Chanda Rule and Somi open Resonate! Africa America in Sound and Story, the new, FREE series at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium presented in association with NYU’s Institute of African American Affairs taking place Wednesday afternoons, from 4-5 p.m. during April.

 

This April, Lincoln Center’s Meet the Artist joins New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs to present Resonate! African America in Sound and Story, four, FREE, Wednesday after-school programs that will explore the cultural connections of the African Diaspora today. Each hour-long (4−5 p.m.) program features a performance by a noted African or African-American artist, followed by discussion and questions and answers moderated by Meklit Hadero, Artist-in-Residence of New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs.

Today meet African-American vocalist Chanda Rule and African vocalist Somi performing Listening to Roots & Voicing Branches, a multi-media work combining video, story and song that attempts to redress intra-racial tensions in the African Diaspora by exploring the cultural memory of various strands of the Black Atlantic experience.

 

Lincoln Center is proud to announce our new series Resonate! African America in Sound and Story, presented with NYU’s Institute of African American Affairs.  Join us for the next four weeks in the David Rubenstein Atrium for FREE performances that explore the cultural connections of the African diaspora today.

This week, African-American vocalist Chanda Rule and African vocalist Somi perform Listening to Roots & Voicing Branches, a multi-media work combining video, story and song that attempts to redress intra-racial tensions in the African Diaspora by exploring the cultural memory of various strands of the Black Atlantic experience.  Check out this video of Chanda Rule as a preview.