Creative Expression: Afrodiasporic Memories of Black Women
Thu, Jul 09
|Sankofa Video Books & Café
Join us for a collective session of creative writing and drawing, where we invite participants to think about Black women who are not widely known but who we’ve had a chance to know and appreciate.
Time & Location
Jul 09, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sankofa Video Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
About the Facilitator
Sara Xavier is a literary researcher at the University of São Paulo (USP) and coordinates the Tereza de Benguela Reading Club at the Mário de Andrade Library, São Paulo’s famous public library. Her work centers on elevating Black voices across the Global South and promoting collective reading as a tool for healing, political awareness, and ancestral connection.
Her reading club prioritizes works by Afro-Latin American and Caribbean women and meets monthly in public spaces with a focus on accessibility and community belonging.