LEBO M INTERNATIONAL CONCERT - Thursday 31 July, 2008
Venue: Jean Pierre Complex | Time: 8:00 pm
Admission: General - TT$100; Special Reserve - TT$200
This concert will be a tremendous collection of beauty, power and African spirit. A true expression of African art presented through music, dance, praise singing and costumed performances called ukuGiya.
Our Cast
International Guests
- Lebo M in concert
Grammy-award winner, Oscar nominated arranger, composer, producer, choral master and humanitarian, LEBO M is all those things, but is best known as the voice and spirit of THE LION KING.
Under the Creative Direction of ANTHONY MORGAN of Till Dawn Entertainment this concert will take on an international splendor and excitement like no other.
- KAISSA in Concert
The lead female vocalist for the concert is - the beautiful African songstress KAISSA. Born in Cameroon and raised in Paris, Kaïssa’s voice is a unique instrument – an electric mix of character and clarity, strength and fragility, total control and unbridled joy.
The musical cast will include pianist, composer, arranger JOHN DI MARTINO who has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Peoples Republic of China, and Bassist, EMANUEL “ CHULO “GATEWOOD has performed with Chaka Khan, Maxwell, Hugh Masakela, Miriam Makeba, Mos Def, Regina Carter, Harry Belafonte, Savion Glover, Jennifer Holliday, and many others.
The Best of Trinidad and Tobago
- Ella Andall bringing down the 'riddem'
Our own Caribbean Queen of African Song, ELLA ANDALL AND HER BAND will command the stage. Ella has worked consistently over the past four decades to establish herself as an artiste of international stature. Considered by many as a chantuelle supreme, a high priestess of African-Caribbean music, Ella's journey is one of power and potency.
Brother Resistance and The Network Riddum Band
Resistance, as he is commonly called, is considered the spearhead of the Rapso movement, a movement born almost thirty years ago, when the late Lancelot Layne successfully challenged the musical and literary status quo of the Caribbean.
The CONTINUUM DANCE PROJECT featuring the dance works of SONJA DUMAS, Founded in 2004, the company experiments with
different forms of contemporary Caribbean performance expression in movement, theatre and multimedia.
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The beautiful African songstress KAISSA
The beautiful African songstress KAISSA, takes the Emancipation
stage on Thursday July 31stalongside Lebo M, Ella Andall and
Brother Resistance
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| 22nd July 2008 |
LEBO M INTERNATIONAL CONCERT
The Emancipation Support Committee presents a concert will be a tremendous collection of beauty, power and African spirit. A true expression of African art presented through music, dance, praise singing and costumed performances called ukuGiya.
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| 22nd July 2008 |
Media release Book launch Claudia Jones
the Emancipation Support Committee in collaboration with NALIS and the Centre for Gender and Development Studies is pleased to announce the launch of Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Trinidad born author Dr. Carole Boyce Davies.
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| 22nd July 2008 |
Emancipation 2008 - Media release workshops
The Emancipation Commemorations for 2008 will be a dynamic mixture of events, activities and experiences.
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| 22nd July 2008 |
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION 2008 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
This year’s Emancipation is aptly themed "Crossing New Frontiers to Conquer Today's Challenges"- the six day Calendar of Events features an exciting, eclectic mix of culture, art, education, spirituality and entertainment. Get ready for a whirlwind week unlike any other!
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| 20th June 2008 |
Dennis Pantin News Article
Speaking on the topic – Capitalism and the Destruction of the Environment: New Challenges to Human Survival and Development, Mr. Pantin identified some of the current challenges facing our society – pollution, global warming and climate change.
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| 9th June 2008 |
Phillip Emeagwali News Article
At the launch of the Kwame Ture Memorial Lecture Series, at the JFK Lecture Theatre, a capacity 500 strong audience listened attentively as Dr. Philip Emeagwali painted a picture of the internet from the moon, “Just picture the Internet as an electronic web over the earth, the 8th continent, with millions of twinkling points, a feast for the eyes and the mind
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| 8th June 2008 |
Kwame Ture Lecture Series Launch
Nigerian scientist and inventor, Dr. Philip Emeagwali, will be the special guest lecturer at the launch of the Kwame Ture Memorial Lecture Series 2008.
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Public Lecture - Sunday 19th August 2007,
A Public Lecture -Dr. Samba Buri Mboup - Pan Africanism Today: Fulfilling Garvey's Vision or Betraying the African Mission?
A view from the African Continent
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| 4th July 2007 |
Kwame Ture Lecture Series
Kwame Ture Lecture Series Schedule
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