Don’t Miss the 8th Annual
\n“MUSICAL NIGHT in AFRICA”
\n– A Dance for Peace –<\/p>\n
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 About this year’s theme, “A Dance for Peace,” Bab\u00e1Ken says, “In Africa, music and dance delight the spirits of our ancestors, unite the living community, and express social protest. We ask the spirits to empower our hopes for peace on Earth.”<\/p>\n Bab\u00e1 Ken Okulolo, one of the few popular African musicians with deep roots in Nigerian musical history, voted Best Bassist five times by the Nigerian Journalists’ Assocation, Don’t Miss the 8th Annual “MUSICAL NIGHT in AFRICA” – A Dance for Peace – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 in BERKELEY with Three Bands, featuring Master Musicians from FELA KUTI, KING SUNNY ADE, and HUGH MASEKELA, colorful costumes and compelling dance rhythms. AN EVENT FOR ALL AGES * * * * * * * * The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1c8Xx-4S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nin BERKELEY
\nwith Three Bands, featuring Master Musicians from
\nFELA KUTI, KING SUNNY ADE, and HUGH MASEKELA,
\ncolorful costumes and compelling dance rhythms.
\nAN EVENT FOR ALL AGES
\n* * * * * * * *
\nThe Original
\nWEST AFRICAN HIGHLIFE BAND
\n* * * * * * * *
\nBAB\u00c1 KEN andthe
\nAFRO-GROOVE CONNEXION
\n(Experimental, Deep-Down Afro-beat)
\n* * * * * * * *
\nTheNIGERIAN BROTHERS
\n* * * * * * * *
\nTRADITIONAL WELCOMING LIBATION CEREMONY
\nAND PEACE INVOCATION AT 9:00 PM
\n* * * * * * * *
\nVILLAGE DRUM CIRCLE with
\nGHANAIAN MASTER DRUMMER POPE FLYNE
\n(Bring Your Favorite Percussion Instrument!)
\n* * * * * * * *
\nD.J. KALIL
\n(Rare Cuts from www.WorldMusicPassport.com<\/a>)
\n* * * * * * * *
\nLive at
\nASHKENAZ MUSIC & DANCE COMMUNITY CENTER
\n1317 San Pablo Avenue at Gilman in Berkeley
\n510-525-5054 www.Ashkenaz.com
\nAdmission $15 – Students with ID $10
\n* * * * * * * *<\/p>\n
\nwas first seen in the U.S. touring with King Sunny Ade. Soji Odukogbe was long-time lead guitarist for the late Fela Kuti. Talking drummer Rasaki Aladokun headed the acclaimed percussion section of King Sunny Ade’s African Beats. Percussionist Nii Armah, a founder of Ghana’s Hedzoleh Soundz, toured for many years with Hugh Masekela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"