Social Justice Themes in African Poetry:
Writing Your Own Poetry

April 5, 2025 11 AM – 1 PM (EST)
Note: This is an in-person event at the South Bowie Branch Library of the Pringe George’s County Memorial LIbrary System

Join us for an exciting event that blends powerful social justice poetry from Africa with a fun, hands-on poetry workshop. Hear poems from several countries in various languages, from Ancient Egypt to today’s diaspora in Maryland. Learn how to express your own voice for social justice by writing poems using words, shapes, and sounds.

Click below for videos and descriptions of our past speakers.