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PASS in Melbourne: Friday 12 April
Day 2 of PASS in Melbourne, broadcasting live from Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
15:00 – 17:00 Chimurenga FESTAC77 archive
17:00 -18:00 MC Lady Lash
18:00 -19:00 Her Africa is Real (H.A.I.R) – Sista Zai and Naomi Velaphi present ‘Afropodes: what is a contemporary African archive in Australia?’
19:00 – 20:00 Stani Goma with Jason Tamiru present ‘Music of the Black Struggle in Australia’
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PASS in Melbourne: Thursday 11 April
Day 1 of PASS in Melbourne, broadcasting live from Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). 15:00 – 16:00 Opening of the Pan African Space Station 16: 00 – 17:30 Listening to the Chimurenga FESTAC77 Archive 17:30 – 18:00 Olugbade Okunade featuring Enoch Ogiemwanre 18:00 – 19:00 Sista Zai Zanda presents ‘Black Love’ featuring Ziimusic and N’fa Jones 19:00 – 20:00 Stani Goma presents ‘Music of the Black Struggle in Australia’ featuring Jason Tamiru Tune into PASS to listen. For more, follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram
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PASS in Melbourne: Stani Goma
Radio producer and presenter Stani Goma joins us on the Pan African Space Station, LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne from 11-13 April. Stani Goma grew up in Brazzaville and has been involved in community radio since arriving in Australia in 1990. He is the presenter and producer of Flight 1067 to Africa on PBS which features music and news from all over Africa. Over the years Stani has interviewed many African musicians such as Hugh Masekela, Youssou N’dour, Angélique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Papa …
PASS in Melbourne: Olugbade Okunade
Composer, singer and trumpeter Olugbade Okunade joins us on the Pan African Space Station LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne for a live performance featuring Enoch Ogiemwanre on Thursday 11 April from 17:30 -18:00 (AEST). Part of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s Egypt 80 (led by Seun Kuti) for 14 years, Olugbade Okunade, now based in Melbourne, is passionate about staying true to the form of Nigerian Afrobeat. His band, Alárìíyá presents a unique style that draws on funk, juju, highlife and afrobeat and is fast becoming a well …
PASS in Melbourne: Sista Zai Zanda
Storyteller, educator, curator and radio presenter Sista Zai Zanda joins us on the Pan African Space Station, LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne from 11-13 April. Zimbabwean born and raised Sista Zai is an active and respected member of the arts and cultural community in Melbourne. Since 2015, she has hosted and curated the Pan Afrikan Poets Café, a pop-up literary event combining beats, performance and poetry by and about African and First Nations’ artists and storytellers. Sista Zai …
PASS in Melbourne: Lady Lash
Vocalist and rapper Lady Lash, joins us on the Pan African Space Station LIVE from MUMA in Melbourne for a live performance on Friday 12 April from 17:00 – 18:00 (AEST). Hip hop and jazz singer Crystal Clyne Mastosavvas, most commonly known as Lady Lash, is quickly becoming one of the most prolific songwriters and performers in Australia. Experimenting with different musical styles, interwoven with powerful spiritual storytelling, Lady Lash’s sound is one that speaks to many. Here latest single Yadu, …
PASS presents: DUMAMA & KECHOU with special guest Madala ‘Bafo’ Kunene
The Pan African Space Station will be hosting DUMAMA & KECHOU for an intimate live concert, featuring special guest, music legend Madala ‘Bafo’ Kunene on Wednesday 20 March 2019 from 7pm. The event will take place at our new home, The Chimurenga Factory in Woodstock, Cape Town (157 Victoria Road) DUMAMA (Gugulethu Duma) and KECHOU (Kerim Melik Becker) experiment with the infinite conversation between past and future through live looping of vocals and hand-made instruments from different parts of Africa …
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PASS is going to Australia!
From 11 -13 April, as part of an exhibition hosted by Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) entitled Shapes of Knowledge, the Pan African Space Station will land in Melbourne, Australia. In collaboration with artists, activists and cultural workers based in the city, PASS will study, among other histories, Australia’s participation in The Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) which took place in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977. Using our studio as a capsule for further entanglement, …
Denderah Rising with Georgia Anne Muldrow + Thandi Ntuli Quartet + The Monkey Nuts
In April 2018, we welcomed back Georgia Anne Muldrow and her “ancestral orchestra” feat. Thandi Ntuli Quartet and The Monkey Nuts to Pan African Space Station (PASS). Below is an excerpt of that night. Breathe!
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Tags: Denderah Rising, Georgia Anne Muldrow, PASS Live, Thandi Ntuli, The Monkey Nuts
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