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AFRIKA 360: The Journey Back to Myself | Poetry Performance

AFRIKA 360 performance by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo

AFRIKA 360 performance by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo

Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 7pm - 8pm

Celebrate Black History Month with a live performances that incorporates poetry and drumming inspired by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo's journey through South Africa and Nigeria. You won’t want to miss this unique, immersive experience that connects to the current exhibition, Arwe Journey: Twentieth-Century Afri-Caribbean Migration, by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo.

Free and open to the public.

Lafayette Hall, CT State Housatonic (900 Lafayette Blvd)

RSVP for Free Performance

Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye

Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art

Published

January 21, 2025

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