Washington
Pan-African Diaspora Youth Association 2nd General Assembly
African Union Mission to the US
1640 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Thu, Aug 15, 5:30p-8:30p, free
Africa, Enslavement, & the Making of Black American Culture
CR Gibbs
Deanwood Library
1350 49th St, NE
Thu, Aug 15, 7p
A Garden Party: from Africa to Asia
Enid A Haupt Garden
1001 Independence Ave, SW
Fri, Aug 16, 7p, $25-$60
On the Birthday of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey:
The History of Garvey, the UNIA-ACL and our 21st Century Movement Struggle
Thurgood Marshall Center
1816 12th Street, NW
Sat, Aug 17, 1030a-12:30p, free for first time non-APPEAL memebers
Panel Talk: Great Powers Competition in Africa and Beyond
The Festival Center
1640 Columbia Road, NW
Sat, Aug 17, 4p-7p, free
2019 Afropolitan DC Afrobeats Block Party
Karma DC (Alley Outdoors)
2221 Adams Pl, NE
Sat, Aug 17,$17.55-$30
Fabulation
Mosaic Theater
1333 H Street, NE
Wed, Aug 21-Sun, Sep 22, $
Hillcrest Community Civic Association
Wine & Jazz on the Avenue
Smooth Jazz with Theo @ 7p
Salem Waters @ 8p
Bring your own lawn chair & picnic basket
3710 Southern Ave, SE
Sat, Aug 23, $20-$25
4th Annual Taste of the World Festival
Guy Mason Recreation Center
3600 Calvert St, NW
Sat, Aug 24, 11a-4p,
free
400th Anniversary of Slavery in America: Muslims Among Slaves in Early America
ICNA Council for Social Justice
1952 Gallows Rd, 3rd Floor
Vienna, VA
Sat, Aug 24, 6p, free
Groovy Nate (children’s programming)
Alexandria Black History Museum
902 Wythe St
Alexandria, VA
Sat, Aug 24, 11a, $5
Southeast 2 Tanzania Youth Presentation
Busboys and Poets
2004 Martin Luther King Junior Avenue, SE
Sun, Aug 25,4p-7p,$20
Baltimore
UNESCO Intl Day: Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition
Historic Sotterley
44300 Sotterley Lane
Hollywood, MD
Fri, Aug 23, 10a-4p, free
Dakar
Kokútana 2019
Cheikh Anta Diop University
(discusses Senegal's technological environment)
Sat 17, Aug 17, 9a-5p, free
Gary/Chicago
South Shore Summer Festival
South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S. South Shore Drive
Sun, Aug 18, 2p-8p, free
2019 Gary Car Show
(in conjunction with the staging for the Chicago Air and Water Show)
Sat, Aug 17-Sun, Aug 18, 9a-3p, $5, under 8, free