Baoku Moses: News

African Image Arts is very, very proud and excited to announce that Baoku's "Free Nigeria" is a finalist in the 2005 International Songwriting Competition. Please go to the link to listen and vote for Baoku's "FREE NIGERIA", @ (the world music category).
http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pvwelcome_2005.htm

The International Songwriting Competition

World Music
Comigo Mesmo (With Myself) Lu Horta – Saõ Paulo, Brazil
FREE NIGERIA Baoku Moses – Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ji Opogore Yunasi – Nairobi, Kenya
Kisumu 100 (Benga Mix) Suzzana Owiyo – Nairobi, Kenya
Klezmer A La Bechet David Krakauer – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Leemou Saskia Laroo – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maria Salome Saida Karoli – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Rebel Woman Chiwoniso Maraire – Harare, Zimbabwe
Run Selasee Atiase - Accra, Ghana
So Nice Tammy Ben-Eliezer (Minx), Sheldon Campbell (Turbulence) – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tingo Al Tango Richie Gajate-Garcia, Thania Sanz – Granada Hills, CA, USA
Tomayziyi Jacob Chaudeurge, Andrew Wood, Jerry Boweh, Robin Miller, Alasdair MacDonald, Anna Macdonald, Lesley Wood-Brooks, Gavin Murray, Rosemary Amoani (Zuba) – Glasgow, Scotland
Transbalkanica Marcel Stefanet (Transbalkanica) – Chisinau, Moldova
Yeh Nahnin Kiran Ahluwalia, Rafi Naza – New York, NY, USA

http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pvwelcome_2005.htm

African Image Arts is proud & excited to announce that " Free Nigeria ", from Baoku's debut CD "OKODORO ORO" has advanced to the semifinals of the 2005 International Songwriting Competition. This is quite an accomplishment with over 15,000 entries from 80 countries. Finalists will be announced February, 2006. We will keep you posted.
Pray for Baoku,

African Image Arts
www.africanimageart.org
www.baokutcr.com

IT'S TIME TO PLAY, SO LET US PLAY. BAOKU IS LOOKING FOR ALL KIND OF MUSICIANS IN CINCINNATI AREA (e.g. HORN PLAYERS, GUITARIST, KEYBOARDIST, DRUMMER, BASSIST, PERCUSSION AND OTHERS) TO START HIS AFRO BEAT BAND. COME LET US PLAY TOGETHER IF YOU WILL LIKE TO PLAY A NEW UNIQUE STYLE FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC.

For more information

Call:
513-257-2922

Email: baoku@baokutcr.com

Baoku and Kedra will be playing African drums for the special event at Yoga Home. Come see the marriage of Yoga and African Drumming.

Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Call: 272-6122/477-7323
for more information.

Baoku and Kendra will be performing authentic African Drumming at Findlay Market as part of the Enjoy the Arts 20/20 event.

Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Call: 665-4839 (for more info).

The Cincinnati Art
Museum's
West African Community Celebration!
Saturday, Oct. 8, noon to 4 p.m.

Schedule of events
Create your own African jewelry
noon to 4 p.m.
Education Center (ground floor)
Tour the Museum with one of our docents
1:00 p.m. Family Fun Tour: Families and Children
2:00 p.m. Special Exhibition Tour:
Long Steps: Never Broke a Back (tickets required)*
3:00 p.m. Permanent Collection Tour:
The Influence of African Art on Western Art
All tours meet in the Front Lobby
*Today only: get one free adult ticket for each one purchased

Enjoy traditional West African music and dance performances by Baoku Moses and
African Image Arts Organization
noon to 12:45 p.m.; Front steps
2 to 3 p.m.; Fifth Third Lecture Hall (ground floor)

Drums for Peace
noon 12:30 p.m., 1:30 to 2 p.m., and 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Courtyard (Rain location: Fath Auditorium)

Experience dramatic reader Daryl Harris
12:30 to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to 2 p.m.
P & G Gallery

Listen to storyteller Omope Carter-Daboiku
2 to 2:30 p.m. and 3 to 3:30 p.m.
P & G Gallery

Meet local artists; view demonstrations
Blacksmith Oginga Khamisi
African Woodcarver Felix Eboigbe
Ceramicist Michael Olugbile
noon to 4 p.m.
Great Hall

Meet the teen artists who created
the current > "> Common Surprises" exhibition
1 to 1:30 p.m.
The Closer Look Gallery (ground floor)

Purchase family-friendly snacks
Boxed lunches (including PBJ)
Traditional Western African dishes (Benne Cakes and Yassa)
Sodas, water
noon to 3 p.m.
Castellini Foundation Room (ground floor)

Visit our newly installed African gallery
Gallery 105 (just off the Great Hall)

Visit our newest special exhibition,
Long Steps: Never Broke a Back (tickets required)*
Galleries 232 and 233 (2nd floor)

Dine in the Terrace Cafe for lunch (kids menu available)

Purchase a variety of African arts and
souvenirs for all ages in the Museum Shop

*Today only: get one free adult ticket for each one purchased


Amy Danford
Cincinnati Art Museum
Assistant Curator of Education
for Community Engagement
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513.639.2342
513.639.2998 (f)
amy.danford@cincyart.org

Explore the rhythms, culture and colors of everyday Africa through
African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Oct. 8
through Dec. 31, 2005.

See the art behind the music at Borrowed Time: The Photograph as
Music Album Cover, an exhibition of photographs used for album covers on
display Oct. 22, 2005 through Jan. 29, 2006.

Are you a talented musician? Would you like to play for the love of music? Would you like to use your musical talent to make a positive change in the world? If your answer to all these questions is yes, then Baoku is looking for you to come join his African Image Afro Beat Band. Call and let us take Afro beat music to the next level.

Musicians needed:

Bassist
Guitarist
Keyboardist
Percussionists
Horns Players
Drummer. Other musicians are welcome too.

Baoku is an African performing artiste and Afro beat musician based in Cincinnati Ohio, he is calling for musicians who would like to play Afro beat.

Baoku is teaching an onging African drumming class at African Image Arts Organization.

Venue: 1255 State Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45204.

Date: Every Saturday.

Time: 1:00pm

Fee: $10.00 per session.

Come and learn to play African drums like a professional. The class is open to all regardless of age, race, color or gender.