Pieces of Heritage

The Yale African Students Association (YASA) and the Yale West Indian Students' Organization put on a cultural show tonight entitled "Pieces of Heritage," with songs, dances, poetry recitals, skits, and more.

First up was Pan, Jam, & Lime, the Yale Steel Pan Band. Personally, I didn't even know such a group existed, so it just goes to show the wide variety of interests and semi-hidden talents =P

Next up was Asempa, one of the newest a capella groups here, which focuses on African music. They even sing in languages such as Swahili, which is pretty cool.


There were a couple of poems and skits - my friend Nicole (from Antigua) performed "I is KAISO" written by another Yalie, and fellow URC Damilola was in a skit called "Sweet Mother." Please, if you ever get the chance, ask Dami to do her "mother" voice for you ;-)

Nicole reciting "I is Kaiso"

Dami in "Sweet Mother"

As a dancer myself, I'm always interested in seeing new styles and moves, so it was great to watch the high energy of Konjo! Konjo! is also super-welcoming to anyone interested in learning, like one of the dancers here is a Silliman freshman who's actually Vietnamese! SRC Jeff Brown and a couple YWISO members also performed to a medley of pieces, which was also a lot of fun.

Konjo!


YWISO dance

All in all, a great way to spend a Saturday night =)