Please support/follow the journeyPlease suppoe: www.gofundme.com/BKtoBenin

"Vodou Roots" is a mixed-media art project embraces the active living spiral of black identity and culture, while re-membering who we were and are as people of African descent living in the Americas. This racial justice work is an act of resistance, memory, cultural recovery and reconciliation. It offers an open invitation to students, educators and community members to explore issues of historical mis-representation, structural/institutional power and privilege, and internalized oppression in relation to African and Diaspora religions (ADR). Vodou Rootsis curated through film, oral storytelling (podcast) and live performances to preserve Vodou’s cultural expressions and indigenous knowledge, dispel xenophobic biases toward it while promoting equity and tolerance of black indigenous ways of being. #vodouroots

Please support/follow: www.gofundme.com/VodouRoots

Resisting AntiHaitianismo

A partnership with El Museo del Barrio, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance and its Haitian Community Cultural Initiative, Verite Sou Tanbou (VST), presents "Resisting AntiHaitianismo:  Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere," an evening concert by Haitian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican artists supporting activism and unity around the conditions of statelessness for people of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic.  

 

RASANBLE! (COME TOGETHER!) With Verite Sou Tanbou Artists

A group of New York's finest Haitian dancers, singers, and drummers come together to share a sampling of the rich heritage of Vodou ceremonial dances, rhythms, and songs honoring the spirits of nature and the ancestors.  With choreographer/dancer/dance educator Peniel Guerrier, KONGO Haitian Roots Ensemble directed by Oneza Lafontant, and other special guests.

Sponsored by the Contemporary Music program at Eugene Lang College. 

 

GYPSY JAUNT Interview w/Regine Romain

BK Photographer Unloads ‘Baggage’ for a Soul-Journey

For years, this Brooklyn photographer has traveled the world, capturing the lives and essence of people’s stories. Currently, she’s working on documenting the migration and development of ancient African traditions like Vodou and uncovering her ancestral heritage all from behind the lens of her camera. In this exclusive interview, she shares her passion, gives a little advice about being the best self you can be and unloading burdens in order to receive true transformation.

I Am African American Memory (IAAM)

Three women road-trip from Laurel, MD through Mexico to Punta Gorda, Belize to uncover African-American traditions of herbal medicine and natural healing.

The Washington Post

Review by Mark Jenkins

A.I.R. Gallery - Brooklyn, NY

Régine Romain, an A.I.R. 2011- 2012 Fellow, had her first solo exhibition entitled, Portraits for Self Determining Haïti at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, New York. The show opened January 5 and closed January 28, 2012. 

Indiana University Press

Ayiti: Reaching Higher Ground
Regine Romain
Meridians
Vol. 11, No. 1 (2011), pp. 132-140
Published by: Indiana University Press

 

 

 

TANDE

Régine Michelle Jean-Charles writes a review of Regine Romain's work.