The Black and Proud Concert: Where Liberation Meets Culture

May 22, 2009 from 3:00pm to 7:00pm EDT
Location: Carlos Rosario School Auditorium
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Local and National Artists Perform at Benefit Concert Promoting African Liberation and Unity A diverse lineup of African artists and musicians, from traditional African drumming to salsa meringue to hip hop, will perform Friday, May 22nd, 7pm-11pm at the Carlos Rosario School Auditorium, 1100 Harvard St. NW in Washington, DC. The Black and Proud Concert opens a weekend of African Liberation Day events organized by the Uhuru (Freedom) Movement. Program highlights include Hometown favorite DJ Soyo New Jersey based rapper Hassan Salaam Malcolm X Drummers and Dancers Afro-Cuban salsa meringue band DC Casineros Senegalese hip hop duo Wageble Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers Three Generationz, the DC based singing trio that is Nata’aska HumminBird, Maimouna Youssef, and N’avasha Daya of the world-renowned soul band Fertile Ground. These artists represent the cultural component of the growing African Internationalist movement that is uniting African people everywhere in the struggle for African freedom and independence. Hip hop artist and political organizer Africa’s Trigga, who embodies the concert theme “liberation meets culture,” will also perform. He attracted national media attention last year for asking Obama, “What about the black community?” and has been on the front lines of struggles against police oppression in African communities across the country. The concert will be followed by a two-day conference aimed at putting revolutionary ideas into action through the African Socialist International. Students, activists, organizations and individuals from across North America are expected to attend and will engage in strategizing with the program’s dynamic speakers and workshops on the concrete work of building a liberated and united African nation. Tickets $20 benefit African Liberation Day. For more information contact 202.580.8276, dc@alduhuru.org or visit www.alduhuru.org.

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The Black and Proud Concert: Where Liberation Meets Culture

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