African Voices Magazine

08/29/2025

Thanks to Givebutter for donating $1,000 to our fundraising campaign and selecting African Voices as one of 10 Black led institutions for Black Philanthropy Month! We're now $1,000 short of reaching our $35K milestone! Please donate, share & comment "I Got Your Back": https://givebutter.com/africanvoicesarchives

08/10/2025

Our Summer 2025 digital issue honors our friend and sister in the arts Maitefa Angaza. It is also filled with great poems and short stories. You can download a copy via Gumroad for free (type zero) or make a donation. We're grateful to artist Jimmy James Greene for the wonderful front cover portrait celebrating Maitefa.

https://africanvoices.gumroad.com/l/summer2025

07/20/2025

Join us Sat., July 26, from 3 pm-5 pm for the opening exhibition reception for Watson Mere, our front cover artist for African Voices issue honoring Harry Belafonte. Guest editor Keisha-Gaye Anderson will host an evening of art, poetry and inspiration. the event will be held at AV Art Gallery, 325 Lafayette Ave. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lineage-celebrating-a-legacy-of-love-family-activism-tickets-1366156202979

07/18/2025

See you July 26!

Carolyn

Greetings Family! Come out next month on July 26, 2025 from 3 pm-5 pm to celebrate our special issue honoring Harry Belafonte and lovingly guest edited by Keisha-Gaye Anderson! We're proud to host the opening of an exhibition featuring the work of our cover artist Watson Mere! Please RSVP & Donate: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lineage-celebrating-a-legacy-of-love-family-activism-tickets-1366156202979

07/18/2025

Do you have our back? We were defunded by the NEA — take action and ownership of supporting your local art institutions! Thanks to every AV Family Member for your support.
Please make any donation you can and join a fundraising team or create your own team. Then, share with a few circle of friends!
https://givebutter.com/africanvoicesarchives

07/15/2025

🚨 ONLY 2 SLOTS LEFT! 🚨
Ready to write where legends once walked?

Reel Sisters Screenwriting Retreat
📅 August 14–17, 2025 | Harlem & Brooklyn
The ultimate creative staycation for NYC writers — and an unforgettable destination for storytellers traveling in.

Led by award-winning filmmaker Jennica Carmona, this 4-day retreat offers the time, space, and support to move your script forward—whether it’s for TV, film, or digital media (think HBO, BET, Amazon).

✨ Walk the same streets that inspired Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, and James Baldwin—and rediscover Harlem through a writer’s lens.

✔️ Workshop inside the historic Langston Hughes House
✔️ Script consultations + personalized industry feedback
✔️ Harlem Renaissance walking tour
✔️ Reiki meditation & dinner at Melba’s
✔️ Includes admission to our Screenwriting Symposium on August 14

🏨 Bonus: Retreat writers receive an exclusive $179/night + tax rate at Harlem Aloft Hotel—a bold, modern stay just minutes from Central Park, the Apollo, and Times Square. Discount ends 7/30/25!

✍🏾 Pack your pen, clear your calendar, and give yourself four days to write, reflect, and be inspired—a staycation that restores you and fuels the stories only you can tell.

Register Now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reel-sisters-screenwriting-retreat-2025-tickets-1388951002839

06/23/2025

Congratulations on Museum Hue's 10th Anniversary!

06/12/2025

Greetings Family! Come out next month on July 26, 2025 from 3 pm-5 pm to celebrate our special issue honoring Harry Belafonte and lovingly guest edited by Keisha-Gaye Anderson! We're proud to host the opening of an exhibition featuring the work of our cover artist Watson Mere! Please RSVP & Donate: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lineage-celebrating-a-legacy-of-love-family-activism-tickets-1366156202979

06/10/2025

📣 Registration Now Open: Reel Sisters Screenwriting Retreat 2025!

“Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people — the beauty within themselves.” — Langston Hughes

Join us August 14–17 for a one-of-a-kind retreat in Harlem and Brooklyn, where you'll restore, rest, and write in the heart of Black literary history.

✔️ Work with award-winning filmmaker Jennica Carmona
✔️ Write inside the Langston Hughes House
✔️ Join a Harlem Renaissance walking tour
✔️ Get personalized script consultations and industry feedback
✔️ Relax with a Reiki meditation circle and dinner at Melba’s

This is your time to finish your script, reconnect with your creativity, and build your screenwriting network.

Save $50 when you register by June 30.
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reel-sisters-screenwriting-retreat-2025-tickets-1388951002839?discount=HarlemRetreat2025



📸 Photo credits: Langston Hughes sign by MDoculus (iStock). Harlem via Pixabay.

05/22/2025

🎬 TODAY is the day!

Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Series :
Join us for I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth — an unforgettable night of bold short films that celebrate women’s power, legacy, and liberation.

🎟️ There’s still time to grab your ticket and be part of this powerful cinematic experience!

📅 May 22 | 🕡 6:30 PM
📍 Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Ave (at 121st St.)
🎟️ $7 + fees: https://tinyurl.com/mrjfstkf

Come through and bring a friend! Let’s fill these seats with love, resistance, and community.

05/21/2025

🎬✨ TOMORROW is the day!

Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Series:
I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth

Join us for a powerful collection of short films that honor women leaders and celebrate the spirit of resistance, resilience, and rebirth.

Through storytelling, these films spotlight the voices of women who reclaim power, challenge systems, and ignite change—rooted in courage, creativity, and community.

Featured Films:
⭐Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons
⭐Before 1619: She Took Justice
⭐Rock Island Prison 1864
⭐Nana & The Black Monarchy

📅 Date: May 22, 2025
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Ave. (Corner of 121st St.)
🎟️ Tickets: $7 + Universe fees

🔗 Secure your seat now: https://tinyurl.com/mrjfstkf

Thank you for your support!
West Harlem Development Corporation

05/19/2025

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” — Angela Davis

🔥 The spirit of resistance lives on.

⏳ ONLY 4 DAYS left until the Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Series: I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth.

🎬 Featured Films:
-Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons
-Before 1619: She Took Justice
-Rock Island Prison 1864
-Nana & The Black Monarchy

📅 Date: May 22, 2025
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Ave. (Corner of 121st St.)
🎟️ Tickets: $7 + Universe fees

🔗 Secure your seat now: https://tinyurl.com/mrjfstkf