The Pan African Art and Film Festival (PAFF) is considered America’s largest and most prestigious Black arts and film festival, regularly attracting over 200,000 visitors and holding annual screenings of more than 100 films made by and/or about people of African descent from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the South Pacific, Europe [...]
FELA! | Los Angeles, CA
It’s Lagos, Nigeria — the late 70s. The hottest musician in Africa is Fela Kuti. His club he calls The Shrine. But it’s no ordinary club; and he’s no ordinary musician. He’s created a new kind of music, Afrobeat — pounding eclectic rhythms (drawn from music traditions around the globe) mixed with incendiary lyrics to [...]
Hollywood Black Film Festival | Los Angeles, CA
Showcasing both feature and short films made by prominent as well as up-and-coming African-American filmmakers, the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) was founded in 1998 by its executive director, Tanya Kersey, in order to enhance the careers of emerging and established black filmmakers through a public exhibition and competition program. The festival’s goal is to [...]
The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven by color, shaped by Cultures
This California African American Museum’s (CAAM) organized exhibition, The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven by color, shaped by Culture, thoroughly explores the representations of people of African descent in the work of Mexican artist (1904 – 1957). Covarrubias moved to New York City at 19 and became friends with the intellectual elite [...]
BB King & Buddy Guy @ Hollywood Bowl
This summer’s Jazz at the Bowl series continues it run on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 8PM featuring two titans of the blues……Bowl Hall of Famer B.B. King, reigning of blues master for over four decades, as fast and relentless as ever; and, leading off, Buddy Guy, a Chicago blues pioneer who influenced such legends [...]
Hollywood Bowl Jazz Series | Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2010 Hollywood Bowl Jazz Series begins Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 8PM with a compelling mix of African beats, dance and jazz. FEATURED ARTISTS: Nigerian Afrobeat superstars Femi Kuti & The Positive Force return with their explosive rhythms and invigorating dancing for a night that celebrates and explores the foundation and [...]
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