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AfroMundo Festival 2025
Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal
Featured Regions: Cuba, Haiti, Palestine & USA
April 12 - 19, 2025
2025 Artists' & Presenters' Biographies
2025 Festival Program
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All Festival photos ©
Adolphe Pierre-Louis
Elio Villafranca and singer Mar Vilaseca.
Elio Villafranca: At the Crossroads
Outpost Performance Space
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Elio Villafranca's full band.
We Will Not Perish
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Wells Fargo Theater
Sunday, April 13, 2025
(L to R) Patrick Sylvain, Cassandre Thrasybule, Lili Bernard, Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy, and Raquel Z. Rivera
Patrick Sylvain speaks with a festival audience member.
Changing the Narrative
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Wells Fargo Theater
Sunday, April 13, 2025
(L to R) Patrick Sylvain, Randa Jarrar, and Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy.
(L to R) Patrick Sylvain, Randa Jarrar, and Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy.
Together We Stand
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Bank of America Theater
Monday, April 14, 2025
Pua Case
(L to R) Moderator Amber Espinosa, Marleah Makpiaq LaBelle, Pua Case, and Carletta Tilousi.
(L to R) Pua Case and Carletta Tilousi.
(L to R) Moderator Amber Espinosa and Marleah Makpiaq LaBelle.
No Other Land
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Bank of America Theater
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
(L to R) Moderator Loida Maritza Perez, Nicole D. Porter, Samia Assed, and Brandi Kellam.
(L to R) Nicole D. Porter, Samia Assed, and Brandi Kellam.
Reem Assil asks the panel questions as an audience member.
Cassandre Thrasybule asks the panel questions as an audience member.
Chefs Reem Assil and Norma Naranjo work together in Three Sisters Kitchen.
Food is Power: Cultivating Community and Resilience
Three Sisters Kitchen and National Hispanic Cultural Center
Wednesday, April 15, 2025
Chef Norma Naranjo prepares Calabacitas.
Chef Cynthia Verna shows off her Haitian Black Rice.
Chef Cynthia Verna discusses Haitian Cuisine.
Chef Norma Naranjo discusses Indigenous foodways during the Food is Power Panel.
Reem Assil discusses activism and food on the Food is Power Panel.
Moderator Belinda Wallace opens up the panel discussion to the audience.
The Art of Expression
Albuquerque Art Museum
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Artists Ash Arder, Nikesha Breeze, and moderator Lauryn Mills-Bohannon in conversation.
Ash Arder Presents.
Nikesha Breeze Presents.
Artists Ash Arder, Nikesha Breeze, and moderator Lauryn Mills-Bohannon in conversation.
Wade in the Water: The Will to Heal
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Salon Ortega
Friday, April 18, 2025
Multi-generational, cross-cultural healing ceremonies from Hawaii, Alaska, New Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, and more
Spellbound: Riva Nyri Précil, joined by Racine Kreyol & Friends
South Broadway Cultural Center
Saturday, April 19, 2025
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Biographies of 2025 Artists & Presenters
2025 Festival Program
All Festival photos ©
Adolphe Pierre-Louis
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This festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Generation Justice
UNM American Studies
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