African Americans Rooted and Rising: Nothando & Vusumusi Zulu and Joshua Gillespie

Embracing Our Roots: African American Rooted and Rising A Conversation with Nothando and Vusumusi Zulu and their grandson, Joshua Gillespie (Brotha Ase’). | Virtual: Zoom | On Saturday, October 15, 2022, up and coming drummer and storyteller, Joshua Gillespie (Brotha Ase’) will join his grandparents, the master storytellers, Nothando and Vusumusi Zulu, in a conversation...

EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING A conversation with Elder Amoke Kubat and Elder-in-the-Making, Wisdom Young (Mawusi)

Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Join artists, educators, activists, and mothers, elder Amoke Kubat and elder-in-the-making, Wisdom Young (Mawusi) as they share, build, and heal about their journeys as Black girls, women, and mothers in America. They will discuss how time, place, family, and historic/current events have shaped their identities and their work. They will reflect on the...

EMBRACING OUR ROOTS: ROOTED AND RISING Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton in conversation with Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar

Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

  An African proverb says “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This Embracing our Roots event will focus on two couples: Arts giants Seitu Ken Jones & Soyini Vinelle Guyton with next generation couple, Anura & Rekhet Si-Asar. They will engage in a wide ranging...