Zimbabwean A Cappella Group: Nobuntu at Lakewood Cultural Center
Friday, November 01, 2024 at 07:30pm
Lakewood Cultural Center
470 South Allison Parkway
Lakewood Cultural Center Presents
Zimbabwean A Cappella Group: Nobuntu
With spirited performances featuring Zimbabwean songs, Afro jazz and gospel, the cappella quartet Nobuntu has been drawing international acclaim. The all-female quartet will be on stage at the Lakewood Cultural Centerat 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 as a feature of the Lakewood Cultural Center Presents 25th anniversary season. Purchase tickets starting at $29 at 303-987-7845, the box office at 470 S. Allison Parkway or online at Lakewood.org/LCCP.
From Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Nobuntu represents a new generation of young female African singers who celebrate and preserve their culture, beauty, and heritage through art. The ensemble’s mission is the belief that music can be an important vehicle for change, one that transcends racial, tribal, religious, gender, and economic boundaries. The result is “a vibrant and stunning performance full of sparkling energy.” (Sunday Times, Germany). The word “Nobuntu” is an African concept that values humbleness, love, purpose, unity and family from a woman’s perspective, and these values bring the group energy. Performing with pure voices, minimalistic percussion, traditional instruments and authentic dance movement, the quartet brings joy as the group performs around the world, most recently at festivals and concert halls in Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Czech Republic and throughout the African continent.
Want to join the mission and experience “Nobuntu”? Join our African Dance Workshop onSaturday, Nov. 2, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. at Lakewood Cultural Center. This interactive workshop will teach participants various dances from the Ndebele culture including the origin and meaning of various rhythms. Accompanied by singing, rhythms will be taught through drumming, clapping and movement. Open to ages 14-plus for a fee of $25. Sign up at Lakewood.org/Register with keyword “Nobuntu.”
Lakewood Cultural Center Presents
Nobuntu
A new generation of young female African singers!
7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1
2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2
Tickets start at $29.00
African Dance Workshop
10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024
TICKETING SITE: Lakewood.org/LCCPresents
BOX OFFICE: 303-987-7845
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80226.
