#African Diaspora Music

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Throwback: Happy 85th Birthday, Fela Kuti!

Throwback: Happy 85th Birthday, Fela Kuti! @felakuti

The godfather of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti was born 85 years ago today. Although we tragically lost Fela 26 years ago from AIDS, since his death, his influence on contemporary global music has managed to grow exponentially with an increasing number of bands and artists across the world creating their own specific take on the genre — and sound — he created over 50 years ago. Kuti’s work is bold and…

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#African Diaspora Music #African music #afrobeat #Fela Kuti #Live Footage #world music

[brooklynmuseum]

Miriam Makeba’s portrait greets and grounds you near the entry of Africa Fashion. 

Makeba’s emergence as a singer on the global stage coincided with the emergence of an independent African continent. Her songs blended popular musical styles like Jazz with indigenous South African melodies, often incorporating Swahili, Xhosa, and Sotho lyrics. Well-known globally for her songs Pata Pata and Qongqothwane (the Click Song) Makeba’s music and self-fashioning embodied African liberation and identity. 

For many Africans, her music gave voice to the dawn of a new independent era and the liberation struggles that remained. Affectionately referred to as Mama Africa by her legions of fans, Makeba came to embody a forward-looking Pan-Africanism and Black Power. 

See this portrait of Makeba and hear her singular voice as part of the African Cultural Renaissance that welcomes you in #AfricaFashionBkM.

📷 Jürgen Schadeberg (German, 1931–2020). Miriam Makeba, 1955. © Estate of Jürgen Schadeberg (Photo: Courtesy of the Estate of Jürgen Schadeberg)

#Brooklyn Museum #AfricaFashionBkM #AfricaFashion #Africa #bkmartsofafrica #fashion #miriam makeba #music #Jurgen Schadeberg #photography #portrait #african diaspora #pan-africanism #swahili #xhosa #sotho

[uzumaki-rebellion]

Do you know how iconic/historic it is for Beyonce to start Texas Hold 'Em with a banjo, an African instrument our ancestors brought over here and was appropriated by white country music? To start her new joint with African sounds and move it into Black American southern roots as part of the diaspora is HUGE. Okay, lemme go relax. The historian and Black music lover in me is so geeked right now! Solange and Beyonce are shaping music culture so much and I want people to know about it!

#Black music #African Diaspora #banjo reclamation #Beyonce #Texas Hold Em

[yearningforunity]

The Fantastic Four in 1981

Double Dutch World Champions. Today many people don't know that Double Dutch was an integral part of hip-hop culture and history. Adrienne "Nikki" Adams Howell, Delores Brown Finlayson, De'Shone Adams Goodson, and Robin Oakes Watterson met as junior high schoolers on the Lower East Side in 1978.

#Hip Hop #Double Dutch #Culture #History #Music #Jump Rope #african descent #african diaspora #black woman #youth #nyc #1970s #1980s

[timmurleyart]

Happy Kwanzaa to all. 🎉🌞❤️💛💚🖤🦁👑 🕯🥘🍷

#kwanza #happy kwanzaa #kwanzaa #kwanza 2022 #kwanzaa 2022 #feast #unity #diaspora #heritage #african culture #african american #african america history #african food #hip hop culture #hip hop music #candles #Lions #the lion king #faith #creativity #folk art painting #folk art #jean michel basquiat #basquash #outsider art #corn on the cob #black history #black history month #umoja #childrens book illustration

[romanchacon]

On June 15, 1939 Zora Neale Hurston recorded "Uncle Bud," a bawdy song found all over the South that went on to become a Cajun-Creole Zydeco classic. Hurston explains, "'Uncle Bud' is not a work song. It is a sort of social song for amusement." One of the first documented instances of the song in print appeared as "O-Bud!" in a Texas Folklore Society publication in 1928, collected in Virginia ca. 1924, but Hurston likely first heard the song from black working men while she was doing folklore field work in logging and terpantine camps in Louisiana. It's an invaluable audible artifact from almost a century ago. And it's quite raunchy to say the least! At the end, either Stetson Kennedy or Hurbert Halpert, the Library of Congress folk collectors in that session, say with an audible grin, "I think that's a very valuable contribution to scientific recording."

#zora neale hurston #folklore #folk music #black history #music #music history #musicology #literature #african american literature #african diaspora #zydeco #cajun music #louisiana creole #boozoo chavis #rockin' sidney #sonny terry #Spotify

[yomtunes]

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley - My Sweet Lord (Official Visualizer)

#youtube #Damian Marley #palenque #colombia #african diaspora #One Love #new music

[naijawomyn]

Healing Arts Workshop Communal Healing through Music and Dance

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#african dance #african inspired movements #arts in medicine #california #community building #community healing #community healing through dance #community health #Culture #dance #diaspora #emotional health #empowerment #exercise #healing #healing dance #healing through dance #healing through movement #healing through music #Health #health and wellness #healthy #mental health #mindfulness #move #movement #nursing #public health #RICHER Model #self healing through dance

[queerlyfemmeandblack]

#Ogun #Ogun Onire #The King of Ire #Ifa #Orisha #Orisa #ATR #African Traditional Religion #video #music #Ella Andall #trinidad #Trinidad and Tobago #Ogum #African Diaspora #Maferefun Ogun

[mafamilleinc]

Something to listen to put your mind in a higher frequency

#music #new music #instrumental #bibledaily #biblevisuals #bible #faith in jesus #jesus #christianity #christian living #hebrew #israelites #hebrew israelites #blacklivesmatter #blackgirlmagic #african #africa #african diaspora #Spotify

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Video: LohArano Shares a Satirical and Politically Charged Ripper

New Video: LohArano Shares a Satirical and Politically Charged Ripper @heygroover @romainpalmieri @DorianPerron @KAIGUANCULTURE

Over the course of the past couple of years of this site’s 13-plus year history, I’ve managed to spill quite a bit of virtual ink on the Antananarivo, Madagascar-based JOVM mainstays LohArano. Now, if you’ve been frequenting this site during that same period, you’d recall that since their formation, the Malagasy metal outfit  — Mahalia Ravoajanahary (vocals, guitar), Michael Raveloson (bass,…

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#African Diaspora Music #African music #Antananarivo Madagascar #heavy metal #LohArano #LohArano Bae Nosy #LohArano Bae Nosy EP #LohArano Velirano #metal #music video #New Video #Salegy #Velirano #video #Video Review #Video Review: LohArano Velirano

[brooklynmuseum]

Welcome to Africa Fashion! 🌍

Delight in the diverse designs, fabulous fashion, and traditional textiles by iconic designers and artists from the mid-twentieth century to today.

Plan your visit through October 22.

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g___h1aEsL8 🎟 https://bit.ly/AfricaFashionBkM

Africa Fashion is created by the V&A—touring the world. The lead sponsor is Bank of America with major support provided by ALÁRA. Special thanks to OkayAfrica / Okayplayer and Nataal, media sponsors for this exhibition.

Credits: 📍 Venue: Brooklyn Botanic Garden 🪡 Designer: Christie Brown  ✨ Designer: Kilentar   🪡 Designer: Nana Brew-Hammond  ✨ Designer: Papa Oppong  🪡 Designer: Res Ipsa  ✨ Designer: Stai 🪡 Designer/ Stylist: Taiwo Aloba  🎶 Music: Eli Fola  ✍️ Poetry: Nana Brew-Hammond  🧵 Stylist: Alesandra Thomas  🧵 Stylist: Derrieka Johnson

#Brooklyn Museum #brooklyn #museum #AfricaFashionBkM #Africa Fashion #African #african diaspora #africa #fashion #textile #music #design #bkmafricanarts #Eli Fola #Nana Brew-Hammond #Papa Oppong #Christie Brown #Kilentar #Res Ipsa #Stai #Taiwo Aloba #Alessandra Thomas #Derrieka Johnson

[noncompliantbi]

"The sweetest thing I've ever known was like a kiss on a collar bone..."

#song been in my head all day #lauryn hill #love jones soundtrack was based #sweetest thing #90s music #Youtube #african diaspora

[yearningforunity]

Don't let us stop you: Policemen are pictured carrying riot shields as members of the Caribbean community dance alongside them for Notting Hill Carnival on August 29 1979. Race riots were the original reason for creating the event after 108 were charged in relation to unrest in the area in 1958. The founder believed the carnival would promote cultural unity.

#Notting Hill Carnival #London #England #UK #Reggae #Music #Culture #History #African Descent #African Diaspora #Party

[brownskinsugarplum76]

Late-night Afro-house vibes. 😌

#pierre kwenders #Yo... #So much good African diaspora music coming from outside of the US #Much love to artists of African descent who are experimenting their asses off #Spotify

[theblackautist]

The Black Autist's First Ever Live Interview (ft. Marcus Boyd)

@timotheusgordon of @blackautist will host is first ever live interview on The Black Autist Facebook Live Stream. Tune in on Saturday, January 7 at 7pm CT as he chops it up with 7-time award winning #autism #activist Marcus Boyd

ANNOUNCEMENT Timotheus “TJ” Gordon, Jr (@timotheusgordon) of The Black Autist (@blackautist) will host is first ever live interview on The Black Autist Facebook Live Stream. Tune in on Saturday, January 7 at 7pm CT as he chops it up with 7-time award winning #autism #activist, #business owner, and #GrammyAward nominate producer Marcus Boyd (Autism Activist Marcus Boyd on FB;…

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#BlackAutisticJoy #Actually Autistic #African American #African Diaspora #Autism #Autism Acceptance #Autism Awareness #Autizzy #Black #Business #Disability #Disability Acceptance #Marcus Boyd #Music #Timotheus Gordon Jr