BROWARD COUNTY, FL - 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, African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC), Destination Sistrunk, and Urban League of Broward County. 

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. For questions or sponsorship opportunities, contact Tameka Hobbs at 954-357-6149 or aarlcc@broward.org. This landmark library series is generously funded by JM Family Foundation and Bank of America. Partners include Destination Sistrunk Cultural and Community Investment Partnership, Inc., Broward Cultural Division, Broward County Parks and Recreation, the Center for Black Innovation, and Urban League of Broward County.