Celebrate Africa!
Join us for an African music and dance party.
Some of the Pacific Northwest’s premiere African drummers and dancers are set to electrify the BlueShore at CapU stage.
Leading the musical brigade is the revered performer and expert in West African traditional music and dance CapU’s own esteemed faculty member Kofi Gbolonyo.
Gbolonyo is a founding member, along with multi-instrumentalist Curtis Andrews, of Vancouver’s top drum and dance large ensemble Adanu Habobo, which also takes the stage.
Joining Adanu Habobo are special guests Kwashie Kuwor, renowned dancer and drummer, from Ghana, and Vancouver-based Kurai Mubaiwa, mbira and marimba master, from Zimbabwe. Igniting it all will be dozens of musicians from Capilano University groups CapU African Ensemble, C Band, and Percussion Ensemble – who will be joined by faculty talents Parmela Attariwala, Dave Robbins, Daniel Hersog, Jared Burrows and Steve Kaldestad.
Joining Adanu Habobo are dancers and musicians Awal Alhassan and Kwashie Kuwor, originally from Ghana, and Kurai Mubaiwa, mbira and marimba master, originally from Zimbabwe.
Igniting it all will be dozens of musicians from Capilano University groups CapU African Ensemble, C Band, and Percussion Ensemble – who will be joined by faculty talents and special guest elders. In all approximately 75 performers will take the stage!
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