Nigerian

NADA New York is an Emerging Contemporary Art Fair

STARRETT-LEHIGH BUILDING, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇨🇦 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇷 🇷🇴 🇿🇦

New York African Film Festival 2025 Celebrates Fluid Horizons in Films from Mother Afrika

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan
MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER, Harlem, Manhattan
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM), Fort Greene, Brooklyn
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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Shows African and African Diaspora Art

THE HALO, Financial District, Manhattan 🇧🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇩 🇫🇷 🇭🇰 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

PEN World Voices Festival 2025 Celebrates International Literature

GREENWICH VILLAGE, Manhattan

Doc Fortnight 2025, MoMA’s New Documentary Film Festival, Screens Many Latin Films

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇷🇴 🇪🇸

Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth

February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
October 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬

Yemayá is the Yoruba Great Mother Orisha of the Sea

February 2 🇧🇷 🇺🇾
September 7 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
December 31 🇧🇷

African Diaspora International Film Festival NYC Brings the Many Faces of Mother Afrika To New York City

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Morningside Heights, Manhattan
CINEMA VILLAGE, Greenwich Village
LEONARD NIMOY THALIA, Upper West Side
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DOC NYC Documentary Film Festival Screens Films That Make You Think About What’s Going On All Around Us Right Now

IFC CENTER, SVA THEATRE, VILLAGE EAST BY ANGELIKA, West Village, Chelsea, East Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇮🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇸🇩

Orunmila is the Yoruba Orisha of Wisdom and Divination

October 4 🇨🇺

Nigerian Independence Day Parade Celebrates 64 Years of Independence

MURRAY HILL, KIPS BAY, NOMAD, Manhattan 🇳🇬

Nigerian Independence Day in New York City

October 1, 1960 🇳🇬

Armory Show Celebrates 30 Years of International Contemporary Art Fairs in New York City

JAVITS CENTER, Hudson Yards, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇸🇬 🇿🇦 🇪🇸

New York Carnival Celebrates Freedom Trinidadian and West Indian Style

BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
EASTERN AVENUE, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

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Battery Dance Festival Connects the World Through Dance

ROCKEFELLER PARK, Battery Park City, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇱 🇳🇬 🇷🇴 🇰🇷 🇹🇼 🇻🇪

World Orchestra Week is a Festival of International Youth Orchestras from Afghanistan, Africa, America, China, Europe, and Venezuela at Carnegie Hall

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇦🇫 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🇨🇩 🇭🇺 🇰🇪 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇺🇦 🇻🇪

Michael Olatuja Lagos Pepper Soup Plays His Unique Broadway Afrobeat for Carnegie Hall Citywide at Bryant Park

BRYANT PARK, Garment District, Manhattan 🇳🇬

Africa United Youth Orchestra Makes its Carnegie Hall Debut with South African Composers and Sopranos, plus Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇩 🇰🇪 🇲🇿 🇳🇬 🇿🇦

Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metals, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!

JANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬

Yemi Alade in New York City

SONY HALL, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇳🇬

Eleguá ~ Papa Legba ~ Elegbara ~ Eshu is the Yoruba Orisha of the Crossroads of Destiny

Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Benin, Togo 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬

Tribeca Film Festival is an Intersection of Film, Celebrity, and Popular Culture

TRIBECA 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇯🇲 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇷 🇸🇴 🇺🇾

On Yoruba New Year “E ku odun, eku iyedun”

JUNE 3 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬

Photoville, the Outdoor Photo Exhibition in All Five Boroughs, Captures New York City’s Diverse International Spirit

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, Brooklyn Heights 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇻🇪

Summer for the City Brings the World to Lincoln Center with Free or Pay-What-You-Wish Concerts

LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 🇰🇾 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇶 🇮🇹 🇨🇮 🇯🇲 🇯🇴 🇲🇱 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇸🇩 🇹🇹 🇻🇪 🇿🇼

Davido is Available for a Timeless Good Time of AfroBeats at Madison Square Garden

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇳🇬

Whitney Biennial 2024 is Even Better Than the Real Thing

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Meatpacking District, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇱 🇩🇴 🇸🇻 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇹🇹

Under the Radar 2024 is a Theatre and Performance Showcase

NEW YORK LIVE ARTS, Chelsea, Manhattan 🇿🇦
INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn 🇱🇧 🇸🇾 🇲🇽
LINCOLN CENTER 🇳🇬

Inle is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Medical Workers and Fishers

October 24 🇨🇺

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Elevates International Women’s Soccer

The world’s top women’s soccer tournament.
July 20 to August 20, 2023

🇨🇦 🇨🇷 🇭🇹 🇯🇲 🇵🇦 🇺🇸, 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴, 🇲🇦 🇳🇬 🇿🇦 🇿🇲, 🇵🇭

Dance Parade NYC 2023 DanceFest Gets over 10,000 New Yorkers Dancing in the Streets

DANCE PARADE
Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village

African, Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban, Bhangra, Bollywood, Bomba, Break Dancing, Caporales, Carnival, Dancehall, Flamenco, Folkloric, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Latin, Majorette, Mexican, Moko Jumbies, Reggae, Salay, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Street, Tammurriata, Tap, Tarrantella, Tinkus, and more. 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇳🇬 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇹🇹

DANCEFEST Tompkins Square Park
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Saturday, May 20, 2023