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
Banda 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, Lincoln Center, MUSIC, New York Philharmonic, Nigerian, YorubaDAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇧🇷
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Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions
Thursdays, 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
