PASS in Amsterdam: Franck Biyong
Frank Biyong is a musician, composer and producer who lives in Yaounde and Paris. Biyong operates outside the boundaries which map the trajectories of African musicians in and out of the continent.
As a producer and musician, Biyong has collaborated with Afropolitanist greats such as Keziah Jones, Tony Allen, Cheick Tidiane Seck and many more. He founded and leads the groups Massak and Afroelectric Orchestra.
Frank Biyong will perform live on PASS in Amsterdam on Monday 12 December from 18:00 – 19:00.
PASS in Amsterdam: Jeannine Valeriano
Jeannine Valeriano is a singer, spoken word artist and writer based in Amsterdam. She leads the concert series Spoken Beat Night, where artists collaborate to fuse jazz, spoken word, recitation and electronic beats, creating unique live performances. In her own work, Valeriano merges several disciplines into one to communicates a highly personal style. Jeannine Valeriano will be joined by clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Maarten Ornstein on PASS in Amsterdam on Thursday 15 December from 17:00 – 18:00.
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PASS in Amsterdam: Sammy Baloji
Sammy Baloji, photographer based in Lubumbashi and Brussels, will be in conversation on PASS in Amsterdam with Kodwo Eshun, Akinbode Akinbiyi and Adeola Engigbokan on Wednesday 14 December from 14:00 – 15:00. Baloji explores the cultural, architectural and industrial heritage of the Katanga region in DRC in his work. Questioning the official versions of Belgian colonial history through his research into various key archives, such as The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren in Belgium, Baloji produces works that confront …
PASS in Amsterdam: New Urban Collective & INSAYNO
New Urban Collective (NUC) is an activism and education collective based in Amsterdam. The collective was founded by students and young professionals living in Amsterdam, and aims to empower young people in Dutch society by providing tools for personal development and stimulating self-awareness. The collective also runs a bookstore and meeting place, New Urban Cafe, where the public is invited to engage in socio-political discussions, poetry nights, lectures, workshops and film screenings. NUC will be on PASS in Amsterdam with …
MBIZO DAY on Pan African Space Station – Wednesday Nov 30th
On Wednesday 30 November, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) will host a 24hr live broadcast of music written and/or performed by healer, musician, composer and painter Johnny Mbizo Dyani (30 November 1945 – 24 October 1986), as well as rare interviews with the artist and comments by people who knew and worked with him. During his short life, Mbizo helped to establish the Blue Notes, a group he co-founded with Chris McGregor, Louis Moholo, Mongezi Feza, Dudu Pukwana and …
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PASS landing at OBA Central Library, Amsterdam
From 11 -15 December 2016, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) landed in Amsterdam, transmitting live from the OBA Central Library. The PASS live studio featured a 5-day programme as an experiment in speaking, listening, playing, partying and community; as a performance and exhibition space; a research platform and living archive. Programmed and performed by Chimurenga, PASS in Amsterdam featured collaborations with artists, filmmakers, writers, musicians and rebels whose practices draw from and respond to a variety of contexts; to prompt …
‘War Chorale’ by Bheki Khoza – LIVE at St Georges Cathedral
On 30 September 2009, Pan African Space Station presented ‘War Chorale’, composed and directed by Bheki Khoza in response to a short novella by Chilean author and activist, Fernando Alegria. War Chorale is a musical exploration into the slipperiness of history, love and memory, and the nearly invisible line that separates fiction from reality. It brought together multi-talented jazz vocalist and trombone player Siya Makuzeni, Mozambican guitarist and bandleader Dino Miranda, jazz ensemble A Congregation and the Unqambothi mixed choir …
In the Mix with Unoma Giese
“Where we are now…will we become a separate race within a quagmire of ethnic discord…or can we be the bridge to healing in an increasingly fractured world?” Writer and poet Unoma Giese will be in discussion with various guests, some mixed race, others not, on the politics of mixed race in Nigeria, interspersed with music by mixed race artists like Nneka, Ade Bantu, Bob Marley, Drake, Sade and others.
Oris Aigbokhaevbolo and Dami Ajayi
Writers Ori Aigbokhaevbolo and Dami Ajayi in conversation: The Local Rapper Syndrome and the New Nigerian Mixtape Oris Aigbokhaevbolo is a Nollywood and pop culture critic. He was named the Music/Entertainment Journalist of the Year in 2015 at the All Africa Music Awards. Dami Ajayi is a Nigerian writer who he has published one volume of poems, Clinical Blues and a chapbook, Daybreak & Other Poems, both to critical and commercial acclaim. He is also the co-publisher of the literary magazine Saraba …