Name: Social Justice Themes in African Poetry: Writing Your Own Poetry
Start: 2025-04-05T11:00
End: 2025-04-05T13:00:00-04:00
Location: South Bowie

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Social Justice Themes in African Poetry: Writing Your Own Poetry

Presented by the National Museum of Language and Poet Sistah Joy

2025-04-05 11:00:00 2025-04-05 13:00:00 America/New_York Social Justice Themes in African Poetry: Writing Your Own Poetry Join us for an exciting event that blends powerful social justice poetry from Africa with a fun, hands-on poetry workshop. Hear poems from 12 countries in ten 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. South Bowie - Large Meeting Room (213)

Saturday, April 05
11:00am - 1:00pm

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South Bowie

Large Meeting Room (213)

Join us for an exciting event that blends powerful social justice poetry from Africa with a fun, hands-on poetry workshop. Hear poems from 12 countries in ten 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.

Presented by the National Museum of Language, in collaboration with the former Poet Laureate of Prince George’s County, Sistah Joy.

AGE GROUP: | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Elementary (5-12 yrs) | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Poetry and Spoken Word |

TAGS: | Poetry Month |

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