BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Per-Ankh Archive//Calendar of the African World//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Per-Ankh — 2026-03 X-WR-CALDESC:Per-Ankh Archive — Calendar of the African World X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a5f8bc4a-1d1f-456c-a93c-12e3f7c96d66@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260303 SUMMARY:Read Across America Day DESCRIPTION:An annual reading motivation and awareness program organized by the National Education Association. Held on or near March 2 (Dr. Seuss 's birthday)\; many libraries are reframing programming around diverse\, decolonial childrens' literature.\nRegion: United States\, North America\ nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/a5f8bc4a-1d1f-456c-a93c-12e3 f7c96d66 LOCATION:United States\, North America URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/a5f8bc4a-1d1f-456c-a93c-12e3f7c 96d66 CATEGORIES:library-programming,literacy,children,education END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:79c980d2-75b8-4d57-a0be-81015b2f3f40@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260305 SUMMARY:Rescuing History Authors Tour begins DESCRIPTION:Multi-stop Southeast U.S. tour featuring Black history author s and educators.\nRegion: United States\nMore: https://www.perankharchive .com/events/79c980d2-75b8-4d57-a0be-81015b2f3f40 LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/79c980d2-75b8-4d57-a0be-81015b2 f3f40 CATEGORIES:history,authors,tour END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4dffb7be-d5e9-4ba0-be66-85fe0daf05b4@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260306 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260307 SUMMARY:Ghana Independence Day DESCRIPTION:Independence from the United Kingdom\, 1957. First sub-Sahara n African nation to gain independence.\nRegion: Ghana\, Africa\nMore: htt ps://www.perankharchive.com/events/4dffb7be-d5e9-4ba0-be66-85fe0daf05b4 LOCATION:Ghana\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/4dffb7be-d5e9-4ba0-be66-85fe0da f05b4 CATEGORIES:independence,Pan-African END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6362f3e7-33f0-4253-a9a4-e3c9fa008436@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260309 SUMMARY:Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers DESCRIPTION:Annual festival in Johannesburg. 2026 theme: "Wisdom is sough t from those who came before".\nRegion: South Africa\, Africa\nMore: http s://www.perankharchive.com/events/6362f3e7-33f0-4253-a9a4-e3c9fa008436 LOCATION:South Africa\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/6362f3e7-33f0-4253-a9a4-e3c9fa0 08436 CATEGORIES:africa,women,literature,festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bfb57d27-13e0-4bfe-8b98-978e82aa8505@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260311 SUMMARY:Harriet Tubman Day DESCRIPTION:State holiday in New York and Maryland honoring the abolition ist and Underground Railroad conductor.\nRegion: United States\nMore: htt ps://www.perankharchive.com/events/bfb57d27-13e0-4bfe-8b98-978e82aa8505 LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/bfb57d27-13e0-4bfe-8b98-978e82a a8505 CATEGORIES:abolition,memory END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33032f09-a707-4e4d-9f74-9cc79569ace0@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260313 SUMMARY:Mauritius Independence Day DESCRIPTION:Independence from the United Kingdom\, 1968.\nRegion: Mauriti us\, Africa\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/33032f09-a707-4e 4d-9f74-9cc79569ace0 LOCATION:Mauritius\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/33032f09-a707-4e4d-9f74-9cc7956 9ace0 CATEGORIES:independence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:da6f1e4a-1bb6-4df7-9b08-a722a7d23f84@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260313 SUMMARY:Birthday: Virginia Hamilton (b. 1934) DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the birth of Virginia Hamilton. (1934–2002)\nRegi on: Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/da6f1e4a-1bb6-4df 7-9b08-a722a7d23f84 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/da6f1e4a-1bb6-4df7-9b08-a722a7d 23f84 CATEGORIES:birthday,scholar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bf843631-fd7b-45bc-bdac-a1ce8d4733e5@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260315 SUMMARY:Pi Day DESCRIPTION:Pi Day (March 14 — 3.14) celebrates mathematics. For the Afri can diaspora it is also a day to remember that mathematical knowledge is rooted in Africa: the Ishango bone (~20\,000 BCE\, Central Africa) is amo ng the oldest mathematical artifacts\; Kemetic (Ancient Egyptian) scribes calculated π in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (~1650 BCE)\; and Black m athematicians — Benjamin Banneker\, Katherine Johnson\, Dorothy Vaughan\, Mary Jackson\, David Blackwell\, Euphemia Lofton Haynes\, Marjorie Lee B rowne — carry the lineage forward.\nRegion: Global\nSource: https://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/bf84 3631-fd7b-45bc-bdac-a1ce8d4733e5 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/bf843631-fd7b-45bc-bdac-a1ce8d4 733e5 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY CATEGORIES:mathematics,blerds,stem,kemet,ishango,black-mathematicians END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ebaaa35a-47c8-4882-a185-5f776f66ecd4@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316 SUMMARY:Black Girl Book Fair Tour 2026 — Brooklyn DESCRIPTION:Tour stop for The Black Girl Book Fair celebrating Black wome n authors\, readers\, and book culture. Hosted by @authorjoycedmoore.\nRe gion: United States\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/ebaaa35a -47c8-4882-a185-5f776f66ecd4 LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/ebaaa35a-47c8-4882-a185-5f776f6 6ecd4 CATEGORIES:black-women-authors,book-fair,literary,indie-publishing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82304fab-f25a-475e-8c92-42ac2d6bc243@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316 SUMMARY:Birthday: Robin Walker (b. 1967) DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the birth of Robin Walker. (1967–present)\nRegion : Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/82304fab-f25a-475e- 8c92-42ac2d6bc243 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/82304fab-f25a-475e-8c92-42ac2d6 bc243 CATEGORIES:birthday,scholar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7554abab-f1fe-44d1-8d30-2d62a66e359d@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260317 SUMMARY:First Black Newspaper Day DESCRIPTION:Commemorates the founding of Freedom's Journal in 1827\, the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States.\nRegion: U nited States\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/7554abab-f1fe-4 4d1-8d30-2d62a66e359d LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/7554abab-f1fe-44d1-8d30-2d62a66 e359d CATEGORIES:press,history END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:59fc0ee5-2e8e-4407-b2d8-3eed901654ef@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260324 SUMMARY:Open Book Youth Fest DESCRIPTION:Youth literature festival in Cape Town\, South Africa.\nRegio n: South Africa\, Africa\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/59f c0ee5-2e8e-4407-b2d8-3eed901654ef LOCATION:South Africa\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/59fc0ee5-2e8e-4407-b2d8-3eed901 654ef CATEGORIES:africa,youth,literature,festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:762c9af6-447d-470d-bf0f-e6e5c26eb0ff@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319 SUMMARY:Birthday: Frances Cress Welsing (b. 1935) DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the birth of Frances Cress Welsing. (1935–2016)\n Region: Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/762c9af6-447d -470d-bf0f-e6e5c26eb0ff LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/762c9af6-447d-470d-bf0f-e6e5c26 eb0ff CATEGORIES:birthday,scholar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:79856775-6630-4ba9-acfd-85d4c8f5c345@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260321 SUMMARY:Tunisia Independence Day DESCRIPTION:Independence from France\, 1956.\nRegion: Tunisia\, Africa\nM ore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/79856775-6630-4ba9-acfd-85d4c8 f5c345 LOCATION:Tunisia\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/79856775-6630-4ba9-acfd-85d4c8f 5c345 CATEGORIES:independence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9d5d621e-df32-43a2-9030-da36337da2d1@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260322 SUMMARY:Barnes & Noble Book Festival DESCRIPTION:Annual book festival hosted by Barnes & Noble in New York Cit y.\nRegion: United States\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/9d 5d621e-df32-43a2-9030-da36337da2d1 LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/9d5d621e-df32-43a2-9030-da36337 da2d1 CATEGORIES:books,festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71bb34b9-e828-4b4b-aaec-7fbd4147f94b@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260322 SUMMARY:Characters in the City DESCRIPTION:Annual children's and YA literature festival in Charlotte\, N C.\nRegion: United States\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/71 bb34b9-e828-4b4b-aaec-7fbd4147f94b LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/71bb34b9-e828-4b4b-aaec-7fbd414 7f94b CATEGORIES:children,books,festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12d58936-e77f-4a53-adc1-7d8a8de75a42@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260327 SUMMARY:HBCU Spring Fest DESCRIPTION:Spring break gathering celebrating HBCU culture\, music\, and community across multiple Black college campuses.\nRegion: USA\, Southea st\nSource: https://www.hbcuspringfest.com\nMore: https://www.perankharch ive.com/events/12d58936-e77f-4a53-adc1-7d8a8de75a42 LOCATION:USA\, Southeast URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/12d58936-e77f-4a53-adc1-7d8a8de 75a42 CATEGORIES:hbcu,spring-fest,black-college,culture,music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:93ddb3cb-c903-4d4c-aadd-4d7410096127@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260322 SUMMARY:Namibia Independence Day DESCRIPTION:Independence from South Africa\, 1990.\nRegion: Namibia\, Afr ica\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/93ddb3cb-c903-4d4c-aadd- 4d7410096127 LOCATION:Namibia\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/93ddb3cb-c903-4d4c-aadd-4d74100 96127 CATEGORIES:independence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5fff587f-984c-447a-8c24-7cc11abb6721@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260322 SUMMARY:International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination DESCRIPTION:United Nations observance marking the 1960 Sharpeville massac re in South Africa.\nRegion: Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com /events/5fff587f-984c-447a-8c24-7cc11abb6721 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/5fff587f-984c-447a-8c24-7cc11ab b6721 CATEGORIES:un,justice END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0760e984-aa4a-4437-bd64-4cd2a13e6af2@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260323 SUMMARY:Puerto Rico — Abolition of Slavery Day DESCRIPTION:Commemorates the 1873 abolition of enslavement in Puerto Rico .\nRegion: Puerto Rico\, Caribbean\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/ events/0760e984-aa4a-4437-bd64-4cd2a13e6af2 LOCATION:Puerto Rico\, Caribbean URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/0760e984-aa4a-4437-bd64-4cd2a13 e6af2 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY CATEGORIES:caribbean-holidays-and-carnival,puerto-rico,abolition,emancipa tion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7023c8ff-a9cb-49e9-8765-70203e4977d1@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260324 SUMMARY:Birthday: Walter Rodney (b. 1942) DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the birth of Walter Rodney. (1942–1980)\nRegion: Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/7023c8ff-a9cb-49e9-87 65-70203e4977d1 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/7023c8ff-a9cb-49e9-8765-70203e4 977d1 CATEGORIES:birthday,scholar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:feb9eba0-2207-4784-845e-707628b0e74e@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260329 SUMMARY:Time of the Writer DESCRIPTION:Annual literary festival in Durban\, South Africa. 2026 theme : "Ink-Stitutional Power".\nRegion: South Africa\, Africa\nMore: https:// www.perankharchive.com/events/feb9eba0-2207-4784-845e-707628b0e74e LOCATION:South Africa\, Africa URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/feb9eba0-2207-4784-845e-707628b 0e74e CATEGORIES:africa,literature,festival,durban END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81213d57-225c-4dd4-8db1-5416e8a00d6e@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260329 SUMMARY:National Black Writers Conference DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers Col lege\, Brooklyn — a premier convening of Black writers and scholars.\nReg ion: United States\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/81213d57- 225c-4dd4-8db1-5416e8a00d6e LOCATION:United States URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/81213d57-225c-4dd4-8db1-5416e8a 00d6e CATEGORIES:writers,conference,scholarship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:857aaf36-3a2b-47ca-911d-14d871610910@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260326 SUMMARY:International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and th e Transatlantic Slave Trade DESCRIPTION:UNESCO/UN observance honoring those who suffered and died as a consequence of the transatlantic slave trade.\nRegion: Global\nMore: ht tps://www.perankharchive.com/events/857aaf36-3a2b-47ca-911d-14d871610910 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/857aaf36-3a2b-47ca-911d-14d8716 10910 CATEGORIES:un,memory,slavery END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9f993ad8-d9ac-46c4-bb73-9b427252b9c6@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260329 SUMMARY:Africana Arts & Humanities Festival (AARLCC) DESCRIPTION:Annual celebration at the African-American Research Library a nd Cultural Center honoring Africana arts\, literature\, and scholarship. \nRegion: USA\, Southeast\nSource: https://www.broward.org/Library/AARLCC \nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/9f993ad8-d9ac-46c4-bb73-9b4 27252b9c6 LOCATION:USA\, Southeast URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/9f993ad8-d9ac-46c4-bb73-9b42725 2b9c6 CATEGORIES:africana,arts,humanities,library,scholarship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cbb4017b-d9ea-4cbd-b3d4-2710efc2dcdc@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260331 SUMMARY:National Doctors' Day — Honoring Black Physicians of the Diaspora DESCRIPTION:March 30 marks National Doctors' Day in the United States\, c ommemorating the first use of anesthesia by Dr. Crawford Long in 1842. Pe r-Ankh observes this day through an African Diaspora lens: honoring Black physicians whose labor sustains life under conditions of structural stre ss\, while remembering the doctors our communities have long produced — f rom Dr. James McCune Smith (the first African American to earn a medical degree\, University of Glasgow\, 1837) to Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (perfo rmed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries\, 1893) to Dr. Patr icia Bath (laser cataract surgery)\, Dr. Alexa Canady (first Black woman neurosurgeon in the U.S.)\, and the generations of physicians trained at Howard\, Meharry\, Morehouse School of Medicine\, and HBCU-linked program s across the diaspora.\n\n**Why the stress matters.** Black physicians ca rry a double burden: clinical labor inside under-resourced systems\, plus the cultural labor of caring for patients whose health outcomes are shap ed by racism\, environmental harm\, and economic stress. Research (AAMC\; JAMA\; The Lancet) consistently documents that Black patients have measu rably better outcomes when treated by Black physicians — meaning every Bl ack doctor's well-being is also a community public-health resource. Prote cting their rest\, mental health\, and dignity is Ma'at in practice: bala nce\, truth\, and right relationship.\n\n**Why their importance endures.* * From traditional healers and midwives across the continent and Caribbea n\, to today's primary-care doctors\, surgeons\, psychiatrists\, and rese archers\, Black medical knowledge is a continuous lineage — not a recent arrival. Today\, give thanks to a Black doctor in your life. Sit with wha t they carry. Support HBCU medical schools\, the National Medical Associa tion\, and local Black-led clinics.\nRegion: Global Diaspora\nMore: https ://www.perankharchive.com/events/cbb4017b-d9ea-4cbd-b3d4-2710efc2dcdc LOCATION:Global Diaspora URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/cbb4017b-d9ea-4cbd-b3d4-2710efc 2dcdc RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY CATEGORIES:black-physicians,health-sovereignty,hbcu-medical,wellness,obse rvance,diaspora,ma-at END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c88755b6-dad0-4067-9a57-3aa46f7f28ae@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260331 SUMMARY:Birthday: Marimba Ani (b. 1941) DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the birth of Marimba Ani. (1941–present)\nRegion: Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/c88755b6-dad0-4067-9 a57-3aa46f7f28ae LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/c88755b6-dad0-4067-9a57-3aa46f7 f28ae CATEGORIES:birthday,scholar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6072ca73-685a-4bea-8397-39374458da51@perankharchive.com DTSTAMP:20260619T112945Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260331 SUMMARY:Birthday: Marimba Ani (b. 1941) DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the birth of Marimba Ani. (1941–present)\nRegion: Global\nMore: https://www.perankharchive.com/events/6072ca73-685a-4bea-8 397-39374458da51 LOCATION:Global URL:https://www.perankharchive.com/events/6072ca73-685a-4bea-8397-3937445 8da51 CATEGORIES:birthday,scholar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR