This AfriWomen event is a chance to celebrate Africa Day together in sisterhood. Special Guests: • Dr. Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi - Director of the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Class and Associate Professor in the English department at the University of Johannesburg. Dr. Collis-Buthelezi's research interests are Caribbean studies, African and African diaspora literature, and black intellectual and literary history. She earned her PhD from Columbia University. • Dzidzor is a Ghanaian-American folklore, performing artist, author, and curator. Dzidzor’s style of call and response has combined traditional storytelling in Afro-folklore and Poetry Slam through a sonic experience. Dzidzor is moved by the responsibility to alarm the power/abundance in the midst of bodies while creating a practice of care and freedom through creativity. Dzidzor is the founder of Black Cotton Club and partners with Grubstreet, ICA Boston, and Boston Public Schools to teach creative empowerment workshops in Boston. Born in Italy, to Ghanian Parents and raised in North Carolina. She’s immersed herself in merging cultures from the South to Ghanian culture. Dzidzor has released a book of poems entitled, "For Girls Who Cry in Yellow" inspired by childhood experiences, healing, and womanhood. Dzidzor has been nominated twice, for a Boston Music Awards. Dzidzor released her debut EP entitled, “bush woman” on April 10th, 2020 and is currently working on songs that you can find on streaming services everywhere. • Alice “Queen” Olom: Singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, model, creative director, grassroots organizer, activist, advocate, and teaching artist, Alice "Queen" Olom is a multidisciplinary artist whose artistry is rooted in activism, grassroots organizing, and social justice. Through her powerhouse voice, eccentric movements, creative thinking, and performative lens and background, she uses art to teach audiences about social movements- such as the Black Lives Matter movement . She endeavors to break down concepts and theories of politics to make it accessible through her art, by centering people and real¬ life experiences. Alice Queen's art centers Black and African men and women and their experiences as oppressed peoples in America and their roles and work in Black- centered social movements. Get a preview of song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RaXKGxB8LA