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nzoCALIFA ...from a vision of a weekend of Ancestral Atonement transcends into a month full of Seasonal Communal service to align, activate and Heal our Community. #Malongafest, the powerful envisioning of our preeminent Cultural Arts Empresario Muisi-Kongo Malonga, daughter of the late great Ta   Malonga Casquelourd and beloved legendary Dr. Faye McNair-Knox . #givepraisetolife. Our Fua Dia Congo, joined in staunch kinship with Kongo SQ West Kinship Society  boasts and curates some of the most impactful arts programming meeting every trial with trailblazing Cultural Arts leadership and signature programming of these times. *sigh*  With mindfulness, we honor breath, usher conscious wellness moves, while we DUE this Dance and Drum thing in Kintuadi.  *below, at a glimpse* Matondo  R. Califa, @nzoCALIFA Dance Works in prayer, in the field and keeping vigil ********************** MALONGA MUSIC LISTENING PARTY We are THRILLED to announce  the GRAND FINALE of #...

nzocalifa -- The way is open in ire' with libations and prayers of Ase'. as we celebrate the fruits of our Ancestral gifts through Dance, Drum, and Culture. We lift Our Commune+Unity when WE remember. We invite you to join us in shared kinship works. Matondo #Malongafest2021 | Register Today:  https://bit.ly/2ZNcJ1s Dance Virtuoso from Lima, Peru Javier Barrera to jump off $6 Tuesdays LIVE! at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts NOVEMBER 9, 2021 6P-7:30P, 2nd flr Studio A Malongafest2021 "Casting Our Light" Week 1 & 2  

[ARCHIVES] nzoCALIFA--Oakland, CA  "Give Praise to the Lives of Our Ancestors  with voices amplified and movement forward." @nzoCALIFA 2017 [ Life is Living 10 & Oakland Pubic Main Library]  OCT.2017:  I served as Lead Artist/Curator envisioned and created as                          Malonga Center Community Ancestral Altar Installation .  "... Teamed with a devoted crew, this vision was Co-commissioned by Adande M'baye and Delina Brooks co-creators of the  Africa Is Oakland - Dance Zone ,   devoted students of the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts  and  Alumni of Fua Dia Congo Performing Company." _______ My childhood stomping grounds and Dance School, West Oakland's Historic  Defremery Park aka Lil Bobby Hutton Park  became a creatively potent sacred portal that housed the first installation of its kind...lead with Ancestral prayers, songs for Egun and ri...

nzocalifa-- Grace overflowing in continued Mastery in the month of October hosted by West African Dance dynasty Diamano Coura West African Dance Company. 🍃 #givepraisetolife Papa Dr. Zakriya Diouf , Pioneer, Cultural Ambassador, Scholar, Husband Father,  our treasured Royal Gran.  The Malonga Center floors have been blessed; Come bask in the fruit of Artistic gifts of the Oakland, Bay Area Community and beyond.  As we continue to hold vigil for our Diouf Family, Diamano Coura and Community kinship align, let us Dance, Drum and BE in good Spirit. Please register ahead to ensure your space. Social-Distancing protocols observed Good folks, a signature schedule featuring Master Artists and Pioneers of  West African Dance and Drum Cultural traditions: Diamano Coura W. African Dance Company Ousseynou Kouyate Sister Linda Faye Johnson Baba Mosheh Milon Pre-register. Class cap is at 100, including Drummers, and Dancers.  If you pre- register and can’t attend, plea...

 We Love you Papa Zak!  We extend our Love and respects with heartfelt support  to Mama Naomi & Family and to our Diamano Coura kinship.  Gangstar transitioned; His light and timeless wisdom transcending; His trajectory of works studied, rooted, taught, created unmatched;  a vast vessel of Ancient traditions, legacy Culture living through the dynasty He founded, in joint Vision with his Queen aka Mama Naomi , birthed through Family, and built in kinship with Commune+Unity.  A powerful demonstration of a full and majestic walk of life of indomitable Spirit.  I, WE Rise to your occasion " Papa Zak" in grand salute -- sending Love, Light and sweet ease to the Family, as we mourn with you and hold you all in sweet vigil.  DR ZAKARIYA DIOUF , Pioneer, Cultural Gatekeeper, Elder Statesman,  my Royal Gran, ascend sweetly to be received honorably upon your Ancestral stool. Love, light and progress.   ~Love Sis. R. Califa Calloway ...

  ____________________________________________________________ #MAKINU programming moving into a next level Season  of Dance and Drum  of good Spirit and uniting beloved  Community, in the City of East Palo Alto @BellStreetPark.  ✨WE return August 7, 2021  >>info: bottletreeculture@gmail.com _____________________ in shared Dance kinship, Sis. R. Califa @nzoCALIFA Dance Works

We're back for our ENCORE EXPERIENCE Bloco Dance accompanied with Bateria thunder as Afro Brasilian Carnaval moves & grooves  " rock the park " to usher a dynamic Dance movement experience -- beats by BARAKEMI lead by Julio Remelexo and Dance by  @nzoCALIFA Dance works , we welcome another revival of Dance Reunion, Communal healing and Dance & Drum Spirit.   Join US for MAKINU In The Park - JULY 24th & 25th. * presented by Bottle Tree Culture partnered  with  the City of East Palo Alto *   *REGISTER HERE for BOTH CLASSES* DANCE: saturday, july 24, 2021 4:30P-6:00P DRUM: sunday, july 25, 2021 4:30P-6:00P      Giving thanks for the Communal #Dance Shine upon a little park known as BELL STREET PARK in East Palo Alto, CA. At MAKINU In The Park Celebrated Artists, Musicians and Bay Pioneers share the joy of African Dance and Drum Culture as Community+Unity.  * FREE* *     *      * in shared Dan...

WAHHH!!! Wa Dia Fua Yika Dio "What you inherit you must add value to..." Bear witness to this Joyful return! LIFTING THE RESILIENCE OF OUR NZO ~Matondo Nsambi, Matondo Mamingi Sis. Regina Califa Nzo Califa Dance Works Kongo SQ West Kinship Society Communal Kinship Partner @KongoSQWest #healthiswealth #MyKongo A Word of Care to our beloved Commune+Unity from Artistic Director, Muisi-Kongo Malonga of Fua Dia Congo

🍃The way is open indeed when Spirit says so... And guides us to stay in mindfulness using your rite mind to make  aligned choices concerning your Health and Wellness Join US for MAKINU in the Park,  SAT. June 26, 2021 at my Fua Dia Congo birthplace,  East Palo Alto, CA Lifted by Bottle Tree Culture   @ Bell Street Park 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ushered with @ nzo CALIFA   partnered by Kongo SQ West Kinship Society __________________________________________ a note of gratitude to the City of East Palo Alto's  Summer Park Activation Program   DANCE TRANSFORM NATION™ rejuvenate ________________________ ecstatic that my good friends at BARAKEMI will permeate the atmosphere with  Bom   Aṣẹ ' www.barakemi.com #bottleTreeCulture