artwork by Ziedah Diata of a new black arts movement a new black arts movement presents:panthers, maroons, warriors oh my  Sunday April 12th 20153pm - 6pmcasa del soul724 empire blvdbrooklyn ny 11213featuringMama C Charlotte Hill O'NealJendog Lonewolf & Catalyst YaliniDreamSpiritchild Ngoma HillZiedah Diatafilm screening of Mama C: Urban Warrior in the African Bush The film explores Mama C’s decade’s long project of coming to terms with who she is—an African American raised in Kansas City, KS, the “jazz-capital of the world,” who has lived most of her life in Africa, the place from where her ancestors were forced to make the “middle-passage.” When she first arrived in Tanzania she tried as hard as she could to “fit in,” wearing khangas, carrying my babies on my back, basket on my head, chewing sugar cane sticks.” As she writes in one of her published poems, “In my freshly-landed, just-got-off-the-boat enthusiasm of living in Africa, I tried to blend, to melt, homogenize, disappear, erase, the essence of what made me who I am, an African, who grew up in and was molded by the ‘hoods’ of America, and I almost lost myself, self.”http://www.mamacurbanwarriorfilm.com/Brought to you by:a new black arts movement including but not limited to below formations Scientific Soul Sessions www.scientificsoulsessions.com UZN Chapter 9- Noble 9 ZuluzUZN Chapter 9 - Noble 9 ZuluZGUERRILLA REPUBLIK WARRIORZBrooklyn For PeaceMovement in Motionwww.xspiritmental.comwww.movementinmotion.com$10 youth freeUrban Art BeatA New Black Arts MovementSpiritchild XspiritMentalRosa BettinaReKae Medina