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 May 2012
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Happy May! Can't believe we're nearly half-way into 2012 - time flies!
We're having an awesome anniversary year filled with creative success but we need your support to continue the journey. Please take a moment to subscribe or make a donation via our website or dropping a contribution in the mail. Pass forward and encourage your friends to subscribe, our campaign is year long!
Join our 20th Anniversary fundraising drive at www.africanvoices.com.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us recently - you should get your magazine shortly. They were mailed, please call if you do not receive your subscription within the next two weeks.
Our Spring 2012 includes a dedication to the beloved our poet/friend Louis Reyes Rivera who joined the ancestors in March. It is the second part of our theater issue featuring profiles on Kojo Ade, Donna Walker Kuhne, actors Ty Jones and Charles Reese and British American playwright Bonnie Greer. There is also a listing by the prolific writer Herb Boyd celebrating Black theaters from across the nation.
You can mail a check or money order to African Voices, 270 W. 96th Street, NY 10025. If you have any questions, call (212) 865-2982.Please pass the e-mail forward to family, friends and colleagues! Take care, Carolyn www.africanvoices.com
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JOIN US MAY 16 at 6 pm & Meet the Artists!
On May 16, 2012 at 6 pm, African Voices and Savae, Inc. invite you to join an artists' talk for "A Choice of Weapons: The New Renaissance Artists" exhibition at the 1199SEIU Gallery, 310 W. 43rd Street (bet. 8 & 9 Aves.). Daniel Tisdale, an internationally renowned visual artist and founder of Harlem World, will moderate the conversation with the artists who will talk about their art and how Gordon Parks has influenced their work. The exhibition, which closes May 30, is an artistic tribute in honor of Mr. Parks' centennial anniversary. Harlem World is a media sponsor for the artists' talk. To RSVP for the event call: 212-865-2982 or 718-314-0766. RSVP online at: http://choiceofweaponsexhibit.eventbrite.com/ There will be an artist panel followed by an open discussion with all of the exhibiting artists in attendance. Featured Panel Artists: Fikisha Cumbo, Mel Wright, Lisa Russell, Ocean Morriset, Howard Moss, Mireille Liong-A-Kong, Nathan Yungerberg, Jamel Shabazz, Mirlande Jean-Gilles and Lolita Parker, Jr. About Our Host Daniel Tisdale Daniel B. Tisdale, a native of Watts, CA, is an internationally recognized visual artist; an educator; political and community activist. He received his M.F.A. study at Otis/Parsons School of Design, and his BA from California Polytechnic University, where he was honored in 2004 as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. As an artist, Mr. Tisdale's exhibits, photography and performance work has been shown in over 100 galleries and museums around the world. These institutions include: the prestigious Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the New Museum of Contemporary Art; Institute of Contemporary Photography; the International Center for Photography (ICP); the Studio Museum in Harlem; the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston; the California African American Art Museum in Los Angeles; among others. Exhibition on view until May 30, 2012! To view exhibition call: 212-261-2210 or 2211. |
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SULE GREG WILSON Performs Friday, May 18, 2012!
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ANGAZA PRODUCTIONS presents A Rare NYC Appearance! SULE GREG WILSON in "Ancestral Anthems" and "Tales of Consensual Shenanigans" Friday, May 18th 7:30-9pm African Voices, 270 W. 96th, (Bway & West End) (1, 2, 3 trains or Riverside Dr. to 96th St.) Uplifting and Uproarious - Can you handle both in one evening? Raise your voice in tribute to the ancestors. Then join Sule's song & story journey from Africa to Harlem, from the Amazon to ancient Arabia, Caribbean isles to Zuni pueblos. We'll be singing and signifying all the way! Storytelling is as old as humanity-and so are accounts of the affairs of the heart (and other organs, too!). Before they were kidnapped to these Puritan-occupied shores, the African ancestors enjoyed life in the sun with little clothing, little inhibition, lots of passion and lots of laughs. Come and take your freedom back! LAWDY, LAWDY, IT'S BLACK & BAWDY! Sule Greg Wilson, musician and folklorist, author of The Drummer's Path, performed on last year's Grammy-Award-winning, Genuine Negro Jig. Playing hand drums, shekere, tambo, kazoo, bhodran, mbira, ukulele, body and banjo, he's performed with Taj Mahal, Babatunde Olatunji, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and others. Sule's artistic mission is "Sankofa," reaching into the past to bring its gems into the future. This former NYC resident is a modern Edu-Tainer/American Griot and has spread the word from Ghana to Hawaii, Mexico to Ireland, Mississippi to Minnesota and Juneau to Miami Beach. Adm: $20 (cash) Space is limited RSVP to angazaproductions@gmail.com
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