Fua Dia Congo x Kongo SQ West x Afro Urban Society presents:
Afro Urban Dance Workshop w/ Gbedu Town Steppaz
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | 6:30PM - 8:00PM
Malonga Casquelourd Center, 2nd Fl Studio A
1428 Alice Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Masks Required!
Instructors: Nkeiruka Oruche (Afrobeats), Kanukai Chigamba (Afro Dance), Jamie Carter (Hip Hop), and Tola Williams (Salsa)
This workshop, open to all ages and all levels, and experiences explore the exuberant, powerful, & multifaceted dynamics of Afro-Urban dance, music, expressions, and culture. Participants will have the opportunity to explore popular Afro dance moves, personal and social narratives as a way to transform self and society. An Afro-pop musical landscape of Afrobeats, Amapiano, Salsa, and Bay Area Hip hop will be our pathway for random bouts of improvisation and experimentation leading to a vibrant shared experience. Be ready to move.
For more information on all the events happening throughout the #MalongaFest, please click on the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/malongafest-2021-casting-our-light-tickets-204017320297
Masks Required
ABOUT
Fua Dia Congo, founded in 1977, is guided by a Kikongo proverb, Wa Dia Fua Yika Dio, meaning “What you inherit, you must add value to.” For forty years the organization has been resolute in its dedication to preserving and presenting the music, dance, cultural arts of the Kongo Kingdom (the peoples of the Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and parts of Gabon) as well as the Central African Republic. Its founder, Malonga Casquelourd, left a pioneering legacy of artistic excellence for the African and African Diaspora arts community in the Bay Area. The organization now under the directorship of his progeny includes teaching dance and music, 10-day intensive workshops in California and Hawaii, a week of arts activism to raise global awareness surrounding the humanitarian crisis in the Congo, and MalongFest which celebrates the pioneering legacy of the master artist and cultural ambassador through a community celebration.
Gbedu Town Radio is a project of Afro Urban Society, an incubator and presenter of Afro-Urban performing and visual arts, culture, media, and social discourse. A lively group of dancers, musicians and all-around performers representing the diverse African Diaspora, they are your bus ride to an upbeat romping, riveting and rousing time. Learn more.