2011 has been designated as the ‘International Year for the People of African Descent’ by the United Nations. AFF is honoring that declaration with an exploration of the historical and contemporary roles in the arts played by people representing the African Diaspora.

April 6th – April 12th 2011
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
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Defining and Distributing the Black Image in the Era of Globalization.
Friday, April 8, 2011 – 6:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2011 – 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Theresa Long Community and Student Center
Arnold Hall
55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor

The political culture of dynasties is very much alive in Africa even where there are no kingdoms.

In Uganda the opposition has claimed that President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his eldest son Lieutenant Colonel Kaneirugaba Muhoozi, 36, to succeed him.

HEALTH EXPO
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Time: 10am to 4PM
Where: Presbyterian Church of Ghana, 259-261 W 123rd St
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DINNER DANCE
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Where: Armenia Center, 630 2nd Ave
Time: 7PM
attire is traditional or formal

Recent Work by Aimé Mpané

March 10th – April 9th, 2011

www.skotogallery.com

212-352 8058

A couple weeks ago, John Schaefer of WNYC radio, declared on air that Toumani Diabaté was the number one kora player in the world and that Ballaké Cissoko was number two. It is a statement that could only have come from an ignorant, white supremacist who is infinitely not qualified to make such a ranking. I am sure he is not alone in such thinking. There are many like him who think that the one [or two] from any African country, lucky enough to have album releases and concerts in Europe and North America, must be the best from that particular country. The trouble with Schaefer [and his ilk] is that he wouldn’t know a Sila Ba from a Tiliji if they both managed to penetrate the wax to his inner ear, but he still feels no shame in pontificating like an expert.

Organized by the Museum for African Art in New York, in collaboration with the Fundación Marcelino Botín of Santander, Spain, and the Nigerian National Commission on Museums and Monuments, the exhibition will make 6 stops during its world tour. Upon premiering in England, the Ife exhibit was described as containing “artworks that rank with the Terracotta Army, the Parthenon, or the mask of Tutankhamun as treasures of the human spirit.”

African Film Festival, Inc. & The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Present

Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

Thursday, February 17th 2011 @ 7:00pm

Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at 135th)

The Global Africa Project is billed as an unprecedented exhibition exploring the broad spectrum of contemporary African art, design, and craft worldwide.
It premiers at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) through May 15, 2011. The exhibition features over 100 artists working in Africa, Europe, Asia, the United States and the Caribbean. An eclectic mixture of works has something for everyone interested in design, from car culture enthusiasts to clothing designers to furniture crafters.

Wednesday 16th, 2011
7pm – 2am
Canoe Studio
601 West 26th Street, NY 10011