The Center for Black Literature is hosting its 12th annual National Black Writers Conference next weekend at Medgar Evers College, featuring talks from black literary icons like Angela Davis and Walter Mosley as well as film screenings, workshops and panel discussions. Highlights include a screening of Gordon Parks’ 1984 film “Solomon Northup’s Odyssey,” based on the same memoir as “12 Years a Slave,” a free tour of the African Burial Ground National Monument, and a talk with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott on “The Search for Self in Caribbean Literature: Past, Present, and Future.”

The organizers are also hosting a concert next Friday featuring jazz pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs and poets Dasan Ahanu, Tai Allen and Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets. The event, which is a tribute to the Native Tongues, costs $10 and will take place at 1037 Atlantic Avenue. The rest of the conference will happen on the Medgar Evers campus in Crown Heights, beginning Thursday, March 27 through Sunday, March 30. Tickets are cheaper if you register before March 21 and free for Medgar Evers students.


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