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Celebrating the first, free, open air 'Festival of Yoruba Arts' enjoying the color, sounds and dance of Yoruba's rich culture and tradition. That’s FOYA 2010! Movement, color, sounds and tastes.

Experience traditional Bata drummers, dancers, singers, masquerades, jesters, arts and crafts exhibitions, workshops, presentations, Yoruba cuisine and live performances from across traditional and contemporary Yoruba culture.

There will be live performances from artists whose’ music and performance arts derive its origins and influence from Yoruba culture and tradition.

· The London Lucumi Choir, (Cuba)

· London School of Capoeira(Brazil)

· Ayan De First and the Oduduwa talking drummers (Nigeria),

· Juju music from Diya Ojo (London),

· Afrobeat music from Dele Sosimi and the Afro beat vibrations (London),

· Yoruba Jazz from Kevin Haynes (Trinidad) and

· Wale Ojo and the London Afrobeat collective.

Don’t miss the music, dancing, performances, masquerades and much more. Experience the unique traditional and contemporary arts forms of Yoruba Arts and Culture.

The Yoruba’s

Known worldwide as naturally friendly and welcoming people, the Yoruba’s love to celebrate and thus music forms an important factor in Yoruba culture. Its influence in early American blues, jazz, rock and roll, hip-hop, rap music, juju, salsa, afro beat, capoeira many other genres of music and performance art is still evident to this day.

Join us as we celebrate the ‘Spirit of Yoruba’. FOYA 2010…

Guest Speaker: Akin Oyateru, Minister, Head Political Affairs, Nigeria High Commission, London.