DanceAfrica 2023 celebrates Ghanian and African Diaspora dance; at BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene, Brooklyn; over Memorial Day Weekend from Friday-Monday, May 26-29, 2023. From $25. bam.org 🇬🇭 🇺🇸 46th DanceAfrica 2023 The 46th DanceAfrican 2023 is a choreographic and musical journey through ancestral and contemporary Ghanian culture. It has a lot of … [Read more...] about DanceAfrica 2023 Celebrates Ghanaian and African Diaspora Culture at BAM
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Dry Ground Burning Moves Real Brazilian Women on the Edge to the Front and Center
Dry Ground Burning "Dry Ground Burning," the Brazilian docudrama by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós, is Cinema Tropical's "Best Latin American Film of the Year." A Real Story The entire world has entered a period of change, and it is starting to get uncomfortable. The post-colonial system of exploitation is on the ropes. The climate is breaking faster than we can … [Read more...] about Dry Ground Burning Moves Real Brazilian Women on the Edge to the Front and Center
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival 2022 Brings Contemporary Mexican Culture to NYC
Celebrate Mexico Now Festival 2022 is New York City's festival of contemporary Mexican culture. The festival is produced by CN Management, one of NYC's top Mexican American programmers. It has presented over 300 Mexican artists in NYC's leading cultural venues. Mexico has such great historic traditions that it is easy to miss what is happening there now. Many have reported … [Read more...] about Celebrate Mexico Now Festival 2022 Brings Contemporary Mexican Culture to NYC
Afropunk 2022 is Back With More Style Than an Entire Fashion Week
Afropunk 2022 is a Black music festival in Brooklyn that has gone global. It's a weekend filled with young energy and lots of AfroFuturism that has become a bit of a social movement of young, Black pride. It's the African Diaspora coming together - loud and proud. The festival was inspired by James Spooner's "Afro-Punk" documentary film (2003) about Black Punk Rockers. The … [Read more...] about Afropunk 2022 is Back With More Style Than an Entire Fashion Week
DanceAfrica 2022 Calls Our Ancestors to BAM
The 45th DanceAfrica 2022 dance festival presents five guest African dance companies with the Arkestra Afrika, BAM RestorationArt Dance Youth Ensemble and DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in Fort Greene over Memorial Day Weekend, Fri-Mon, May 27-30, 2022. From $35. bam.org 🇬🇭🇬🇳🇲🇱🇳🇬 🇨🇺🇭🇹🇩🇴🇵🇷🇹🇹 In addition to performances, the Festival features … [Read more...] about DanceAfrica 2022 Calls Our Ancestors to BAM
Celebrate the 42nd DanceAfrica 2020 Virtually
DanceAfrica is an annual festival of African dance at BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene Brooklyn in July. DanceAfrica 2020 To keep New York safe during the COVID-19 epidemic, DanceAfrica goes virtual at bam.org from May 17 to July 7, 2020. Follow DanceAfrica as BAM comes alive with African dance, music, film, talks, classes and a virtual Bazaar. … [Read more...] about Celebrate the 42nd DanceAfrica 2020 Virtually
Two days of Afropunk show more style than Fashion Week
Afropunk is Brooklyn's African punk rock festival. It blends music, art and politics into a global youth movement in Atlanta, London, Johannesburg and Paris. Described as "a safe place, a blank space" the party is an entire weekend of young Africa. Everybody is African and so everybody goes too. Two days of Afropunk throw more style than an entire Fashion Week. The music is … [Read more...] about Two days of Afropunk show more style than Fashion Week
Afropunk 2018
The Afropunk Brooklyn music festival is at Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Saturday - Sunday, August 25-26, 2018. The Afropunk After Dark party is at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 11 pm. Afropunk https://youtu.be/fanQHFAxXH0 It all started with Black punkers. Can you imagine that? A few Black kids slamming in a sea of raging … [Read more...] about Afropunk 2018