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SONGS OF HOPE AND HEALING

Sat, Jan 11

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GIN FIZZ

NATU makes her APAP debut in Harlem NYC

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SONGS OF HOPE AND HEALING
SONGS OF HOPE AND HEALING

Time & Location

Jan 11, 2020, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

GIN FIZZ, 308 MALCOLM X BVD (upstairs from Chez Lucienne, next door to Red Rooster)

About the Event

SONGS OF HOPE AND HEALING.

At the end of guitarist and singer-songwriter Natu Camara's setlist at Berkeley's big house — Zellerbach Hall — the Ivory Coast native raised in neighboring Guinea transported the audience to her childhood and Tchadil, her grandmother's tiny village. In the village there is no electricity, but the moon at night shines so brightly that a needle on the floor can be seen. Children gather in a circle and begin clapping. Soon, kids all over the village hear the rhythms and hurry to join, swelling the circle to 20 or 30 villagers. A single child moves into the circle's center. Solo dances, accompanied by hands clapping and soulful songs, unify and uplift the community.

Camara formed Ideal Black Girls, one of West Africa's first all-female hip-hop groups. Performing music from her 2019 debut solo record, Dimedi (Child), Camara blends Afro-rock, pop, and soul, sung in multiple languages including…

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