Music As A Weapon
is the concept behind a NYC musical benefit event series starting on
Saturday December 16, 2006 presented under the theme…
…!Bling & Blood!
Organized and hosted by WANLOV THE KUBOLOR in conjunction with LAVA
GINA
WORLD MUSIC for Nah We Yone, the event takes places at New York’s
original
world music lounge on Ave C in the East Village, starting at 8 p.m.
Nah We Yone, Inc. (NWY) is a grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization
that helps rebuild the shattered lives of refugees, asylees and
asylum
seekers from the African diaspora who have been forced to flee their
native
countries and who ended up in the New York Metropolitan area. Since
its
inception, NWY has provided culturally sensitive, multi-faceted
supportive
psychological and social services to over 400 war and trauma
survivors
through programs aimed at easing the difficult transition to life in
the
United States.
Lava Gina World Music Lounge opened its doors in 2000 with the
purpose of
connecting different cultures through music and musically exploring
their
similarities. Its diverse audience has since made it like the
“United
Nations of music”.
This is a FREE event featuring LIVE performances by some of the most
well-known and loved performers in their respective communities:
WANLOV THE
KUBOLOR (GHANA/ROMANIA VIA CALI), SHEBA (ETHIOPIA & THE ISLANDS VIA
BK),
JUGGLA (NEW JERSEY), CHOSAN (SIERRA LEONE VIA LONDON AND BK) plus
GIBRIL THE
AFRIKAN (GHANA/SIERRA LEONE VIA NEW JERSEY).
World music selectors for the evening are DJ KOFI OBAFEMI AND DJ
FUNMI!
CO-SPONSORED BY LIBERATION LAB.COM, WORLD UP.ORG, MEWZIK, AND
FUSICOLOGY.COM
There will be a raffle, so don’t forget your business cards!
Please Contact:
Kadijah Fofanah-Pollok
Lava Gina
NYC’s Premier World Music Lounge
PR/Booking
Email: mailto:[email protected] [email protected]
Tel: 212-477-9319
Pls visit www.lavagina.com