Poetry: Carl Hancock Rux, David Alonso Rivera, Elizabeth Acevedo, Irma Pineda, Janet Rogers, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, John S. Blake, Lynn Hill, Nolan Eskeets, Zora Howard
Music: Bocafloja, Cheikh Hamala Diabate, Danys Pérez & Oyu Oro, Bodoma Garifuna Culture Band, Soema Montenegro (U.S. Debut)
MC: David Gonzalez
Afropop and Afro-Cuban drumming. Conscious MCs and cutting-edge vocalists. Slam poets and traditional truth-tellers. They all come together for a powerfully diverse day of spoken word, music, and movement dedicated to the late Sekou Sundiata, who performed in the inaugural edition of this now-annual celebration. Poet, storyteller, actor, and musician David Gonzalez, who shared the bill in the first La Casita, will host, performing Sundiata's influential poetry.
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