[Wadabo_updates] African Music, Dance, & Events THIS WEEKEND (3/13-16)

Dear African Dance & Music Community
There is sooooo much happening this weekend:

1 - MUSIC: The Well (3/13 Toad), SambaLolo (3/14 Matt Murphy's), Group Saloum (3/14 Lizard Lounge),   - Info below.

2 - DANCE: Pape N'Diaye classes (3/14 YWCA & 3/16 Dance Complex), Dance Auditions w/ Pape N'Diaye (starts 3/14), Afro-Contemporary w/ Melissa Alexis (3/15 Dance Complex)  - Info below.

3 - EVENT: Ifa Divination Studies Conference (3/14-16 Harvard University) - Info below.

1 - MUSIC:

THE WELL
Thursday, March 13, 10pm | Toad - 1912 Mass Ave. Cambridge | No cover | www.ToadCambridge.com
Reggae that is dubbed out, light-hearted, heavy and raw. This is the future of roots rock, with tweaky jungle to make you flip kick and jumprope non-stop screaming while feeling as good as a Marvin Gaye tune. The Well is: Jimmy Trapella (vocals), Mike Weater (bass), Kristopher Rex Hussmann (keys), and Jeremy Gustin (drums). Visit www.MySpace.com/TheWell

BOUBACAR DIABATÉ & SAMBALOLO
Friday, March 14th, 11pm  - Last Show until May| Matt Murphy's Pub - 14 Harvard St Brookline | No cover, Food until 10pm | www.MattMurphysPub.com

This is the last show until Bouba returns from Mali in Mid-May, so don't miss out! SambaLolo, featuring Boubacar Diabate, West African Griot from Mali, combines traditional rhythms with modern influences to form a unique style of contemporary Malian Griot music. Singing in Bambara, Diabate tells stories of common shared human experiences such as of love, life and humanity. Through the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling, Diabate brings the audience on a musical journey that is embellished with accents of Jazz, Blues and Reggae. For more information about Boubacar Diabate and SambaLolo visit www.myspace.com/sambalolo

LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM
Friday, March 14, 9:30pm | The Lizard Lounge - 1667Mass Ave. Cambridge | $10  | Food until midnight | www.LizardLoungeClub.com

Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck (sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar), Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Walid Zairi (bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing vocals), John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone). For more info, visit www.LamineToure.com or
www.MySpace.com/GroupSaloum

2 - DANCE:

PAPE N'DIAYE RESUMES FRIDAY DEJMBE DANCE  & SUNDAY SABAR DANCE CLASSES THIS WEEKEND
Friday, March 14th, Djembe Dance, 7:30-9:00pm, $12 | Cambridge YWCA - 7 Temple St, Central sq., Cambridge

Sunday, March 16th, Sabar Dance, 1:30-3:00pm, $12 | The Dance Complex - 536 Mass. Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge | www.DanceComplex.com

Pape is back from Senegal, please come out and welcome him back to Boston!

OPEN CALL FOR DANCERS TO AUDITION WITH PAPE N'DIAYE FOR NDAJE FESTIVAL SHOW
Show date: Saturday, June 28th, 2008 | Contact Pape at 323.684.8298 for audition schedule | www.papendiaye.com

Looking for dancers of all ethnicities,  18 yrs +, who are proficient in Traditional West African & Contemporary (African & European/American Modern) dance. Auditions will be held starting this weekend, March 14th, and will be held open through mid-April. Rehearsals start late March, show date Saturday, June 28th as part of the annual Ndaje African Dance Conference (June 26 - 29th, 2008).

AFRO-CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKSHOP SERIES WITH MELISSA ALEXIS
Saturday, March 15th (until 3/29), 3:00-4:30pm | The Dance Complex - 536 Mass. Ave, Central Sq. Cambridge| $13|Info 617.224.7213 or lifeforcedance@gmail.com | www.DanceComplex.com

Come & explore the Contemporary African dance movement! Afro-contemporary Dance is a claws that combines the spirit and technique of West African, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Brazilian, and Contemporary dance styles. After a full-body warm-up, we will travel across the floor and do center work, including choreography. Open to all levels; you are encouraged to bring your sense of expression to a soulful, fun, high energy class. Wear comfortable clothing and bare feet/flat dance shoes.

3 - EVENT:

SACRED KNOWLEDGE, SACRED POWER AND PERFORMANCE: IFA DIVINATION IN WEST AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Friday - Sunday, March 14th - 16th | Tsai Auditorium, Room S010, CGIS-South - 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge| Space is extremely limited, Free & Open to the public | To register email amcgee@post.harvard.edu

This international conference will provide a forum for renowned scholars in African and African Diaspora studies to explore the body of deep knowledge implicit in Ifa divination among the Yoruba of West Africa, as well as their descendants in Africa and the Americas. It begins with the recognition that Ifa is not only a body of knowledge, but also a religious and cultural practice. "Sacred Knowledge" will highlight the ways that Ifa texts and their brokers are dynamic and ever changing, shaped my politics, cultural histories, and social rituals. It will also address the transport and spread of Ifa knowledge and cosmologies and will contribute to the development of a theoretical and empirical language for advancing the state of Ifa scholarship.