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Basi Affia: The Importance of a Black-Owned Comic Book Company in Des Moines

Program Type:

Educational

Age Group:

Children, Teens, Adults
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Event Details

Affia will speak about diversity in fiction and literature, incorporating his life experiences to highlight the importance of representation. He'll discuss his comic book, Lost With All Hands, as an example of story that celebrates Afrocentric cultures.