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[Gideon Alorwoyie performs with African Percussion Ensemble]

Description: Photograph of Gideon Alorwoyie, Professor of Music and Director of the African Percussion Ensemble at the University of North Texas, at the 16th annual African Cultural Festival held in Voertman Hall. Alorwoyie is standing to the left of the student percussionists, playing the kaganu as dancers perform in the foreground.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[Afro-Cuban Ensemble performs at 2013 African Cultural Festival, 1]

Description: Photograph of the University of North Texas' Afro-Cuban Ensemble performing at the 16th annual African Cultural Festival held at Voertman Hall. Nine members of the ensemble are playing the congas and other types of drums while José Aponte (2nd from right), Principal Lecturer of Drum Set and Latin Percussion, and student Brittany Padilla (right) sing.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[16th annual African Cultural Festival programs]

Description: Photograph of a stack of programs for the 2013 African Cultural Festival on a stand. Text on the front page reads: "University of North Texas / College of Music / Seven hundred ninety-fifth program of the 2012-2013 season // 16th Annual / African Cultural Festival / featuring / Afrikania Cultural Troupe, Ghana, West Africa / UNT African Percussion Ensemble, Denton / UNT Advanced Afro-Cuban Ensemble, Denton / Djaaly Kunda West African Dance & Drum Ensemble, Dallas / Fabere Dance Company, Dallas … more
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[Three men standing behind four seated drummers, 1]

Description: Photograph of the African Cultural Festival, involving the Afrikania Cultural Troupe. Four men in colorful patterned clothing sit with checkered drums in front of them and include Gideon Alorwoyie (2nd from the left) and Gidi Agbeko (3rd from the left). Three similarly dressed men stand behind them and include Eric Borketey Ansuade (1st from the left).
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[A woman in a frilled, patterned skirt dancing with a mirror]

Description: Photograph from the African Cultural Festival. A woman wearing a black tank top and a frilled, patterned skirt over striped pants holds a small mirror in her right hand while dancing. The woman also wears jewelry around her left wrist, around her neck, and on her ears. Other dancers wearing similar clothing stand behind the woman.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[A man and a woman wearing patterned cloth wraps]

Description: Photograph from the African Cultural Festival. A man and a woman wearing patterned cloth wraps lean towards each other while a group of drummers wearing patterned clothing perform. The woman wears a shiny dress under her cloth wrap while the man wears jewelry on his hands and wrists and a hat decorated by metallic circles.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[Two men in patterned tops playing hand drums]

Description: Photograph from the African Cultural Festival. Two men wearing patterned tops and dark pants play large hand drums that hang from straps wrapped around their torsos. The man on the right wears a tall hat with a line of white hair extending from its top. Additional drums sit in piles behind both men.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat

[A group of people in patterned clothing dancing and playing instruments]

Description: Photograph from the African Cultural Festival. A group of people wearing patterned clothing dance and play instruments. One person dancing in the center of the group wears a striped hat, a short patterned top, and a pair of striped pants decorated by ruffles around the waist. Two people holding drums perform in the background while the rest of the group dances.
Date: April 6, 2013
Creator: Chittamai, Nat
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