Africa Stars 2020: July 9, 15, 23, and 29
July 8, 2020 – July 29, 2020
Africa Stars is a multi-media artistic immersion into African culture, during July 2020. Sign up for as many sessions you’d like. No limit!
Virtual Workshop Series: attendance by Zoom link following pre-registration.
Pre-registration is required.
Experience music, dance, languages, and visual arts, spanning 4 evenings in July. Follow international and local experts through a guided tour of African arts exhibits. Participate in music performances. Follow along in African craft-making tutorials. Move along with us in an instructional dance demonstration. Gain exposure to African languages from across the continent, and interact with artists, performers, curators, and creatives through this ‘live’ online event.
The first 50 registrants will receive Africa Stars 2020 SWAG and craft supplies! Participants will receive information about classes, workshops, and cultural events related to Africa at UF and the wider region throughout the year
Africa Stars 2020 is sponsored by the Center for African Studies, the Harn Museum of Art, the Center for Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship, and UF’s Creative Campus program.
Full Schedule
Thursday, July 9: African Arts Exhibits and Crafts Activities
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Session 1: Harn Museum Night: African Metal Arts
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Session 2: Cloth Talks: African Textiles with Felicity Tackey-Otoo
Wednesday, July 15: African Dance Performance and Instruction
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Session 1: Contemporary African Dance with Qudus Onikeku and Afropolis, QDance Center, Lagos, Nigeria.
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Session 2: Perform with Barakissa Coulibaly and drummers Aboubacar Soumah and Aboubacar Camara
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Session 3: Perform with Barakissa Coulibaly and drummers Aboubacar Soumah and Aboubacar Camara
Thursday, July 23: African Language Expo
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Session 1: Experience the Languages of East Africa
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Session 2: Experience the Languages of West Africa
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Session 3: Experience the Languages of Southern Africa
Wednesday, July 29: African Percussion Sessions
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Session 1: Afro-Cuban and Afro-Latin Beats with Nicholas Spivey
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Session 2: Intro to African Percussion with Aboubacar Soumah
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Session 3: Intro to African Percussion Weedie Braimah