Children accompanied by adults.)

Four days of conversations, music, and memory, and here we are, Day Four, the closing of . We end as we began: in commu...
09/07/2025

Four days of conversations, music, and memory, and here we are, Day Four, the closing of .

We end as we began: in community, in rhythm, in the spirit of .

Join us.
Get your tickets via link in bio and on-site.

Day One at showed what happens when voices unite and imaginations meet.
09/06/2025

Day One at showed what happens when voices unite and imaginations meet.

What an honor it is! We are blessed this evening to have Kwame Dawes in conversation with Matthew Shenoda.Time: 7:30 PMV...
09/06/2025

What an honor it is!

We are blessed this evening to have Kwame Dawes in conversation with Matthew Shenoda.

Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: The Africa Center

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