Join writer, vocalist and performance/sound artist LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, author of TwERK (Belladonna, 2013) alongside Black feminist writer, poet and performance artist Ra Malika Imhotep, author of gossypiin (Red Hen Press, Spring 2022), for our October talk commemorating Black Poetry Day.

The program can be viewed live on this webpage or on our Facebook or Youtube.

“Sankofa” is a West African word of the Akan tribe that translates to, “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” 

Sankofa Talks is our platform to bring intergenerational conversations to the public. Through each talk we take time to retrieve and honor our Diaspora’s history, reflect on its contributions to our present and recognize the power it has to inform how we move forward into the future.

Black Poetry Day is commemorated on October 17th in honor of the first Black published author Jupiter Hammon and the contributions of Black poets past and present.