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  Omar Sosa at the Birdland in NYC – Linda Lee

  afrobeat16

  – April 15, 2024

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  What we were listening to in 2014

  Wuyi Jacobs

  – March 22, 2024

  AFROBEATRADIO’S COUNTDOWN OF THE BEST AFRICAN MUSIC OF 2014As is now our custom, the last show of the…

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  What we were listening to in 2013

  Akena Hammagaadji

  – December 18, 2022

  • Academic & Professional
  • Art & Entertainment

  Best African Music of 2013 with Akena Hammagaadji – at # 1 TAL NATIONAL by Tal National on…

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Articles

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  Music and the Migrations of the African Diaspora

  Afrobeat Journal

  – March 22, 2024

  By Kyra Gaunt I am an ethnomusicologist by training but I also teach anthropology and black studies. Over the last six years, I have had an inconsistent curiosity about what I called the “unfinished migrations” of the relationships between African nationals in the U.S. and “African” domestic Americans living and making music in New York City. As an ethnographer who performs occasionally in this complex arena of diasporic identifications, it has taken a while for me to locate and describe the elusive connections on an intra-diasporic ethnography. Part of this work has been self-reflexive, examining how I myself travel between…

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  Tonite Fela Performed – For Seun or Chip of the Old Block

  Afrobeat Journal

  – December 16, 2022

  By Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka Tonight, Fela performed!Seun, Chip of the Old Block I never knew I would see FelaPerform…

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  Mamie’s Mirrors

  Afrobeat Journal

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  By Pamela Booker Taylor loved that her mother had started wearing her medium-cut afro again in retirement. Natural…

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Upcoming Events

These are the events that we are preparing for you!

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  Yemi Alade at Sony Hall

  235 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036

  – 12-06-2024

  Wednesday, June 12, 2024Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 9:00pm https://youtu.be/5pafKNClv5M?si=xwCHTPRTwNWW9JE_ More Information at Sony Hall

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  Mulatu Astatke at the Blue Note Jazz Festival

  235 W 46th St. New York, NY 10036

  – 19-06-2024

  Dates: Wed June 19, 2024 Thurs June 20, 2024 Venue: Sony Hall Door: 6 PM For More Information visit Sony Hall

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  The IAAF 2024

  Commodore Barry Park (aka City Park) Downtown Brooklyn, New York

  – 04-07-2024

  Be a Vendor Travel Directions The International African Arts Festival [IAAF] began in 1971 and has been a part of Brooklyn cultural landscape for over five decades. Over the years, the stages of the Festival has featured renowned artists such as Blue Magic, Steel Pulse, The Mighty Sparrow, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, KRS-1, Lauryn Hill, India Arie and many other artists who grew to achieve national and international acclaim. For more Information: www.iaafestival.org

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  Vitality Restored Holistic Health & Healing Event

  Kasi- Kweku Andoh Sustainability Institute located in Volta Region, Ghana

  – 18-11-2024

  November 18-30 Vitality Restored Holistic Health & Healing Retreat.Starting: November 18-30, 2024 Register here https://youtu.be/RwIasMbH60A?si=dCKbC8KhLeYwe2dc Get Ready to Come and Enjoy an Exciting Enriching Journey. Experience a 12 day All Inclusive Get-a-way in Ghana! Itinerary Includes: Reiki 1 & 2 Training and CertificationLIVE Raw Vegan Food PresentationRenowned Speakers on Health & HealingFAFAA- First Aid For Asthma Attacks TrainingKASI Bamboo CourseIndividualized Health Tips Consultations More Information Aromatherapy and WorkshopIridology Consultations & Health AssessmentsMassagesReiki TreatmentsKASI Medicinal Herbal CourseAdinkra & Kente Cloths ConstructionShea…

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  Dancing The AfroFuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and The Dunham Legacy

  Department of Dance at Barnard College

  – 24-04-2024

  On February 26, 2024, 11:40 – 12:55, the Department of Dance at Barnard College will host Black Popular Culture Scholar, Dance Educator, Choreographer Professor Emerita Halifu Osumare on tour with her sequel memoir Dancing The AfroFuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and The Dunham Legacy. Dancing The AfroFuture is already noted as “An important and rare addition to the future of Black dance history. It will become a vital resource for researchers into dance history, the history of dance studies, and beyond” Tara…

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