Voodoo To Go Festival in Photos

Blog June 9, 2016

The Voodoo To Go Festival was a colorful and joyful three-day journey from Togo to Haiti to Suriname, without ever leaving one small concert hall in Utrecht, Netherlands. As you're listening to Afropop's <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/25609/voodoo-to-go-festival/" target="_blank">Voodoo To Go Festival</a> show, check out photographs from the festival. All photographs by Lollise Mbi. Peter Solo of Vaudou Game and members of Djogbé invoke the ancestral and elemental spirits, the Vaudou, to be present at the opening ceremony of the festival. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25468" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8153-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8153" width="640" height="427" /> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8152.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25467" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8152-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8152" width="640" height="427" /></a> Peter Solo talks on stage with music journalist Leendert Van Der Valk about Vaudou and music. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8128.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25463" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8128-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8128" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8146.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25466" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8146-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8146" width="640" height="427" /></a>Djogbé, a group with members from Benin and Togo, performs traditional Vaudou drumming and dances. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8163.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25469" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8163-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8163" width="640" height="427" /></a> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25472" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8195-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8195" width="640" height="427" /> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8205.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25473" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8205-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8205" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8221.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25476" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8221-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8221" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8243.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25479" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8243-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8243" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8248.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25481" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8248-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8248" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8271.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25485" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8271-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8271" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8284.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25489" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8284-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8284" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8195.jpg"> </a> Vaudou Game, from Lyon, France, led by Togolese singer/guitarist Peter Solo. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8303.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25496" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8303-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8303" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8302.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25495" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8302-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8302" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8339.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25504" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8339-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8339" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8491.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25521" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8491-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8491" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8472.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25517" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8472-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8472" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8390.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25511" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8390-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8390" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8359.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25508" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8359-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8359" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8505.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25524" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8505-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8505" width="640" height="427" /></a> The former Dutch colony of Suriname was well represented by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drai.ston" target="_blank">Dray-ston</a>, an awesome Kawina band from Rotterdam/Amsterdam. Four singers, eight drummers, some of the hottest dance music on earth. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8560.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25537" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8560-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8560" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8531.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25531" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8531-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8531" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8528.jpg"> </a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8533.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25532" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8533-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8533" width="640" height="427" /></a> This man plays an instrument that is a plank of hardwood, called kwa-kwa bangi, struck with two metal rods. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25527" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8527-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8527" width="640" height="427" /> Surinamese Winti drummer André Mosis, with accompanist. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8518.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25525" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8518-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8518" width="640" height="427" /></a> Fra-Fra Sound, also representing Suriname and the Antilles, plays jazz-fusion. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8624.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25547" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8624-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8624" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8613.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25546" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8613-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8613" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8609.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25545" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8609-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8609" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8641.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25548" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8641-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8641" width="640" height="427" /></a>Erol Josué, Haitian Voudou jazz via New York City, with experimental cabaret flair. "I carry the cane of Papa Guédé," he announced. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8564.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25538" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8564-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8564" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8584.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25544" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8584-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8584" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8570.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25541" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8570-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8570" width="640" height="427" /></a> Cuban jazz maestro Omar Sosa and his power trio members Ernesto Simpson and Childo Tomas, were joined by Ayaovi Kokoussé from Togo, and a dancer from his group, Foret Sacré. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8674.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25551" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8674-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8674" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8696.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25554" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8696-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8696" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8711.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25555" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8711-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8711" width="640" height="427" /></a> Director Leopold Ekue Messan talks on stage; and below, with Afropop producer Morgan Greenstreet. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8738.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25556" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8738-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8738" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8758.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25557" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8758-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8758" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8759.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25558" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8759-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8759" width="640" height="427" /></a> Members of the Voodoo To Go Festival team celebrate after the final concert. <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8774.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25560" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8774-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8774" width="640" height="427" /></a> <a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8776.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-25561" src="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/migrated-uploads/2015/10/IMG_8776-1024x683.jpg" alt="IMG_8776" width="640" height="427" /></a>