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 […]
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.
Hubby Jenkins for AfroMundo Festival
The 3rd annual AfroMundo Festival 2024 brings you talented multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins, a specialist in blues and old-time music. Jenkins has been nominated for Grammy and Americana awards, and has performed with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Rhiannon Giddens. Tickets are free, but reservations required. Make yours HERE! Do you play the banjo? Don’t […]
AfroMundo Film Series: Free CeCe
Don’t miss this documentary on the culture of violence surrounding Trans women of color and their unjust incarceration, told through the voices of Laverne Cox and CeCe McDonald. A dynamic panel discussion will immediately follow. Register HERE. UpLift Chronicles article on the film series HERE.
AfroMundo Film Series: Faith in Blackness
Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality is a short documentary highlighting the spiritual experiences of AfroLatines of different faith traditions. How does Blackness play a role in their spirituality and vice-versa? Centering the individual lived experiences of AfroLatines and their engagement to their Blackness, their faith, theologies, and spiritual traditions. Panel Discussion to […]
Warriors of Afro-Peruvian Music (AfroMundo Festival event)
Two Grammy nominees — Charo Goyonehe, appointed Meritorious Person of Afro Peruvian Culture, and Rosa Guzmán, champion of Peru’s criolla music — fly in from Peru for a legendary concert with Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, Master of of Afro Peruvian percussive instruments, and Yuri Juárez, Master of Afro-Peruvian folk guitar. Charo Goyonehe and Rosa Guzmán are […]
Migrations: Transmitting Traditions & Knowledge through Dance (AfroMundo)
Come learn of the significance of Afro Brazilian communal dances Samba de Roda & Samba de Caboclo. Bridge cultures, build community, and join in this dance that is a feat of resistance and perseverance and whose steps are a call to unity and strength. At the Valle del Oro National Wildlife Refuge—a gem of a […]
Inclusive Narratives: “Rising Voices” film screening (AfroMundo Festival event)
This short (18-min) documentary explores the importance of investing in and sharing stories created by Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers and storytellers. Panelists include: Mel Adún, Writer and Cofounder of Editora Ogums Publishing Collective; Ausettua AmorAmenkum, founder of New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center Resident Group, The Gradates—a performance group comprised of former […]
Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Survival (AfroMundo Festival)
For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. The foods of Afro peoples continue to incorporate ingredients of ancestral dishes and to preserve African ways of preparing ingredients native to the Americas. Presenters will discuss the African roots of various dishes and defy stereotypes of […]
Folk Medicine – Healing & Spirituality: AfroMundo Festival event
Screening of short (15-min) film “Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings” followed by panel discussion. Panelists include Film Writer & Director Cara Lawson; Ashoka Fellow & Founder of Birthing Project—Underground Railroad for New Life, Kathryn Hall Trujillo; Doulah & Healer Tauz TamuPovi; Ausettua AmorAmenkum who since the 1980s has engaged incarcerated women with performance & […]