AfroFuturist Weekend 8: Ayodele Drum & Dance: October 7, 2023

This event is a 5-day celebration of Black artists making forward-looking work that envisions radically positive futures for Black people. Deploying new technologies, drawing upon history, and subverting/inverting exploitative hierarchies, Afrofuturism puts Black people at the center of narratives about the future. Ayodele, a Yoruba word meaning joy in the home, is a sisterhood of women who recognize the guidance of the Creator in our mission to study, heal and express ourselves through African Drum and Dance from a woman’s perspective. Although from different backgrounds; we’re passionate in our common efforts to empower and strengthen the women in our community through knowledge and education of the her/story, rituals, music and dances of African culture. Sisters dedicated to piecing together the broken woman by freeing her from subliminal imprisonment. Using our creative visions to enhance and explore our artistic knowledge, experience, passion and friendships which help strengthe