Film & Discussion Upstairs:
Upstairs 7.30pm FILM: African Underground: Democracy in Dakar Nomadic Wax / Sol productions. Democracy in Dakar explores the transformative role of Hip Hop on politics in Senegal, West Africa during the February 2007 presidential election campaign. Looking at the election through the eyes of hip hop artists around Dakar, the film mixes interviews, freestyle rapping, and commentary from journalists, artist and politicians. Senegalese society is seen on the brink of democratic change, where Hip Hop artists are one of the few groups who are unafraid of speaking out despite real attempts at intimidation. www.africanunderground.com // www.nomadicwax.com // www.sol-productions.org
Upstairs 9.30pm: Q&A session and Audience film discussion with Magee McIlvaine, co-director / co-producer of Democracy in Dakar, and Omzo, Senegalese Hip Hop artist featured in the film.
Music Downstairs:
Downstairs 10.30pm: Live Performance from N’DEYE: Born in Guinea to a Senegalese mother and a Motown-loving father, N'DEYE always had the dream of becoming a performer. However, in a culture in which singing is reserved for the “Djeli”, a caste charged with entertaining nobility, she was expressly forbidden to even think of it as a possible career. Only once in New York did N’deye start to realise her destiny, singing backup for acts such as Razia Said & The African Funk Band, and then defining her style through her sensitive writing and a mix of Hip Hop and Pop under the wing of Isaac Mouguen Ndom. N’deye has since worked with Sekou Bembeya Diabate who features on her upcoming debut album ‘Les Maitres de la Parole’ (‘The Masters of Words’). The album is a tribute to those ‘Djeli’ whose traditions remind us of today's urban poets. www.ndeye.net
Downstairs 11.30pm-12.30am: From Cambridge's very own Calabash night guest DJ Africathy - spinning a tasty mix of African and Tropical tunes
Downstairs Bar ‘til 2am: Kalabash Movement Resident DJ Cal Jader aka Springfield alongside DJ Red Clay (components) laying down hot Afro-beats and grooves
Forthcoming events (and every 3rd Thursday of every month throughout the year)
Kalabash Angola 17th April //
Kalabash Gambia 15th May //
Kalabash Mozambique 19th June
Kalabash Movement is a free event but we do ask for donations to support artists and filmakers
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