Black Life 2017
Black Life 2017
Ongoing
Experience the vitality and range of cultural production in the African diaspora through this exciting, multidisciplinary event series.
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Karen Seneferu
- Upcoming
Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Events
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Saturday, December 9, 6 PMBlack Life: Tongo Eisen-Martin
Eisen-Martin, a movement worker, educator, and one of America’s most important and vital poets, performs his work.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, November 10, 6 PMBlack Life: The Black Aesthetic
Oakland-based creative organization the Black Aesthetic invites you to a screening of Christian Johnson’s short film A Moment of Truth + Sin.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Sunday, October 15, 3 PMBlack Life: Phavia Kujichagulia
Join Kujichagulia for an excursion into what she calls “JAZZ-OLOGICAL MUSE-OETRY.”
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, September 15, 6 PMBlack Life: Marvin K. White
Marvin K. White presents "White Noise/Black Masks," five local poets reading their work through a sonic haze of white noise.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, August 18, 6 PMBlack Life: Karen Seneferu
Seneferu presents a performance highlighting themes behind her collaborative curatorial project, The Black Woman Is God.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, July 14, 6 PMBlack Life: Jari Bradley, Terry Taplin, and Neil Wade
Three young poets lay out a constellation of possibilities for linguistic art.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, June 23, 6 PMBlack Life: D. Mark Wilson
The director of the UC Berkeley Gospel Choir offers a presentation on the freedom songs of the black civil rights struggle of the 1960s.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, May 26, 6–8 PMBlack Life: Rashad Pridgen
Join multidisciplinary dance-performance artist Pridgen for a discussion and introductory workshop exploring the communal dance practice of the masquerade.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, April 7, 6 PMBlack Life: Lynice Pinkard
Join pastor, author, and community activist Pinkard for a lecture and conversation about historical and cultural moments that form a “usable past” for New World Africans.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, March 24, 6:30–7:30 PMBlack Life: Afia Walking Tree
Walking Tree’s workshop #SoundPOWAH introduces us to traditional and contemporary drum rhythms, dance, and songs from the African diaspora.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil