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The CCCADI Archive (Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute) contains New York Latin Culture Magazine's feature coverage of Latin culture produced by the CCCADI in New York City since 2018.

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Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots

Yasser Tejeda in New York City Dominican alternative singer-songwriter Yasser Tejeda plays a special Uptown Nights Latin Music Series show for Harlem Stage, the World Music Institute and Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). New York Haitian DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) keeps the room moving with a little Afro-Everything before and after the show at … [Read more...] about Yasser Tejeda Grows Danceable Latin Alternative From Dominican Folk Roots

The Rhythm, Bass And Place: Through the Lens Photography Exhibition Shows Music & Dance as the Heartbeat of Latin New York at the CCCADI

Rhythm, Bass and Place: Through the Lens is a photography exhibition that shows music and dance as the heartbeat of Latin New York from the 1970s to the 2000s. Rhythm, Bass and Place CCCADI The Rhythm, Bass and Place CCCADI photography exhibition showing music and dance as the heartbeat of Latin New York from the 1970s to the 2000s, opens with a reception at CCCADI, the … [Read more...] about The Rhythm, Bass And Place: Through the Lens Photography Exhibition Shows Music & Dance as the Heartbeat of Latin New York at the CCCADI

Celebrate Sou Sou Saturdays Hip-Hop’s Femme Pioneers with Your Family at CCCADI

Sou Sou Saturdays Hip-Hop's Femme Pioneers CCCADI’s Sou Sou! Saturdays family cultural program looks back at the footsteps of lady pioneers of hip-hop; at the CCCADI in El Barrio East Harlem on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 1-5pm. Free with registration. cccadi.org 🇺🇸 🇯🇲 🇵🇦 🇵🇷 The Ladies of Hip-Hop The girls have been rockin' the house since the beginning of hip-hop. … [Read more...] about Celebrate Sou Sou Saturdays Hip-Hop’s Femme Pioneers with Your Family at CCCADI

The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit Supports Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers at City Winery

CCCADI's Hurricane Fiona Emergency Relief Fund The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit for the Emergency Relief Fund for Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers supports artists in need who may not be receiving government help. Artists and cultural workers deserve our support because they are the island's soul and the glue of our communities. Culture usually … [Read more...] about The CCCADI Hurricane Fiona Puerto Rico Benefit Supports Caribbean Artists & Cultural Workers at City Winery

The CCCADI’s AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! Celebrates Our African Roots in El Barrio!

The AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa!2022 is an outdoor festival of Pan-African culture produced by NYC's Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI). 4th AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! The CCCADI's 4th AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! is at Harlem Art Park and on East 120th St in "El Barrio" East Harlem on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 11:30am - 7pm. Free. … [Read more...] about The CCCADI’s AfriBembé Festival: Sankofa! Celebrates Our African Roots in El Barrio!

The AfriBembé Festival 2021 Celebrates the African Diaspora in El Barrio East Harlem

The AfriBembé Festival 2021 is the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute's (CCCADI) end of summer street fair in El Barrio, East Harlem. Bembé can be an expression of faith or just a party. It's a coming together with family, friends, and community. There is usually eating, singing and dancing, shopping and lots of talking. 3rd AfriBembé Festival … [Read more...] about The AfriBembé Festival 2021 Celebrates the African Diaspora in El Barrio East Harlem

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Launches “On Protest and Mourning” Exhibition and Student Curriculum

On Protest and Mourning is a virtual exhibition that includes a junior high and high school student curriculum designed by the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute to help young New Yorkers make sense of our current reckoning with systemic racism and police violence at onprotestandmourning.digital through June 30, 2021. #onprotestandmourning On Protest and … [Read more...] about Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Launches “On Protest and Mourning” Exhibition and Student Curriculum

NYC Arts Workers Rally for NYC’s Cultural Voices to be Heard

The NYC Arts Workers Rally is at Foley Square in Manhattan's Civic Center on Saturday, May 8, 2021 from 12-2pm. This is for artists and independent cultural workers. Details at google.com (a Google site). Hashtags: #IamAnArtWorker#IstandWithArtWorkers#SolidarityInActionForArtWorker s#ArtWorkersMarch#ArtIsNeverTooSmallToFund New York is a cultural city. The pandemic … [Read more...] about NYC Arts Workers Rally for NYC’s Cultural Voices to be Heard

Bobby Sanabria talks the African-Caribbean Roots of Jazz

Virtual Jazz 101 with Bobby Sanabria is on the CCCADI Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute's YouTube and Facebook channels on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 7pm. FREE Just added, Part 2, Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 7pm on the same channels. ¡WEPA! cccadi.org Jazz is African from New Orleans Somehow, the roots of jazz come from West and Central Africa to … [Read more...] about Bobby Sanabria talks the African-Caribbean Roots of Jazz

Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions

Integral Plants & Herbs In Afro-Cuban Religion: Orisha & PaloApril 16, 23, 30 and May 77 - 8:30pmFree with registration at zoom.us Oba Frank Bell leads a free webinar on Integral Plants & Herbs in Afro-Cuban Religion: Orisha & Palo Traditions. Orisha traditions are more West African. Palo traditions are more Central African. In the same way that other … [Read more...] about Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions

AfriBembé Festival 2019

A traditional bembé is a Yoruba religious festival of drumming, dancing and singing meant to connect individuals and the community with the ancestors and divine energies. In the time of slavery, Africans in the Americas came from different tribes so we often couldn't speak with each other, but everyone understood the drum. Back in the day in The Bronx and El Barrio, the … [Read more...] about AfriBembé Festival 2019

Uptown Nights Curtis Brothers & Circa ’95 at Harlem Stage

UPTOWN NIGHTS: Curtis Brothers & Circa '95 play African, Creole, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Brazilian, jazz, hip-hop, samba and more at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, Manhattan on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:30pm. $25 The Curtis Brothers map the rhythms of the slave trade. Circa '95 raps in Spanglish about what happened once we landed in El Barrio. This show is presented … [Read more...] about Uptown Nights Curtis Brothers & Circa ’95 at Harlem Stage