Umoja

Join us for a night of celebrating music from Africa and the African diaspora in our final event of the Middlebury Africa Conference.

An African dance party co-hosted by ISO and UMOJA. Are you African and missing home? Are you craving some African groove in your life? Or just like to try something new? This is where you want to be!

‘Afrobeat, Dancehall, Reggae, Dub, Ghettotech, Kwaito, Bounce, Hi-tech hip-hop…Come have fun with Afrofuturist music!! Sponsored by: UMOJA, African American Alliance, PCSO, Distinguished Men of Color, International Student Organization adn Women Of Color.

This concert opens with the Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble performing repertoire that showcases the stylistic and instrumental diversity of traditional East African musical cultures. In the second half of the concert, the Middlebury Afropop Band performs original compositions and arrangements of classic and contemporary popular songs from all over Africa. The band uses pop and rock instrumentation as well as styles that blend traditional African with Western and/or Afro-diasporic musical idioms.

UMOJA’s kickoff meeting of the year with games and food

Join Umoja for an African themed movie night with snacks and chill vibes!!