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Lagos Fanti Carnival rekindles Afro-Brazilian flame
On Easter Sunday, the soul of Lagos Island stirred to life. The Fanti Carnival surged through its storied streets like a ...
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Amid Caribbean crises, S.F.’s CubaCaribe festival presents art as a beacon
The dance performances, film screenings ... audiences during her years touring with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum and Bembé Orisha projects, but established a powerful musical ...
‘Sinners’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Doubles the Magnetism in Ryan Coogler’s Audacious Journey Into a Community’s Violated Soul
Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku and Miles Caton also star in this genre-bending brew of vampire ...
This Lagos museum is challenging the traditional ‘Eurocentric’ model
The John Randle Centre for Yoruba History and Culture is a bold and colorful challenge to traditional ideas of a what a museum should be.
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Lagos Fanti Carnival returns this Easter
On April 20, 2025 (Easter Sunday), the Lagos Fanti Carnival will return to the streets of Lagos with vibrant celebrations ...
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This Lagos museum is challenging the traditional ‘Eurocentric’ model
For example, the music of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti was an evolution of Oríkì praise poetry sung in small Yoruba villages that incorporates drums and dance, Rea explained. To reflect this ...
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The Talking Drums
In ritual drumming, the drums are played for the orishas, the Yoruba gods ... In the '50s, Ortiz began researching African dance, music and theater. "If it had not been for him, much of the ...