The Synergy Centre

27/10 Saharawi

Saharawi

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The Synergy Centre and Sandblast Arts present ‘Saharawi’ –

a night of traditional world music and dance, world-dance and progressive psy DJs, conscious film and acoustic performances.

Saturday 27th October 2007, 8pm – 8am
£10 / £7 concs, £5 before 11pm

@ the Synergy Centre
220 Farmers Road
London SE5
nearest tube Oval

Located along the Atlantic coast between Morocco and Mauritania, Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa. For over 30 years now, close to 200,000 Saharawis have been refugees in the harsh Algerian desert near Tindouf, while tens of thousands more live without freedom in their own homeland, ignored and forgotten by the international community and media. The ongoing struggle of the Saharawi people of Western Sahara for self-determination is one of the most invisible issues of the day.

The Synergy Centre, one of the centres of indigenous cultural activity in London, joins forces with Sandblast Arts to host a benefit to raise money to support Tiris, a group of Saharawi refugee musicians on their debut UK tour.

Line-ups

Dance Room

Tiris
Traditional Saharawi music and dance from the Western Sahara, an 8-strong dance/music ensemble of Saharawi refugee artists making a rare UK visit, extending their message of independence and the struggle for freedom across cultures and continents. Featuring the legendary Shueta - known locally as the Aretha Franklin of the Sahara - alongside a chorus of stunning dancers, and rising young Saharawi star Mufeed, Tiris unveils this vibrant African culture in sizzling performance style.

Kakatsitsi
Traditional dance grooves and 6 part harmonies from the Master Drummers from Ghana, the leading traditional African drumming group in Europe and one of Africa’s finest.

Templehedz
A fusion of traditional and electronic beats woven with exotic, trans-continental themes - a unique blend of ambient, techno & global beats that are sensually entwined within lush & melodic cardio-rhythms

World Dance & Progressive Trance from DJs :
Banco de Gaia

pioneer of world dance

Pete Ardron (Orchid Star)
Bedouin (Domo Records)
Sinan (Atlantis)
Mononegro (Free-Spirit Records)

Chillout
Unfortunately the advertised talk by
Graham Hancock

had to be cancelled

Graham sent his apologies as he was exhausted from his recent US tour

World Grooves, Ambient Chill, Reggae and Dub from DJs

Ashtech (Interchill Records)

Dreadnaut (Synergy / Liquid Dub)
Cous Cous (Souk)

Acoustic Performances by Corneilius & The Dreadfull JHT

Visuals by Revelation GoGo Broadcasting and Opticfibre.

Comfy sofas, Friendly Security, Organic Bar and Café, Healing Practitioners

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