Night Time, South Florida’s Jamaica Folks Revue and Tallawah mento band’s premier PANAFEST presentation – an epic musical odyssey of what unfolded in Jamaica pre- and post-emancipation – will probably be staged on the Lauderhill Performing Arts Centre on June 21 at 6 pm.
Marking the 21st anniversary celebrations of the Tallawah band, it’s the function efficiency by each teams that will probably be paraded in Ghana, host nation of the 25th Anniversary of the Pan African Historic Theater Pageant (PANAFEST), being held from July 23 – August 2. The occasion is being staged by the PANAFEST Basis beneath the auspices of the African Union and the Authorities of Ghana.
Night Time is the title of a track written by Jamaica’s cultural icon Louise Bennet-Coverly and her good friend Barbara Ferland – a beloved people track about retiring after work to gentle up the hearth to cook dinner the night meal…and to chill out, having fun with the night breeze; dancing, taking part in and interesting youngsters with standard household tales.
The live performance, subsequently, showcases the roots and journey of Jamaica’s indigenous people music – life, love, and social commentary that’s additionally a listing of non secular revival, nyabinghi, and kumina music. There will probably be songs as effectively from the repertoire of the legendary Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff, with items from poems of nationwide hero Marcus Garvey for which musical scores are written.
On stage as effectively will probably be Junior ‘Gabu’ Wedderburn, grasp drummer and percussionist who has performed for years with the Broadway manufacturing of The Lion King. Acclaimed dub poet Malachi Smith, not too long ago penning poems for PANAFEST, and kids aged 5 – 10 years, on this festive household affair, may also be performing.
The live performance, beneath the patronage of R Oliver Mair, Consul Normal of Jamaica to Miami and the Southern United States, serves as the main fundraiser earlier than the group’s departure and tour ending on August 3. PANAFEST has lengthy been a cornerstone celebration of African unity, heritage, and tradition, offering a platform for Africans and the worldwide African diaspora to return collectively in solidarity, creativity, and dialogue. The theme for this yr’s occasion is “Let Us Converse of Reparative Justice: Pan-African Inventive Activism”.
This yr’s occasion would be the second ever Jamaican act, with Rita Marley performing on the Pageant in 1994.
On August 1, at midnight on Emancipation Day, Tallawah and the Folks Revue will probably be performing on the Reverential Evening Live performance, doing revival and market songs. They may also be performing on the Gate of No Return, to be renamed the Gate of Return, symbolizing Africans returning dwelling, and also will be featured at each dungeons that had been holding areas for slaves earlier than the Transatlantic Journey.
The live performance, says the venerable Colin Smith, one of many 4 founders of the Tallawah Mento Band, is about Caribbean tradition and character…music figuring out our very make-up all through the years.
