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Beyond the month of February, it is not often that Torontonians have a public opportunity to celebrate their city’s black legacy. But they’ll get one this weekend at the 15th annual Marcus Garvey Celebrations. The celebrations, which honour the iconic Jamaican American revolutionary, will this year also pay tribute to Torontonians Lucie and Thornton Blackburn in commemoration of the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in Ontario.

March 8th marks International Women's Day each year, though it's sadly not yet a national holiday in Canada, as it is in a few countries. But official holiday or not, there are still a tonne of events happening in Toronto to mark the occasion. Here are some of Torontoist's best bets for celebrating feminism this week:

If you happened to read The Toronto Star on Sunday, you may have seen a short excerpt from novelist, historian, and journalist Lawrence Hill’s new novel, The Book of Negroes.

How many poets does it take to fill Dundas Square? No, this is not some bad joke. It's actually a post on this weekend's World Jam. Friends of the Poet Laureate and Diaspora Dialogues are filling Dundas Square with 50 poets from noon ot midnight this Sunday, Sep. 3rd.

The Scream Literary Festival is back and we decided to highlight a few of the lit's festival choice events for your perusal: