In collaboration with the International Center for Art and Music of Ouidah (CIAMO), Carla recently performed at the “Festival Carnaval Kaleta” in Benin, West Africa. The Kaleta festival is an event that draws from the masked carnival dances performed by African slaves in Brazil, who would use such carnival events as a way to mock their white owners without fear of punishment. Carla led CIAMO’s girls chorus and sang a rendition of “In the House of the Rising Sun.”
Leaving soon to teach at the Ouidah International Center for Art and Music (CIAMO) in Benin, West Africa.
Carla will be performing at the NYC venue The Bitter End as part of its Sunday night Singer/Songwriter Sessions. She will play an original set from 8:30 to 9pm on September 4th, 2011. $5 cover charge. Address 147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia), New York, NY 10012. Click here for directions.
View photos from Carla’s recent Peace Corps service in Togo here.
Carla will be singing from 7-10pm on Thursday, August 11th at the Italian restaurant Bel Posto, 15 New Street, Huntington, NY. Check out the menu online and come for dinner or drinks.
Yovo, yovo, bonjour! Ça va bien? Merci!
A radio piece about the song that was chanted repeatedly to the yovos (white people) in Togo, West Africa while Carla was there. The piece recently aired on AARP’s Prime Time Postscript. Listen
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Dance class, Espoir Cultural Center, October 2010
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Carla has put some of her email updates from Togo into a blog. You can now read about her experiences in West Africa at carlaintogo.wordpress.com.
