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Omar Pene & Super Diamono, Chiwoniso, Meta & the Cornerstones and Djarara

Konono No. 1

 

Omar Pene

 

Chiwoniso
photo by Judith Burrows

 

Meta & the Cornerstones

 

DjararaPerformance Schedule:

Performance Schedule:

2:00 Djarara
3:00 Garikayi Tirikoti
3:15 Meta & The Cornerstones
4:20 Chiwoniso
5:40 Omar Pene & Super Diamono
7:15 Konono No. 1

Our annual celebration of African music, food and culture builds to an ecstatic crescendo with the distortion-fueled trance music of Congolese thumb-piano wizards Konono No. 1. Dakar heavyweights Omar Pene & Super Diamono, seminal figures in the birth of the modern Senegalese sound, add a jolt of energy to the proceedings, while the distinctive voice of Zimbabwean Afro-soul diva Chiwoniso, the pan-African reggae of Meta & The Cornerstones, and the festival horns and drums from Haiti’s Djarara bring other unique flavors to the day.

Konono No 1
Omar Pene
Chiwoniso
Meta & The Cornerstones
Djarara

The African Festival is presented with support from The South African Consulate General.

Additional support is provided by the Museum for African Art.

Radio Modou International is a promotional partner for the African Festival.

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