A day of music, dance and food celebrating African, Afro-Latinx and Afro-Caribbean cultures by the sea.
The day
We honored International Day of Afro-Descendant Women, ocean conservation, and the ties between cultural memory, land stewardship and climate justice.
Panel by afrolatin@ forum
A conversation centering Blackness within Latinidad and Latin@s of African descent in the United States.
Open call
Artists, DJs, speakers, MCs, partner organizations and volunteers answered an open call, with honorariums for selected participants. Food, craft and advocacy vendors joined through a separate vendor call.
Quilombo do Acupe led a roda de capoeira at the NYC Parks Rockaway Beach Amphitheater. Photos by LUMO Studio.
Supported by
The Queens Arts Fund, from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, supporting the festival as a community space celebrating Afro-descendant cultural legacy through sound, movement and memory.
Thank you
Festival Producer: Tanya Alfonso. Production crew: Jova Vasquez, Kamila Hoe, Shellie Martinez, Niyah Bennett, Alex Lievano and Alejandra Parra.
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