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Celebrate the Day of Ancestors: Diaspora Dialogues TODAY at 2pm!
This month, LA Commons is kicking off our summer trek across the African diaspora with a “visit” to Brazil. In celebration of ten years of Day of the Ancestors, ten artists - five local and five international - will engage in a dialogue about the role of creativity in moving us forward; and, in the process, they will showcase their artistic heritage for you to enjoy. We begin this journey in Bahia, the seat of Black culture in this large country, which during the transatlantic slave trade received more humans as cattle than any other place. So, they too struggle with the lingering impacts of this challenging period, but they also benefit from the amazing cultural legacy of those once in bondage, and their artists transmit a vitality renowned worldwide.
In the first conversation, you will meet two dynamic women leaders in the traditionally male dominated world of the drum. Hailing from Salvador, Bahia, percussionist, artist, and activist Viviam Caroline leads all-women Banda Dida, a percussion group (Bloco Afro) providing a platform for the empowerment of black women in Brazil. With a similar goal, Rene Fisher Mims founded S.H.I.N.E Muwasi, which, from a base at The World Stage in Leimert Park, inspires women to find strength and wisdom as performers on African drums. This conversation will be moderated by our own Dr. Giavanni Washington, Executive Director of Viver Brasil.
We invite you all to join us today, June 28, 2020 at 2pm. Register below.
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