Performing Diaspora 2011: Iniké Afrique Music Festival

As a kick-off to the Workshop series, The Harriet Tubman Institute was please to present its Performing Diaspora: Iniké Afrique Kick Off Music Festival which featured our Master Drummers, Dancers and educators from the Workshops series as well as a number of exciting musical groups from around City of Toronto and the world.

The music festival featured:
Master Drummers Mbemba Bangoura (Guinea), Amara Kante (Guinea), Amadou Kienou (Burkina Faso), educators, Modesto Amegago (Ghana) , Gareth Burgess (Trinidad), and performances by: Nutifafa, DRUMHAND, Samba Squad, Manding Foli Kan Don, Moussou Folila, and Baro Dununba.

A story on Y-File has been published about Performing Diaspora 2011. To see it click here.
You can check out here our commercial featured in CHRY Community Radio.

Venue

The Concert will take place at the Founders College Assembly Hall, York University. Doors open at 6:30pm, and the concert starts at 7:30pm.
Directions: TBA.

Tickets

Tickets are available for $15,00. They can be purchased in location in hours preceeding the show.
Tickets can be reserved in advance by registering online. For advance purchases, please contact [email protected].

This exciting Music Festival is not to be missed, as it is a night that promises to move your body and soul to the rich percussive rhythms from across the globe. Come and join us on February 18th as we Kick off our series of events, Inike Afrique!

See our official poster attached.