Women Posing For a Fashion Show
From the 38th Annual International African Arts Festival
Fri., July 1 to Mon., July 4: The International African Arts Festival is dedicated to the preservation of art forms, traditions, and cultures of Africa and its diaspora. The festivals theme this year is Arobaini (Swahili for “forty”). The festival takes place in Commodore Barry Park, in downtown Brooklyn.
Schedule:
Friday, July 1
Ancestral opening with Shanto
James Fleet/Drake Colley Quintet
Ngoma-Tribute to Billy Bang
Greg Stamper
Colonel Abrams Dance Party
Asase Ya
Saturday, July 2
Tribute to Chief Bey, Nana Dinizulu and Baba Ishangi
Ifetayo Youth Ensemble
Omi Yesa
Dimizulu African Dancers, Drummers and Singers
Ishangi family Dancers
Bill Mc Cloud, Urban Ju-Jitsu
Sunday, July 3
Gospel
Graveshift
Amma Watt
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney MC
The Black Alley players featuring Ebony Jo-Ann
Tribute to Gil Scott Heron feat. The Last Poets and the Midnight Band
International Day of the Drum Celebrating and Observance
Akom
Monday, July 4
Rome Neal’s Women In Jazz
Orquesta Tipica 73 (Salsa music)
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney MC
Norman Conners and the Starship Orchestra
Forces of Nature
International Day of the Drum Celebrating and Observance
For information on the Children’s Program (including the Fashion Show, the Afrikan Poetry Theater Poetry Slam, and the Natural Hair Show) and other details, call 718.638.3700 or send an email to infoatIAAFestival.org
Commodore Park http
Between Brooklyn Queens Express and Flushing Ave
Map
http://www.iaafestival.org
