Tag: AfroMundo
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AfroMundo Festival Begins
In its first two years, the annual AfroMundo Festival has become a favorite. Be sure to check out the third annual festival, “Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries,” including live music, films, food tastings, and more!
The full 2024 lineup, with daily events from April 13 to 20, is on AfroMundo’s website, or check out the individual events on our April calendar. All events are free and open to the public.
*AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic “Bold Futures” by artist Lauryn Mills Bohannon.
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AfroMundo Festival: Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Creativity
For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, cultural retention, and innovation. Join an exciting culinary discussion with Angelica Mena: Afro-Columbian Chef and Founder of San Francisco’s Sukulentas; and with Chef Suzanne Barr, recipient of a 2021 Social Advocate of the Year Award, featured in acclaimed documentary The Heat: A kitchen (R)evolution (2018).
Tickets are free – and required. Get yours HERE.
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AfroMundo Festival: Screening of Documentary “Sonic Forest”
The 30-minute documentary Sonic Forest features two Colombian communities risking their lives to preserve the earth, doing the global work of conservation like many Afro and Indigenous communities in the Americas.
The screening will be followed immediately by a Panel Discussion with land rights activists from right here in Albuquerque and across the Americas. Tickets are free and reservations required. Details and ticket link coming soon.
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AfroMundo Festival: Nidia Gongóra in Concert
Grammy-nominated singer, composer, tradition-bearer, folklorist and champion of the Pacific coast’s Afro-Colombian cultural heritage Nidia Gongóra will perform music that blends the music of her native Timbiquí with other world genres.
Tickets are FREE! Get yours HERE.
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AfroMundo Festival: Screening of Documentary Short “Silence Sam”
This 18-minute documentary short was directed by young activists in reaction to a documentary that was done about them without their consent. View their story told through their own art! A panel discussion will follow, featuring activists and leaders for change.
Reservations required. Details coming soon.
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AfroMundo Festival: “Farming While Black” film screening
The documentary “Farming While Black,” directed by Mark Decena, examines the historical abuses of Black farmers and the current movement for their descendants to reclaim their right to the land.
A panel discussion will immediately follow the film, featuring Black New Mexico farmers.
Registration is free and required. More info and registration link HERE.
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Contemporary Rebel Woman Reading
Shirley Campbell Barr, Suzanne Barr, and Yashika Graham will share their poetry and prose.
Shirley Campbell Barr will read selections from her five poetry collections. She has written De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. Yashika Graham is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection Some of Us Can Go Back Home.
Presented as part of the AfroMundo Festival.
Photo: Shirley Campbell Barr
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Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess documentary
Don’t miss the documentary Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess, exploring the Jamaican Maroons’ struggle for freedom, led by the indomitable 18th century military genius, Nanny of the Maroons. Nanny is Jamaica’s sole female National Hero, and one of the most justly celebrated heroines in the resistance history of the New World.
Presented as part of the annual AfroMundo Festival. Spirited panel discussion will begin after the film. Trailer HERE.
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Hubby Jenkins Banjo Workshop
Learn from the best! If you play the banjo, don’t miss this workshop with Grammy and Americana Award-nominated Hubby Jenkins, who will also perform in the evening.
Tickets are free, but reservations are required to attend. Get yours HERE!
For tickets to the evening performance, check out the event listing here.
