Heritage Sunday:Sidiki Conde & Tokounou Oyu Oro Afro-Cuban Dance

When:Sunday, August 16, 2009

Time:3:00 pm
Where:Damrosch Park Bandshell
Cost:Free

Heritage Sunday’s song-and-dance troupes hail from Cuba, Guinea, and Peru, bound by a deep rootedness in West African traditions. Sidiki Conde faces down a disability at the helm of a fine Afro-pop band that is as high energy as it is inspirational. Oyu Oro’s dancers step lively to the transplanted rhythms of the Yoruba people. Caracumbe’s intensity brings with it a declaration that the time of recognition has come for Peru’s black population. Presented in collaboration with the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.