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New Africa Live: Presents the New Africa Music Series and Expands to Include a Film Screening
A premiere screening of Zina Saro Wiwa's short film This is My Africa along with exhilaraJng performances by Ugandan MC Krukid and Moroccan Jazz Vocalist Malika Zarra
/AE News Articles/ - NEW YORK, NY, May 15, 2008 - On Friday, May 30th, 2008 New Africa Live again returns to the Zipper
Theater to host a premiere screening of Zina Saro Wiwa's new film This is My Africa (55 Min.) and live
musical performances by Ugandan MC Krukid and Morrocan jazz vocalist Malika Zarra. Doors will open
at 9:00pm and the show will kick off at 9:30pm. The Zipper Factory is located at 336 West 37th Street in
Manha'an. Tickets are $20 and seabng is available on a first come first seated basis.
NEW AFRICA LIVE s purpose to carve out a cultural space of belonging for a New African experience is
surely being realized, says New Africa Live producer and cribcally acclaimed Rwandese Ugandan jazz
vocalist Somi. In our third showcase, with the addibon of screening This is My Africa, we conbnue to
challenge homogenized nobons of African cultural expression, while celebrabng the diversity of New
African arbsts.
This is My Africa is a 50 minute crash course in African culture, according to Nigerian born and
London raised guerilla filmmaker Zina Saro Wiwa. A presenter for BBC and Radio 4, Saro Wiwa also
serves as advisor to both Bribsh Council s Music Unit and The Africa Centre in London. Her film explores
the percepbons of 20 people, black and white, who love the African conbnent. Featured in the film are
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth , Yinka Shonibare, among others. Edwin "Krukid" Ruyonga is from Kampala,
Uganda, but now an Illinois resident hoping to make his mark as an original emcee. His cribcally
acclaimed first album Raisin in the Sun (2006) and his highly anbcipated sophomore release Afr I Can on
legendary hip hop label Rawkus Records in 2008 have landed him opening spots for hip hop superstars
The Roots, Talib Kweli, and Lil Jon. Since moving New York City, world jazz vocalist Malika Zarra has
worked with some of the most celebrated jazz musicians in the world. Her debut Ebony Road was
released in 2006. The beaubful Moroccan vocalist offers a refreshing blend of East and West while
singing in French, English, and Arabic over a mix of jazz, Berber and Gnawa rhythms.
Past performers are guitarist Lionel Loueke (Benin), vocalist virtuoso Gino Sitson (Cameron), Soul Singer
Abena Koomson (Ghana), jazz vocalist Loide (Mozambique), and urban rock band BLK JKS (South Africa).
Join NEW AFRICA LIVE as we celebrate the colorful diversity of these arbsts while forging a thriving arts
community, which embraces their cosmopolitan spirit, urban hybridizabon and most importantly a pride
in the rich heritage of their homeland. For event informaAon visit www.thezipperfactory.com, for
informaAon about New Africa Live and press related inquires please email info@newafricalive.com
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