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Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

Tidewater African Cultural Alliance seeks to unite the greater Tidewater region through educational programs, cultural arts, and events, building Solidarity through the celebration of the African Diaspora worldwide.

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1747488003/wysiwyg/gavimzdmk8qc38ummwru.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;max-width:100%;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;-webkit-user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" />Join our community of supporters <span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(27, 27, 27); color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-family: &quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;caret-color:rgb(27, 27, 27);color:rgb(27, 27, 27);font-family:&quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;, arial, sans-serif;font-size:36px;text-align:center;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);float:none;display:inline !important;box-sizing:inherit">in our Mission to unite our local community and beyond, through Afrocentric programs and events, by becoming an Ally member today. Your membership not only grants you access to exclusive benefits, but also directly supports our mission. 🤝 Thank you for choosing to be part of our cause. Together, we can make a positive impact on our community. 🚀 Ready to make a difference? Start your journey by becoming a member now! ~ Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

Join our community of supporters in our Mission to unite our local community and beyond, through Afrocentric programs and events, by becoming an Ally member today. Your membership not only grants you access to exclusive benefits, but also directly supports our mission. 🤝Thank you for choosing to be part of our cause. Together, we can make a positive impact on our community. 🚀Ready to make a difference? Start your journey by becoming a member now!~ Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

Become an Ally of Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

🌟 Join us in Bringing African Cultural Arts to Our Youth! 🌟 Would you like to invest in our youth being more confident and making better choices to be happier and get better grades? At Tidewater African Cultural Alliance, we know that change starts with people like you. Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time brings us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all, by investing in our youth. How you can help power our mission:<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Volunteer: Your time and skills can make an impact too.</li></ol>Thank you for supporting our mission. Your support is invaluable.

🌟 Join us in Bringing African Cultural Arts to Our Youth! 🌟Would you like to invest in our youth being more confident and making better choices to be happier and get better grades? At Tidewater African Cultural Alliance, we know that change starts with people like you. Every act of kindness, every dollar, and every moment of your time brings us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a brighter, more compassionate world for all, by investing in our youth.How you can help power our mission:Donate: Every dollar counts. Contribute now to help us reach our goal.Share: Share our campaign with your friends, family, and on social media. Your advocacy can amplify our impact.Volunteer: Your time and skills can make an impact too.Thank you for supporting our mission. Your support is invaluable.

Welcome to our online pop up shop for the World Arts Celebration! 📣 By shopping with us, you&#39;re not just acquiring remarkable items; you&#39;re also making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Thank you for your support, and happy shopping! Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

Welcome to our online pop up shop for the World Arts Celebration! 📣By shopping with us, you're not just acquiring remarkable items; you're also making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve.Thank you for your support, and happy shopping!Tidewater African Cultural Alliance

Tidewater African Cultural Alliance's African Market

<span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">Celebrate Black History Month with a&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;" style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; box-sizing: inherit;">FREE<span fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;Afrobeats Dance Workshop for your students! They will have a great time learning some of the latest Afrobeats Dance moves, get some African culture, and have the opportunity to speak with, and ask questions of our artists. We will provide 2 internationally renowned artists for a 45 minute workshop with each, followed by a 30 minute Q &amp; A.&nbsp;<div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> </div><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Virginia Wesleyan University&nbsp;</div><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">When: Thursday Feb. 19: 10 AM to 12 PM; Friday Feb. 20, 10 AM - 12 PM; or 12:30-2:30 PM;&nbsp;</div><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Registration deadline is midnight February 1, 2026, if space is available.&nbsp;</div><p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">

Middle & High School Afrobeats Dance Workshops

<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">***THIS EVENT IS RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 4 &amp; ABOVE.***&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">We are excited to be partnering with the Tallwood High School Black Student Union and the Old Dominion University African Student Association to bring you the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://afrobeatsfest.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Afrobeats FEST 757</a> community Day Experience! &nbsp;Attendees will be divided into groups that rotate every 30 minutes.<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">This event is FREE FOR THOSE UNDER 18 (KIDS UNDER 13 YEAR OLD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT).&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">Every 30 minutes from 11 AM to 1:30 PM, you will enjoy:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; box-sizing: inherit;">Dance Workshop</li><li fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; box-sizing: inherit;">Interactive International Currency Activity</li><li fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; box-sizing: inherit;">Ghana Room</li><li fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; box-sizing: inherit;">Nigeria Room</li><li fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; box-sizing: inherit;">Vendors</li></ul><p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">From 1:30 to 3 PM, we will all meet in the auditorium and cheer on some amazing dance teams as they compete to win cash scholarships, and for the chance to dance on stage with Congolese-born artist B.M., creator of the viral online dating show Pop the Balloon or Find Love!<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">

Afrobeats FEST 757 Community Day Experience

***THIS CONCERT IS FOR AGES 6 &amp; ABOVE.*** Bolia Matundu, professionally known as BM, is a Congolese-born, British singer-songwriter, producer, and performer whose kinetic blend of Ndombolo, Afropop, and contemporary pop has sparked global dance moments and millions of streams. Born in Kinshasa and raised in South London from age seven, BM first broke out in the UK co-founding DRT and releasing &ldquo;Get Mad Now,&rdquo; later featured in a Specsavers campaign.&nbsp; As a solo artist, he surged to international attention with the 2015 album Ebebi and its viral, Ndombolo-driven title track, followed by the continent-wide success of &ldquo;Rosalina&rdquo; (2018) and its acclaimed remix featuring Awilo Longomba, which ignited the global #RosalinaDanceChallenge. Additional highlights include the East Africa-leaning &ldquo;Makolongulu&rdquo; remix with Eddy Kenzo, collabs with artists across Africa and Europe, and performances spanning the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Beyond records and stages, BM is the co-creator and music producer of the viral online dating show Pop the Balloon or Find Love, which he builds with his wife and host, Arlette Amuli - a natural extension of his mission to make culture that brings people together. Today, BM continues to craft high-energy records, direct visuals, and lead live experiences that turn stories into sound, and audiences into communities. &nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px;" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;">He is joined by Panamanian born VA Beach artist Nat; Ghanaian born Richmond Afrobeats Gospel based artist Rosey MusiQ; and Sierra Leonian born and Norfolk State University alum MDG.

Afrobeats FEST 757 Music Concert with B.M. & Friends

🎉<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.taca757.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Tidewater African Cultural Alliance</a>&#39;s Dance classes are back! 🎉 Give us an hour of your Tuesday evenings, and we promise you will leave happier and fitter than when you arrived. Join us for one class for 6 weeks at a time - the more you commit, the more you save AND the better you feel and look! What to Expect: After a warm up, the first half of the class will be dedicated to using African moves and fitness variations to get you in shape. The second half of the class will be dedicated to cultural (traditional) dance from a specific country. Thank you for supporting our mission to bring cultural arts to our area. Your support is invaluable.

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