Celebrating a Culturally Rich Mosaic

Schedule - Friday, May 23, 2008

Saint Louis Art Museum

7:00 pm

Performance

Art After 5: Sounds of Africa

The Saint Louis Art Museum helps kick off Memorial Day Weekend and the annual St. Louis African Arts Festival with a free concert featuring music played on the mbira, a musical instrument with has traditionally been played by the Shona people of Zimbabwe for thousands of years. This performance by accomplished musician Zimbabwe Nkenya pays homage to the complex rhythms and hypnotic songs performed by the musicians of West Africa. Drinks and light fare will be available for purchase from Puck’s Restaurant. Grigg Gallery, free.

Photo from St. Louis African Arts Festival

All activities will be held at the World's Fair Pavilion except where noted. Presenters, scheduled activities, times or locations are subject to change.

The African Arts Festival is sponsored by the African Heritage Association of St. Louis and funded in part by the Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Public Library, and Washington University in St. Louis.

For additional information, please call (314) 935-9676 or visit our website at www.STLAfricanArtsFest.org.