The 10-day National Black Arts Festival explores the dance, music, film, theater, visual arts and literary arts of the African Diaspora. This year's Festival spotlights South Africa and the American South bringing together the style, culture and artistic achievements of these areas of the world.
Highlights of the 2006 NBAF:
Grammy Award-nominated composer/musician/poet Hannibal Lokumbe continues his series of compositions documenting the lives of Civil Rights icons with the world premier of A Great and Shining Light, a work focusing on the life of Andrew Young.
Forces of Nature Dance Theater Company
Forces of Nature Dance Theater Company
Photo: Johan Elbers
Photo courtesy of The National Black Arts Festival
The Pan African Film Festival
Jazz great and Cuban born clarinet and saxophone player Paquito D'Rivera
Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise, a theatrical snapshot of life in apartheid South Africa.
Several art exhibitions, notably:
Body Maps: a collection of life-size renderings created in South Africa by HIV-positive individuals - nine women and one man.
From Apartheid to Democracy: The Freedom Struggle in South Africa and the American South
Fabricated Harmony explores the movement from racial segregation to integration.
The National Black Arts Festival Web Site
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