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SATURDAY we celebrate a QUEEN.
What can I say about Mama @drumrene that she and y'all don't already know (or should know).

Thank you Mama Nene for holding me up and down and holding me thru one of the most traumatic of life experiences a person could ever have to face. 🫂
I know you love me. ❤️
And you better know I love you too. 🥰

Lord that last vid gonna break her when she watch it, but...the love was and is so real. 🥹

Y'all come celebrate this legend of #leimertpark at @theworldstage, we gonna party up! 🪘🥳🎂🎈
Anyone who been at the stage for a hang already know. 😜
Come thru and show Mama some love, libation and celebrate life! 🫶🏽

#leimertpark #leimertparklegend #shinemuwasi #jazz

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Grateful how these drums keep putting me in rooms I wouldn't normally even know exist.

Snippets from our offering at a celebration of life for Malcolm Jamal Warner on his birthday.

We were there because HE cared so much about his people. He was blackity black and I loved finding that out from his people. You could tell in the media but the way his people spoke about him you knew it was true and he was a man of real integrity.

Thank you @djembejan for the call and its always a pleasure rocking with you @mizanasha & @reel_deal_03 !

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AfroMujeres Festival is one of my favorite festivals!! This year made year 6 of this festival, and it’s wild to think I’ve been connected to the fest for 5 of those years! It’s always so special to be in this space, celebrating Black women from across the Diaspora ✨ I feel super honored & grateful to have been apart again this year!! Thank y’all for having me as host! @drknucklehead_esq @afrounidad @nikkicampbell05 @taneetheplug @taneetheto @projectknucklehead thank y’all so much for the vision and for organizing!!! The fest just seems to keep growing and blossoming and blooming!! Thank you @theplantchica for having us in the space! Huge thank you to all the vendors, donors, supporters, & performers!And thank you to the community for coming out! #leimertpark is one of my favorite places!! ☀️🌺💗

@marakyadey
@instabaji
@tula.b.strong
@djembejan
@bloco_obini
@katihernandez_cubandance
@geminelle
@karajenelle
@kajemovement
@mizanasha
@reese.robbinson
@kimbambula_cuban_dance
@bw4wla
@afrolatinastandup

#afromujeresfestival #afromujeresfest

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Join us for the 6th Annual Afro Mujeres Fest on July 25th! This event unites Black women from across the diaspora for a day of culture, celebration, and healing in Leimert Park/South LA. Experience the richness of Afro culture with live performances, workshops, discussions, free gifts, and more celebrating Black women.

ARTISTS INCLUDE
@karajenelle @kajemovement with @taneetheto @tula.b.strong 🇺🇸
@bloco_obini 🇧🇷
@Katihernandez_cubandance @kimbambula_cuban_dance 🇨🇺
@mayeyamusic 🌍
@iambarbarafant 🇺🇸
@djembejan 🌍
@reese.robbinson and other Special Guests

RSVP at www.afrounidad.com (link in bio)

ADDRESS (@theplantchica)
📍 4311 Degnan Blvd Los Angeles CA 90008

MORE INFO: In 1992, Black women from 32 different Latin American/Caribbean countries united to discuss the racism/sexism they face. El Día Internacional de la Mujer Afrodescendiente/International Afro-descendant Women’s Day is July 25th. UNESCO & other international organizations celebrate all women of African descent across the diaspora on the day. Each year during the last Sunday in July, Afro Unidad unites women and organizations in Los Angeles to celebrate the day. #AfroMujeres #AfroUnidad

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An honor to know them, a deeper honor to love and be loved by them. Asé.
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#beadsbuildbridgesdoc #love #rhythm #community #together

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✨Vamos sambar💃🏿

Our Co-Artistic Director @lindayudin and Veteran Company Member @nagodance will be teaching Samba de Roda in Community Class on Monday!

Please bring a long, loose, flowy skirt or there will be skirts available for those who need them✨

See you there!

December 1 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 West Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Cost: $20

All bodies and ages and levels are welcome!

*PLEASE NOTE: We’ve increased our class fees to $20 (2 or more for $17 each), but we are committed to making this class accessible to the whole community, so no one will be turned away for a lack of funds!

🎥: @karinadesroses
📷: Susan Goines

#CommunityClass #afroBrazilian #LosAngeles #ViverBrasil #afroBrazilianDance #afroBrazilianSong #PerformingArts #samba #sambaderoda

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Join Viver Brasil as we continue to celebrate our 9th season of Samba in the Streets; providing FREE Afro-Brazilian dance workshops at Crenshaw Yoga and Dance in City of LA Council District 8 under the leadership of Council-member Marqueece Harris-Dawson.    Our workshops are taught by Company Member Nagode Simpson, with special guests! We create joyful community, as we affirm the social justice in the movements and rhythms of the blocos afro and honor the ancestral connections to the Orixá and Samba!   Samba in the Streets is made possible in part by a grant from the @culture_la    Crenshaw Yoga and Dance - Studio B
Thursday Evenings until June 26
5:30-6:45 pm 5426 Crenshaw Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90043

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Congratulations to all the graduates of 2025!!!

Grateful to see and be a part of history in the making, playing at each of Culver City High School's Kente ceremonies for its graduates of the diaspora.

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Congratulations to the 2025 Culver City High School Graduates!

It has been an honor to play for your Anual Kente Ceremony which celebrates the graduating students of the diaspora!!!

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Grateful for the work we do and the unity these drums bring.

Whether a celebration of birth or transition to the next realm, it's an honor to provide the sound track for assencion.

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WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS!🤍✨

We are ending our 2024 year with a recent $25,000 matching gift. This act of generosity to enliven our end-of-the-year fundraising campaign will double the impact of your generous dollar-for-dollar support! Our commitment to honoring and sharing the rich Afro-Brazilian cultural legacy is alive! Our dedication to spreading our Afro-Brazilian joy was rich in experiences and experimentation! Like our name, Viver Brasil (to live and breathe Brasil) is thriving, and your support is essential to us. We invite you to continue your generous support as we celebrate 2024 and progress to 2025.

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Our favorite night of the week 🍃🤍✨

Our Co-Artistic Director, Vera Passos, will be teaching ✨Orixá Symbology✨ for Community Class THIS Monday Oct 21, 2024! Can’t wait to see you there!

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 West Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016

7:30 - 9:00p
$17/class

All bodies and levels are welcome!

Please note classes are $17 (2 or more for $15 each), but we are committed to making this class accessible to the whole community, so no one will be turned away for a lack of funds!

🎥: @karinadesroses

#CommunityClass #AfroBrazilian #LosAngeles #ViverBrasil #AfroBrazilianDance #AfroBrazilianSong #PerformingArts #bahia #brasil #dance #danceclass

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