COVINGTON — Young, black and Appalachian.

        They're the subject of a three-day conference here titled Indaba: Coal Black Voices, which features Affrilachian (African and Appalachian) poets.

IF YOU GO

Thursday: Screening of the film Coal Black Voices at 7 p.m. at 9th Street United Methodist Church. Admission: $5.    Friday: A lecture and demonstration by African Art Historian C. Daniel Dawson, 6 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 144 Buttermilk Pike, Lakeside Park. The subject is “The Africa We Live: Cultural Continuities from Africa to the Americas.”    Saturday: A poetry reading is at 7 p.m., 9th Street United Methodist Church, Covington. A reception will follow the poetry readings. Afterward, local hip-hop group “Is What” will perform. A $5 admission includes both the poetry reading and the concert.

        The events will be held at Covington's 9th Street United Methodist Church, 18 E. 9th St., Thursday through Saturday.

        A documentary about the Affrilachian poets will be shown during the conference.

        Produced by Jean Donohue and Fred Johnson of the Covington-based Media Working Group, Coal Black Voices is a film about the images, poetry and storytelling of Affrilachian poets.

        Ms. Donohue and Mr. Johnson work for Media Working Group, a Covington-based “non-profit media education, production, research and development organization that provides an organizational framework for diverse multi-disciplinary work in media culture.”

        Poets who will read their work Saturday are: Nikky Finney, Frank X. Walker, Kelly Norman Ellis, Crystal Wilkinson, Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Shanna Smith and Bernard Clay.
       

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