BLACK SUNLIGHT – A broadcast for Dambudzo Marechera on his 69th
On Friday 4 June, we celebrate the lives and work of The Black Insider heself, Dambudzo Marechera, on what would have been his 69th revolution.
Dambudzo took off way too soon, on 18 Aug 1987, but left nuff WORD-SOUND-POWER for struggles to come.
Our comrade Ilze Wolff selects from this deep arkive (speeches, interviews, rants and more) live on PASS from 6pm (SA time). Tune in.
The painting is by Felix Shumba.
PASS landing at Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Paris
From 5-9 May 2021, Chimurenga’s Pan African Space Station (PASS) landed at Lavoir Moderne Parisien in Goutte d’or, Paris, to imagine, re-examine and re-circulate sonic archives of black radicalism in the francophone world. This session dug into the “soundtrack” (bande-son), an underlying container of information and ideas that is seldom explored on its own terms. We departed from cinematic practice, specifically films/filmmakers (Julius-Amedee Laou, Elsie Haas, Med Hondo, Kanor sisters, Sarah Maldoror, etc) represented in the printed archive we had …
IMAGI-NATION NWAR in PARIS – SUN, 09 MAY 2021
Day 5 of Imagi-nation Nwar, a live broadcast from Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Goutte d’or, Paris 2:30pm – The premiere of The Africans – Act 2, a radio play by Christian Nyampeta 4pm – listening through the record collection of Sarah Maldoror with Pascale Obolo, Anna Tje and Annouchka de Andrade 6pm – a live performance by Cheikh Tidiane Fall and Tommie McKenzie
IMAGI-NATION NWAR in PARIS – SAT, 08 MAY 2021
Day 4 of Imagi-nation Nwar, a live broadcast from Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Goutte d’or, Paris 2pm – Screening of Les Saints Et Les Anges and Zatrap/Le piege (Elsie Haas) 3pm – In conversation with Elsie Haas 4pm – Music as a site of memorialising – a sonic lecture with Franck Biyong 5:30pm – The premiere of The Africans – Act 2, a radio play by Christain Nyampeta 7pm – live showcase of Gwo Ka featuring Henri Poitou dit Toutoul, Rony …
IMAGI-NATION NWAR in PARIS – FRI, 07 MAY 2021
Day 3 of Imagi-nation Nwar, a live broadcast from Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Goutte d’or, Paris 2pm – Screening of Solitaire a micro ouvert and La vieille quiloboise et le majordome (Julius Amedee Laou) 3pm – Brice Ahouno expands the soundtrack beyond the screen, with Wasis Diop and Roger Raspail 5:30pm – Digging into the FRench reggae scene with Maboula Soumahoro
IMAGI-NATION NWAR in PARIS – THURS, 06 MAY 2021
Day 2 of Imagi-nation Nwar, a live broadcast from Lavoir Moderne Parisien, Goutte d’or, Paris 2pm – Screening of La noiraude 2:30pm – Zouk as aesthetics of black transnationalism, with Marie Julie Chalu and guests 4pm – Hamedine Kane digs deeper into the sonic archives of black radicalism in Paris 5pm – Live cross-over to the markets of Lomé with Elom 20ce
IMAGI-NATION NWAR in PARIS – WED, 05 MAY 2021
IMAGI-NATION NWAR – a PASS session in Paris, 5-9 May 2021
imagi-nation nwar – a PASS broadcast from Paris, 5-9 May 2021 Lavoir Moderne Parisien (35 rue Leon, Goutte d’or) From 2pm daily. Listen at panafricanspacestation.org.za Presented by Chimurenga with: Blaise N’Djehoya; Marie-Julie Chalu; DY Ngoy; Yebga Likoba; Cheikh Tidiane Fall; Fabienne et Véronique Kanor; Hamedine Kane; Elom 20ce; Brice Ahounou; Wasis Diop; Roger Raspail; Pascale Obolo; Julius-Amedee Laou; Jean-Jacques Dufayet; Maboula Soumahoro; Elsie Haas; Amandine Nana; Franck Biyong; Hemle Boum; Christian Nyampeta; Christelle Oyiri; Célia Potiron; Anna Tje; Annouchka de …
Revisit sessions from PASS in Oslo
Over four days, from 17-20 February 2021, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) broadcast daily sessions for ‘Actions of Art and Solidarity’, a group exhibition curated by Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) in Oslo and organised with Kunstnernes Hus. These transmissions looked to the Festac ’77 book and selected narratives to expand on in sound. They were the first PASS sessions to be produced under the conditions of a global pandemic. More about the landing can be found here …
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Tags: FESTAC '77, PASS Oslo, PASS radio
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12TH ANNUAL ABDULLAH IBRAHIM FESTIVAL – LIVE ON PASS
Join us for the 12th Annual Abdullah Ibrahim Festival. Live on PASS, for 24hours from 12pm (central african time) on 09 October 2020.
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