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Art As A Weapon
A Day of Music, Drama and Speech, for Black History Month 2011
SUNDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2011 11AM TO 8PM (FOOD AVAILABLE)
THEATRO TECHNIS, 26 CROWNDALE ROAD, LONDON NW1 1TT
LINE-UP (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
DR. HAKIM ADI
A talk on the theme of the written and/or spoken word as a means of Affirmation,
Resistance and
Liberation, by people of African descent.
TAYO ALUKO, Baritone.
Songs by Black Composers. One sung to introduce each section.
AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN 4-PART HARMONY (DVD)
Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role
of music in the South African
struggle against apartheid.
ANTONIA FRANCIS
Piano, Voice. Arrangements of Spirituals and or Songs inspired by Africa
and African Liberation.
WILL KAUFMAN
ALL YOU JIM CROW FASCISTS! Woody Guthrie’s anti-racist songs and activism.
Conventionally known for his championing of the poor white Dust Bowl migrants,
he also became a committed civil rights activist working and singing with
the likes of Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Paul Robeson in
the 40s and 50s.
OSUN ARTS FOUNDATION
IGBEKUN. Extracts from a traditional Yoruba dance drama describing how a
community fight to
regain their freedom after being vanquished by visitors who turned on them.
PAUL RICKETTS
Cutter's Choice A comic personal and political black hair-story. The search
for a black identity as represented through his choices of hairstyle –
from bald head to dreads, kinky to straight, flat-top to Afro.
STUDENTS FROM A LONDON SECONDARY SCHOOL TBC
HALF MOON. A 15-minute play by Tayo Aluko. Characters: A white aristocratic
man, his bi-racial (Brit-ish/African) wife and a Nubian Princess from 3,000
years ago. Performed by students from a London School (tbc)
Tickets from Brown
Paper Tickets 0800 411 8881 and from venue: 0207 387 6617.
Prices: Amandla! Screening, FREE; Single Session, £8; Up to three
Sessions: £20 (Includes 1 meal);
Whole Day (8 sessions): £30 (Includes 2 meals)