Rootedness

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The inaugural 2024 Africana Arts & Humanities Festival celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Broward County Library and creative ingenuity with 'Rootedness: Celebrating 50 Years of Black Literature and Culture,' events are scheduled March 21 - March 23 at multiple locations. As Broward County Libraries observes the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1974, AARLCC presents its first annual Africana Arts & Humanities Festival (formerly known as the South Florida Book Festival), offering music, author engagement and community conversation. With 'Rootedness,' AARLCC intends to celebrate the spirit of the 1970s by revisiting the work of Black creatives who emerged in this era. All events are free and open to the public with registration, apart from the 'Destination Roots' reception on Friday, March 22 which is a ticketed, adult-only event. Presale tickets are $30; day-of-event tickets are $40. 2024 Africana Arts & Humanities Festival Schedule Thursday, March 21 -Jazz at Lincoln Center's Songs of Hope and Change, a program of iconic music associated with Nina Simone, the Staple Singers and Cannonball Adderley. Destination Sistrunk, 1033 NW 6th St., Fort Lauderdale 33311, 7PM Friday, March 22 -Neighborhood Revitalization Symposium, Urban League of Broward County, 560 NW 27 Ave., Fort Lauderdale 33311, 11AM-3PM -Conversation with Author and Cultural Critic Michael Harriot, AARLCC, 6PM -'Destination Roots' (ticketed reception) at AARLCC - 7:30-10PM Saturday, March 23 - AARLCC, 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, 10AM-8PM -Nana Camille Yarbrough, Author, and Cultural Activist, AARLCC, 10AM -Dr. Daniel Black, Author and Professor, Presented by Ujima Men's Collective, AARLCC, 1PM -Destination Sistrunk Pavilion by Broward Cultural Division, Broward County Parks and Recreation, Destination Sistrunk Cultural and Community Investment Partnership, Inc., Samuel Delevoe Park, 2520 NW 6th St., Fort Lauderdale 33311, 4-8PM Learn more at Africanafestival.Broward.org.