Inventions by People of Color

Black History Month 2011

Well we had another Great Hit and a marvelous time for Black History Month. An amazing event that was fun to watch and to be a part of. Even better news is that SOPA wants to see the performance again in July so watch out for it if you missed it this time. (pictures taken by Raven Lisa)

Black History Month 2011 The Mother Goddess Africa

February 18 - 8 pm

February 19 - 8pm

Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons

Tickets: Gaia Fair Trade, Strait Music-Sechelt, Gibsons Copy Shop, Roberts Creek Health Food Store

Featuring an event by Jean Pierre Makosso and the drama students of Chatelech and Elphinstone School The students will read and perform poetry written by them from a school project researching Black History. Also performing will be Embers Moore, Britanny Robinson-choreographic dance, and special guest Eagle Child.

Black History Month on the Sunshine Coast has become a Cultural Diverse affair, inclusive of all people who have a passion for expressing culture through music, dance, performance, etc. Jean Pierre Makosso and Embers Moore have been at the forefront in keeping the spirit of Black History Month alive and moving. We appreciate and welcome the support and participation of the community and we encourage anyone to step up in any way to be a part of our future endeavours in this area. Financial support, creative participation, venues, volunteers, you expressing your culture , surprise me........

Enjoy the video presentation that will take you on a journey through some of the notable People of Color who contributed to making the world a better place. There will be other presentations to come over the next month.

Celebrating Cultural Divesity on the Sunshine Coast -2011 - We need you!!

The great picture for the site was taken by Duane Burnet

UNDER THE BALBOA TREE

Pamojo is set in Africa under the Balboa tree. This is the place where many stories begin and end in Africa, so we returned to the Mother land to tell our stories. Africa is the place where the oldest bones in existance can be found so we all connect to the Motherland.

Jean Pierre Makosso is from Africa. He lives on the Sunshine coast and keeps his cutlure alive with performances, stories and dancing. He is also the director of Pamojo and one of the narrators.

He weaves a story of a crocodile who wants to capture and eat a rooster and captivates the attention of the children as each one of the performers tell their story and perform their song or dance.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY ON THE SUNSHINE COAST

Pamojo comes from the Swahili word meaning together and that is what we did as a community this year, 2008 for Black History Month. We put together a Multicultural affair that brought the community together in song, dance, music, stories, laughters and tears. This is not a one time event as we will again be putting together another one and this one will be focused around food. Food from around the world and people cooking and talking and sharing stories and song and dance.

The purpose of these events is to bring the ethnic community which is small compared to the whole, to the forefront to share their culture and experience on the Sunshine Coast. As a minority we may be unseen to many and events like this and the New Moon Festival put on by the Asian community are ways of bringing ourself forward and into the community.

We hope to be able to for the summer create an event with all members of the ethnic community where we will set up pavillions with food, drink, and entertainment from each one. What better way to enjoy one self on a summer day?

The bigger picture is to use these events to educate the community of our cultural backgrounds and expose the children to each others cultures and experiences.

I hope that you choose to be a part of this. I look foreward to hearing any comments from anyone of you.