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Relief wall sculpture of Portuguese slave ship at the merchant port of Alfama Lisbon where the first documented African slaves of the Atlantic slave trade were brought.
Relief wall sculpture of Portuguese slave ship at the merchant port of Alfama Lisbon where the first documented African slaves of the Atlantic slave trade were brought.

Black Atlantic is a futurist cultural education and entertainment organization with  a primary focus on the history and evolution of the African Diaspora. Black  Atlantic is primarily focused on producing cultural media content & products.

3 PILLARS OF BLACK ATLANTIC

1.
Oral Cultures - the other side of the coin.

Oral cultures (African, Native  American, Asian/Polynesian), both vocal and instrumental, provide critical  missing links and counter arguments to the dominant written narratives of  human history.

2.
Ubiquity of African Cultures

African based oral traditions were spread  across the colonized world and have evolved to be highly successful at  adapting to the modern age and thriving as arguably the dominant culture  in western entertainment media. As a result, these traditions are among  humanity’s most powerful tools for communication and progressive  change.

3.
History humanizes.

By telling the largely undocumented history of Africa  and its diaspora, relationships within it as well as with the rest of the world,  can be improved by breaking unfounded stereotypes and humanizing all  people affected by its history; in effect the entire world.

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Latest of Black Atlantic

Clave:
The Orphan Root of American Culture

Jean-Francis Varre
Atrium B, City Mall, 12/15/2020

Professional and Community Development - Interactive workshop in which participants learn how African rhythmic structure shaped modern music, how it  is used in composition and how it provides benefits that extend beyond music  into wellness.

OBJECTIVE

1.
To empower musicians of all backgrounds, levels and ages by shedding  light on a foundational tool that applies to the vast majority of musical  genres today.

2.
To contribute to the exposure & preservation of the shared cultural  history of the African diaspora and the self determination of that culture in  the present and future.

3.
To build bridges between the African diaspora and the rest of the world  by humanizing its descendants and traditions as well as exposing how  much African culture pervades all modern cultures.

4.
To share the Physical and psychological therapeutic properties of rhythm  & communal drum & dance. (“Drumming and other forms of music therapy  increase engagement in treatment and can help reduce anxiety, depression and  anger.” Journal of Addictions Nursing.)

SAHEL:
Black Atlantic flagship music project

Sahel, like the legendary land that is its namesake, is a band that interprets musical genres influenced by  African culture around the world.

Performing Zouk, Reggae, Senegalese Mbalax, Samba, Funana, Salsa and  more; Sahel’s music is blended colors of culture on the canvas of African  rhythms.
Created by its multilingual lead vocalist and band leader, Jean-Francis Varre, Sahel is inspired by tradition and dedicated to the progress of music that moves  the world.

Visit Sahel on Sahel's Official website here.

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