The benefit features Dr. Raul Ruiz Miyares, a professor of Afro-Cuban culture and history at Casa del Caribe, Santiago de Cuba. His lecture, "Cuba & Africanismo: The Making of Revolutionary Culture", will include slides and a video. The benefit also includes: spoken word, an Afro-Cuban folkloric performance, a Caribbean dinner, and a Latin, World Beat dance party, all on Friday, May 2.6 p.m.
It has been four years since Detroit has been visited by Mutabaruka who comes our way on Friday and Saturday, November 7 & 8 at the SereNgeti Ballroom located at 2957 Woodward Avenue in Detroit. Providing the music for Mutabaruka will be the renowned Jamaican reggae music group "[Skool]" who creates their own wave with first class music both home and abroad. Opening the show will be Detroit's own, Universal Xpression.
