Impact of the International Orisha Yoruba Conference: Nigeria 1981, Brazil 1983, NYC 1986

MEET THE PANELISTS

Jochi Melero Ifádoñí Oshitolá

Director/Cinematographer/ Photographer at Nostrom Moving Images

Angela Jorge-Quiñones

Associate Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Old Westbury.

Zeno Millet

Born in Rio de Janeiro. As the son of Iyalorixá Cleusa Millet and grandson of Iyalorixá Mãe Menininha do Gantois, one of the legendary priestesses of Candomblé Nagô, Zeno is intimately familiar with African Brasilian spiritual traditions.

Rowland Abiodun

Professor of Art, the History of Art, and Black Studies at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Charles Daniel Dawson

Multi-talented artist, photographer, filmmaker, curator, arts administrator, consultant, and scholar.

John Mason

Leading, internationally noted scholar, educator, writer, poet, playwright, musician, composer, photographer, Yoruba religious art sculptor and installation artist, diviner and priest of Obatala initiated in 1970.

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Marta Moreno Vega - MODERATOR

Scholar, producer, activist, educator, author, professor, and Yoruba priestess. Second Director of El Museo del Barrio, Founder of Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), Founder Creative Justice Initiative (CJI), and Co-founder Corredor Afro.