Learning from the Past: Living for a Healthy Future

Schedule - Friday, May 28, 2010

Pre-Festival Performance: Balla Kouyaté
Mamadou Diabate

St. Louis Art Museum
Grigg Gallery

The sweet sounds of Africa fill Grigg Gallery as the Museum kicks off Memorial Day weekend and the annual St. Louis African Arts Festival. Join us to celebrate the festival with balafon player Balla Kouyaté, widely known as one of the greatest balafon players from the Djeli or Griot traditions in Mali.

Second performance Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park.

Free

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 email us at info@stlafricanartsfest.org.