AfroReggae UK Partnership - Favela to the World
Following the success of 2006's activities, 2007 saw AfroReggae return to London to run training workshops, and perform FROM FAVELA TO THE WORLD to even more sell out audiences at the Barbican.
Making art fight for the lives of young people at risk:
AfroReggae is a cultural group that was established in the favela
(shantytown) of Vigário Geral in 1993. They work within the poorest
and most violent communities in Rio de Janeiro and have one clear
aim: to take young people out of the drug trade through arts-based
activities.
AfroReggae's success as artists has been extraordinary. The main band tours extensively throughout Brazil and abroad. In 2006 they played alongside The Rolling Stones on Copacabana beach, at New York's Carnegie Hall and the Rock in Rio Festival in Lisbon.
Workshops
2008: To be announced
2008: To be announced
Photo gallery
AfroReggae in pictures, in the community and on stage. more
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Performance
Following sell out performances in bite06 and bite07, AfroReggae will return with a brand new show at the Barbican in September 2008.
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Following sell out performances in bite06 and bite07, AfroReggae will return with a brand new show at the Barbican in September 2008.
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Afroreggae UK Partnership currently includes:
Asian
Dub Foundation Education;
Barbican: Bite; Barbican Education; Black
Police Association; Contact
Theatre; Learning
Trust; Queen
Mary, University of London; Rich
Mix; Shoreditch
Trust; Theatre
Royal Stratford East.
Supported by Arts
Council England
AfroReggae:‘AfroReggae is an exemplary organization. I was moved to find out that their attempt at something musical was a reply to the tragedy that left blood all over Vigário Geral. And I was honoured to be invited to be their godfather. They are a lesson. Of resistance to the disfavoured. And of determination for groups that, just like them, seek to reply to misery with creativity. A lesson in music, to all of us.’
Caetano Veloso
‘AfroReggae aren't a band, they are a force; and one to be reckoned with.’
Evening Standard