New African Orleans: A Night with Alune Wade & Special Guests

Name: New African Orleans: A Night with Alune Wade & Special Guests
Start: 2025-10-17T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-17T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Alliance Française of New Orleans

Schedule

Fri Oct 17 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Alliance Française of New Orleans | New Orleans, LA

For the last year, we have been working with Senegalese musician and composer Alune Wade on a project to connect West Africa and New Orleans through history, music, and contemporary cultural practices.
On Friday, October 17, please join us at Alliance Française for a public talk and concert featuring Alune (vocals and bass) and Alix Goffic (drummer and ethnomusicologist from French Guyana), with New Orleans musicians Corey Henry (trombone), Kirk Joseph (sousaphone), and Kyle Roussel (piano). Below are the details of the talk and short film that will begin the evening:
Connecting Senegal and New Orleans Across Time
Preview of the short film, “A Radical History: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall in Her Own Words” followed by a conversation with:
• Ibrahima Seck (Director of Research, The Whitney Planation) • Diane Honore Montana (Historic Interpreter and Big Queen of the Yellow Pocohantas)
• Masse Ndiaye (President of The New Orleans Senegalese Association)
• Alune Wade (Musician, Composer, and Filmmaker).
Moderated by Andrea Mosterman (Endowed Chair of Africana Studies at the University of New Orleans)
This event is co-sponsored by the French Consulate of New Orleans, the Endowed Chair of Africana Studies at the University of New Orleans, and the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies.
Cover photo by Wlad Simitch. Dressed by Cheikha Sigil.