Bronx Rising! Black History Month Double-Header: Afro-Latino Identities

Bronx Rising! Double-Header February 17th & 18th!
Two evenings celebrating Black History Month with an exploration of Afro-Latino identities in the Americas

Saturday, Feb 18th, 7pm @ Bronx Music Heritage Center

Dreaming Rhythms, Despertando Silencios

Book release party and poetry reading by Nuyorican poet Carmen Bardeguez-Brown. With guest poets Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez, Modesto “Flako” Jiménez, Sandra Maria Esteves, and Nancy Mercado, accompanied by Bobby Sanabria on percussion.

Free and open to the public.

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Bronx Rising! Black History Month Double-Header: Afro-Latino Identities

Bronx Rising! Double-Header February 17th & 18th!
Two evenings celebrating Black History Month with an exploration of Afro-Latino identities in the Americas

Friday, February 17th, 7pm @ Bronx Music Heritage Center

Film screening of the powerful documentary Nana Dijo: Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness. A Q&A follows with co-director and multi-disciplinary artist, Bocafloja.

The Irka Mateo Folk Quartet provides the music of the Dominican Republic and also showcases the figure of the “Palenquera,” the female maroons of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia, the first black town in the Americas to abolish slavery.

Free and open to the public.

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