http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:44:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Miriam Makeba, fondly known as 'mama Africa', has died. She died of a heart attack after appearing in a concert in Caserta, Italy. Ms. Makeba was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 and was a leading figure in the struggle against apartheid.  In 1965 she became the first black African ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=10 New African Live presents Abena & Loide, Friday March 21st @ 7pm- NY Press Release NEW AFRICA LIVE RETURNS TO ZIPPER THEATER FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2008 at 7:00pm WITH GHANAIAN SOUL SINGER ABENA KOOMSON & MOZAMBICAN JAZZ VOCALIST LOIDE  336 West 37th - 212.352.3101 $20 Here is the link to more details www.newafricalive.com  * Tickets available at ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=9 Can you find beauty in squalor?  How do you extract grace and elegance from grim events? The answer to the first questions is :It depends on your angle and where you choose to focus your lense.   To answer the second question you'd have to follow documentary filmmakers, Andrea Nix Fine and her husband, Sean, to the ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=8 The 5th Annual Black Women's Arts Festival(BWAF) is now accepting submissions from artists of various genres.  This is a chance to showcase talents in dance, music, film, literary arts, theatre, visual arts and more. If you want to hold a workshop or demonstration, you can do that, too. The event takes place ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=7 KUKU's second full length album, The Absence of Cool, was launched at a listening performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on Sunday, October 21, 2007.  Released by Mr. Kuku Recordings, in association with City Wide Records distribution, San Rafael, California, the CD becomes available nationwide on December ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=6 Flights & Fares - Thanksgiving/Christmas Thanksgiving is around the corner and you don't want to wait until it's too late to find seats for the Christmas/New year holiday, especially if you plan to travel overseas. Make your reservations for your vacation now, to get the best fares. Please don't wait until the ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=5 Greetings all and welcome to the new online home for the African Cultural Arts Program. Kemi and the entire board of ACAP are providing a wonderful community resource and I am proud and happy to have had the opportunity to work with ACAP to create this site. Please add your ... http://www.africanculturalarts.com/Blog/?p=4