Calendar 

African World Festival

Friday, July 16        

6:30pm                Opening Remarks by Cileia Miranda-Yuen

7:00                     Afriky Lolo Drum Performance

7:30                     Film: Music By Prudence

8:00                     Afriky Lolo Dance Performance

8:15                     Opening Reception: Colors of Afrika Art Exhibit

Saturday, July 17

10:00-12:00         Art Workshop: Mudcloth Design by Adelia Parker (Cost: $10)

10:30-12:30         Dance Workshop:  East African Dance with Diadié Bathily (Cost: $15)

2:00                     Talk with Dr. Lewis-Harris, Ph.D. “Contemporary African Art”

3:00                     Film: No Capitulation (Richard Dailey, 28m)

3:30                     Film: Amazones (Valdas Kotovas 29m)

Saturday, July 24

10:00-12:30        Art Workshop: Tribal Dazzels (Masking Wall Décor) Is’Mima Nebt’Kata                

                           (Cost: $10)

2:00                    Lecture: Princess Ezenwa Okenwa “The Last Ofala Festival”

3:00                    Film: A Very Short Story of Nolywood (Awam Amkpa, Manthia Diawara, 14m)

3:30                    Lecture: Prof. Niyi Coker “Filmmaking in Africa”

4:30                    Film: Nora (Alla Kovagan, David Hinton, 35m)

5:00                    Ethiopian/EritreanDance Performance

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Saturday, July 31

10:00-12:00        Art workshop:Mandingo Gara (Tie-Dye) from Sierra Leone with

                           Mahmoud Conteh  (Cost: $10)

12:00                  Art Demonstration: East African Weavers

3:00                    Lecture:  Dr. Denise Ward-Brown, director of Farewell Old Lady

4:00                    Film: Farewell Old Lady (Denise Ward-Brown, 20m)

5:00                   Closing Lecture: Dr. Sheila Clark-Ekong “Contemporary African Culture and  

                          Communities”

8:00-9:30           Dance Performance: “Sweeter Than Honey and Hotter Than African Sun”

                          Afriky Lolo Dance performance ($20, at door, $25)