
National Black Arts Festival Visit beautiful Dakar Senegal May 7-June 7, 2010 for Dak'Art, the Biennial of Contemporary African Art. Visit dakart.org for more information.

National Black Arts Festival Know the Culture! President Ronald Reagan signed a law designating the 3rd Monday in January Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on November 2, 1983. Also on this day in 1930, Haile Selassie became Emperor of Ethiopia. (Source- yenoba.com)

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The novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye became the first woman in a decade and the first black woman ever to win the Prix Goncourt, the annual literary prize.

Jonathan Perkins If you're in or around the Columbus, GA area , this is definitely worth checking out... An often forgotten piece of American History is given a new voice in this production, Direct From Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys...
Featuring WTVM's Chauncy Glover
Location:Liberty Theatre Cultural Center
Time:8:00PM Friday, November 13th

National Black Arts Festival Have you heard music, watched a play, listened to a poem or read a book that brought you to tears? What was it?

National Black Arts Festival What are you up to today? Creativity Rules Everything Around Us!

National Black Arts Festival Fela Anikulapo Kuti!!! Just in case you're not hip. Looking forward to taking in the Afrobeat vibe tomorrow night.
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Taken from his 1975 album "Exspensive Shit" The late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti, (15 October 1938 2 August 1997), real name Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat music. A Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, human rights activist, and political maverick. ....

National Black Arts Festival It's going down tomorrow night. A tribute to Fela ATL style.
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[5 second delay at intro] SPREADLOVE This Saturday Oct. 24, 2009 at 595 NORTH Ave. Special Guest ROY AYERS DJ Kemit Rich Medina Mausiki Scales & The Common Ground Collective

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presented by Spread Love + Jump N Funk + Hot Ice Live + 595 North Event Venue
Location:595 North Event Venue
Time:10:00PM Saturday, October 24th

National Black Arts Festival Our one and only Fahamenon, Fahamu Pecou, celebrates the one year of the 15 Project tomorrow night. Come hang with us. Details in the video!
Fahamu Pecou hosts the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the 15 Project LIVE from The Contemporary Friday Oct 23rd, 2009 Featuring guests: Keith 'Kebo" Brown, Fox 5's Suchita Vadlamani and a surprise guest you'll have to see to believe!
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