As a kick-off to the Workshop series, The Harriet Tubman Institute is please to present and its Performing Diaspora: Iniké Afrique Kick Off Music Festival which will feature 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 will feature:
Master Drummers Mbemba Bangoura (Guinea), Amara Kante (Guinea), Amadou Kienou (Burkina Faso), educators, Modesto Amegago (Ghana) , Gareth Burgess (Trinidad), and have 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.
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 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.
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| Performing Diaspora 2011 – Iniké Afrique Festival Poster (pdf) | 3.28 MB |