Boston’s Monthly Afro-Diasporic Dancefloor Explosion celebrate the history of the African people on the North American continent.

With Special Guest:
Julius The Mad Thinker

And Your Resident Griots:
Adam Gibbons (Uhuru Afrika / Fela Lives : Boston)
Max Pela (Uhuru Afrika / AfrobetaBodega : Santo Domingo)
Sidy Maiga (Afrosonic Collective / Uhuru Afrika : Bamako, Mali)

Boston’s Monthly Afro-Diasporic Dancefloor Explosion
Celebrates and Pays Homage to the Spirit and Message of
the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

With your resident Griots:

Adam Gibbons (Uhuru Afrika / Fela Lives : Boston)
Max Pela (Uhuru Afrika / Afrobeta Bodega : Santo Domingo, D.R.)

MaxPela Live @ Greece
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This week Afrobeta Bodega Radio returns with an amazing live recording from Uhuru Afrika we take it back home and the resident selectors get to spread their wings with a full night to explore the depth of music rooted in the continent of Afrika with you.

MAX PELA (Afrobeta Bodega / Uhuru Afrika)
ADAM GIBBONS (Uhuru Afrika / Fela Lives)
SIDY MAIGA : Malian Master Percussionist

This week Afrobeta Bodega brings you the very first Uhuru Afrika Live from December 2008 our first live recording from a year ago which was never broadcasted or released as we kept in hidden in our vaults and makes this an very special gift to all that have taken part on this event this year.  I want to personally thank Adam Gibbons for starting this amazing event here in boston and the whole Uhuru Afrika Family and for having me on board from the beginning brother it has been a very magical journey together.

Uhuru Afrika with your Modern Day Griots:
MAX PELA (Afrobeta Bodega / Uhuru Afrika)
ADAM GIBBONS (Uhuru Afrika / Fela Lives)
SIDY MAIGA : Malian Master Percussionist

with special guest:
DJ SABINE (Oya Sound / Brooklyn Mecca / Rhythm & Roots)

Your Modern Day Griots:
Adam Gibbons (Uhuru Afrika / Fela Lives : Boston)
Max Pela (Uhuru Afrika / Afrobetabodega : Santo Domingo, DR)
KC Hallett AKA ‘KCiv’ (KCsGroove / Atmosphere : Boston)

With Malian Master Percussionist SIDY MAIGA

Special LIVE Performance by
WUNMI (Wunmigirl, MAW : Brooklyn by way of London & Nigeria)

On October 15th, in the Ogun state of Nigeria, a legend was born. His name would become Fela Anikulapo Kuti. He would become an adversary of the Nigerian Government, take multiple wives, declare himself President of his own Republic, Fight as a voice of the people, be thrown into prison and tortured all the while, inventing a completely new genre of music called Afrobeat by fusing traditional Yoruba rhythms with Highlife, Jazz, Funk and Soul and recording over 70 Albums in his rich life. During the month of his birth, we celebrate the man, his legacy and his music.

FELA LIVES! is a multi-sensory traveling tribute to the Black President, Born from the desire to keep advancing his message and music and honoring his musical innovation, social consciousness and revolutionary activism. We will be experiencing his music, music he has inspired, moving images of his life and give thanks and offering to him at the traveling and growing shrine. With DJs accompanied by live Afro Percussionists we seek to connect with Fela’s Spirit and call him to celebrate with us.

This week Afrobeta Bodega Radio brings you its monthly LIVE recording of UHURU AFRIKA the hottest monthly event in Boston with the finest residents this side of the Atlantic Max Pela, Adam Gibbons and Malian Master Percussionist Sidy Maiga.  In September we had as special guest SANTOS (Yoruba Records) from Arizona who brought fire to the dance floor.

Uhuru Afrika Resident Dj’s:
MAX PELA (Afrobeta Bodega / Uhuru Afrika)
ADAM GIBBONS (Uhuru Afrika / Fela Lives)

with:
SIDY MAIGA : Malian Master Percussionist

Special Guest Selector:
SANTOS (Yoruba Records)

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Resident Djs:

MAX PELA (Uhuru Afrika / Afrobeta Bodega : Santo Domingo, D.R.)

ADAM GIBBONS (Uhuru Afrika / Soul Revival : Boston)

Resident Djs:

MAX PELA (Uhuru Afrika / Afrobeta Bodega : Santo Domingo, D.R.)

ADAM GIBBONS (Uhuru Afrika / Soul Revival : Boston)

Recorded Live at Uhuru Afrika on May 23rd 2009

MAX PELA (Uhuru Afrika / Afrobeta Bodega : Santo Domingo)

ADAM GIBBONS (Uhuru Afrika / Soul Revival : Boston)

A very special live performance by:
MANCHILDBLACK (Libation / Tribal Winds / KingStreet : NYC)

Uhuru Afrika proudly presents the return of Bembe to boston with Uhuru Afrika’s resident selectors:

Max Pela [Santo Domingo, DR] (Uhuru Afrika, Afrobeta Bodega, Visionario Grupo Creativo)
Adam Gibbons [Boston] (Uhuru Afrika, Soul Revival)

Part 1: Max Pela
Part 2: Adam Gibbons