This month Afrika Djelly is “all about da beats.” Bring your voice, bring a drum, bring your vibes, shake your bum...
May is International Drum Month. Afrika Djelly gathers all “griots”, dancers, drummers and groovy people to answer the call of the talking drums.
Tama, dondo, djembe, apentoma, conga, tumba, raquinto, bongo... ngoma of all kinds welcome in a chorus of drum nations to get you up & shaking your calabash. The ambience is cool under the wing of the Blakbird & the rhythm knob will be turnt up to "sizzle". Come down & let off steam, we have A/C
Afika Djelly is TO's original & only, monthly African music, live band, open mic, dance lesson & DJ party. Ever. Featuring exciting artists from Ghana, Senegal, India, Nigeria, Kenya, Jamaica, Cote D'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, USA, Ethiopia, France, Trinidad, Ireland, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, S. Africa, Congo, Morocco... even Toronto - collaborating live, creating original azonto, soukous, R&B, zouk, afrobeat, makossa, reggae, blues, kwaito, spoken word...
Musical Hosts: Djungle Bouti Orchestra
- Kobèna Aquaa-Harrison, MC & Musical Director
- Toto B Assaulte, Bass guitar
- Freddy "Ghanaba" Boateng , Drum kit
- Everyone's favourite Masaai warrior, DJ Flowmaster spinning afrobeats from Azonto to Zouk & R&B
- SPECIAL GUEST Performers.... guaranteed:
"If we told you who was coming, we'd have to charge more"
* World-class Ethiopian cuisine by Pero Restaurant
* Guaranteed 1-time-only cameo performances by... ah,
seriously, it happens every time.
"Blakbird" at Pero Restaurant and Lounge, 812 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON near Ossington
Time: 8:30pm
$10.. Performers VIP free with sign up
Supported by: Lagoon Music, African Musicians Association, African Invasion Movement #AIM, African Drum Arts and Craft, Shaw Percussion, Abandze Embassy
Good people, good music, good food, good vibes
The Jali, Djali, Djeli a.k.a griot, musical oral historian of ancient and contemporary African modernity. He or she is able to recite and relay entire histories of people, cities, or nations with depth and eloquence, in word and song.
Jelly. Sweet, succulent, fragrant juice reduced to concentrate and intensify its flavour. Apply as you wish.
Afrika Djelly: the continuation of the creative force of the motherland through the lineage of music makers, This is not a style, it is a way of being.
