Blog June 8, 2021

Georges Collinet Hosting Africa Center’s “Home Is Where the Music Is” at Noon ET

<p> Our host, Georges Collinet, has partnered with The Africa Center to present a video program “highlighting the stories, struggles and insights of African musicians living and creating away from ‘home,’ whether on the continent or in the diaspora.” <br> </p> <p><a href="https://www.theafricacenter.org/events/home-is-where-music-is/" target="_blank">"Home Is Where the Music Is" live streams today at noon</a> via The Africa Center’s Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, but the full event will be available right here:</p> <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_6f77DvouEo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> <p><br> In addition to its imitable host, the video has quite a guest list. “We caught up with Sampa The Great, Wunmi, Jupiter & Okwess, and Daniel Dzidzonu and through interviews and narration by legendary African broadcaster Georges Collinet (Voice of America; Afropop Worldwide), interspersed with photography, art, video, and music, we explore notions of home, migration, identity, authenticity, cultural collaboration and preservation through time and space in the African context.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.addevent.com/event/Kl6693964" target="_blank">RSVP right here</a>.</p>