Oakland School for the Arts announces A Night in Africa, a concert benefitting the construction of a new health clinic in Uganda.
Friends of Africa Benefit Concert
Saturday, April 5th 7:00 pm
Adult tickets $15
Oakland School for the Arts
1800 San Pablo Ave. Oakland, CA
www.oakarts.org
OAKLAND, CA – The Oakland School for the Arts, Oakland’s premier arts academy, is pleased to announce A Night in Africa. This public performance is a cooperative fundraiser with World Exchange for Health and Human Services, an Oakland based medical organization that sends medical supplies to developing communities around the world.
A Night in Africa features the music of Baba Ken & the Afro-Groove Connexion. An Oakland resident hailing from Nigeria, Baba Ken and his eight piece band play fun and funky Afrobeat music. The concert will also feature West African drumming performed by students from the Oakland School for the Arts.
A Night in Africa is the culmination of a day of events at the Oakland School for the Arts. Prior to the concert, Oakland School for the Arts will open its doors to prospective students and parents interested in learning more about the school. Teachers and students will be on hand to answer questions, and student groups will be giving performances demonstrating the artistic offerings available at the school.
The Oakland School for the Arts, with its co-sponsors World Exchange and For Youth By Youth, hope that the concert will increase awareness of the connection between education, medicine and the arts. All three nonprofit groups work towards improving the lives of youth in these core areas.
Towards this goal, a portion of the proceeds from A Night in Africa will be donated to a new medical clinic in Uganda funded by World Exchange for Health and Human Services. The organization has sent medical supplies to ten different locations around the globe. This will be their first project in Uganda.
Event Co-Sponsors
Oakland School for the Arts
The Oakland School for the Arts is a public charter serving grades 6-12. Located in the revitalized uptown district of Oakland, the school is scheduled to move into the refurbished Fox Theatre in the Fall of 2008. Now in its 6th year, OSA offers pre-professional training in Visual Arts, Dance, Theatre, Arts Management, Literary Arts and Vocal and Instrumental Music while also offering a rigoprous, college preparatory academic curriculum. OSA students come from throughout the East Bay.
For Youth By Youth
Based in East Palo Alto, For Youth By Youth offers a new community of healing and hope for young people suffering from chronic trauma. Our youth are in crisis due to experienced and witnessed violence in the home and on the streets.
For Youth By Youth help youth eliminate violence from within their own lives and their community by walking them through a multi-stop healing process.
Baba Ken & the Afro-Groove Connexion
West African legends and San Francisco boogaloo regulars team up for an explosive Bay Area Afrobeat revival project.
Featuring legendary bassist and producer Baba Ken Okulolo, who first toured the United States with King Sunny Ade, and Soji Odukogbe, who was Fela Kuti's longtime frontman and lead guitar player. Percussionist Nii Armah Hammond is a founding member of Ghana's Hedzoleh Soundz, famed for groundbreaking recordings with Hugh Masekela.
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