Yoruba
Explore Yoruba NYC through Diasporic versions of the Orishas and drum, song, and dance traditions at: Alvin Ailey, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Bronx Music Hall, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, and more. In the Americas, African Yoruba traditions became Gullah-Geechee Praise Houses, Caribbean Lucumí (Regla de Ocha), Puerto Rican Sanse, Trinidad Orisha and Spiritual Baptists, Brazilian Candomblé, and more. In many regions older African Diasporic traditions have largely been absorbed under the Yoruba banner. Àṣẹ!
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Banda Iroko Will Make You Want to Dance Like You’re Madly in Love
Blue Note New York, Greenwich Village, Israeli, Jazz, Jewish, LATIN MUSIC, Manhattan NYC, Puerto Rican, YorubaBanda Iroko is Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Nuyorican jazz project. It’s the perfect blend of singing bass and singing drum. BLUE NOTE Greenwich Village Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
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New York Philharmonic “Oyá” Reopens David Geffen Hall with Brazilian Composer Marcos Balter’s Work on the Yoruba Orisha of Rebirth
Brazilian, Classical Music, Cuban, David Geffen Hall, LATIN MUSIC, Lincoln Center, Manhattan NYC, New York Philharmonic, Nigerian, YorubaDAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇧🇷
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AfriBembé Festival Honors Oshún Virtually
African American, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), Colombian, Dominican, Haitian, Manhattan NYC, Trinidadian, YorubaSaturday, September 19, 2020 from 2-8pm CCCADI.ORG FREE 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇦 🇵🇷 🇹🇹 🇺🇸
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Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions
African American, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), Cuban, Manhattan NYC, YorubaThursdays, April 16, 23, 30 & May 7, 2020 ZOOM CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE El Barrio, East Harlem – Oba Frank Bell leads a webinar on Integral Plants & Herbs in Afro-Cuban Orisha & Palo Traditions. FREE
