Afro-descendant women's poetry from Costa Rica: A reading and talk with Shirley Campbell Barr
Shirley Campbell Barr, Author of Rotundamente Negra
Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 01:30 pm
Ortega Hall, 335
About:
Join us for a poetry reading and lecture on Afro-descendant women writing with Shirley Campbell Barr, an Afro-Costa Rican poet and activist of the Afro-descendant movement in Latin America. Her acclaimed poem "Rotundamente Negra" has become an emblem for many Afro-descendent organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean and has received several distinctions across the region. Her work has been largely disseminated through Afro-descendant and women's organizations in Latin America.
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This event is free and open to the public.
