Saturday, August 11, 2pm – 9pm

WaMu Concert Series

African
Festival: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars / Sekouba Bambino / Stella
Chiweshe / Shiko Mawatu / Baye Kouyaté et les Tougarakés

Our
all-day African festival of music, food, and crafts from across the
continent features a stellar lineup led by SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL
STARS, whose joyful mix of roots reggae and Afropop rhythms prove that
"tragedy and even horrific brutality can somehow give birth to
life-affirming, uplifting music," (Montreal Gazette) and
SEKOUBA BAMBINO, "The Golden Voice of Guinea." Also with STELLA
CHIWESHE of Zimbabwe, the Congolese soukous guitarist SHIKO MAWATU, and
BAYE KOUYATÉ, a Malian master of the talking drum and the resident
griot at Williamsburg’s Zebulon Café.