Africa in America®: A Music, Dance & Cultural Festival to debut in 2024 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. A ground-breaking, 3-day festival featuring Master Dancers, Drummers, and Visual/Designing Artists , combined with top recording artists from around the African Diaspora. 3-Days filled with inspiration, education, and professional training for students from the beginning level to professional level; while also building a stronger bridge amongst artists in the diaspora.
Fifteen years ago, Founder Kara Mack, made a strategic and radical decision to focus on music and dance styles from the African Diaspora after years of classical training in both respective fields. As she began to practice these different art forms she recognized that in society these styles are seen as electives and hobbies artistically that in turn force them to fall short of being respected as technical styles. She wanted to change this reality and decided to create the brand, Africa in America®. Through her life's work, Kara is determined to change the direction and rewrite the narrative that like other techniques, African Diasporic styles of music/dance need to be respected as well here in America. Kara utilizes a language, vocabulary, and rhetoric that is relatable in order to bring back a sense of visibility that will cultivate well-rounded artists capable of succeeding through any artistic expression they choose.
Africa in America® represents as a primary resource for both professional African dance, music-based artists and art participants who are interested in the growing culture here in America. These styles include the arts from North and South America, the Caribbean, West, Central, and Southern Africa. Since African-based arts have held a huge part in social justice both in America and the Diaspora, Africa in America® also is committed to continue this path by keeping our audience aware when it comes to community and organization building, grant and work opportunities, and many other ways that may inspire art locally and nationally.
IN OUR FINAL STAGE, THIS FESTIVAL WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND!
-Opportunity to address all event attendees in a speaker session -Brand logo on the cover of all printed event materials and brand profile page -Main event slide with brand logo and social media handles -20 social media posts to promote attendance before the event -Exhibition stand 6m x 6m -One-page ad in the event brochure -Three guest blog posts on the event website -A key interview in the event podcast -Website entry -Sole branding of delegate goodie bags -The main sponsor of the delegate drinks networking event
-Brand profile page in printed event materials -Small logo on sponsor page event slides -10 social media posts to promote attendance before the event -Exhibition stand 3m x 3m -Chance to hold a 30-minute speaker session on a side stage of the event -Free printed leaflet in the delegate goodie bags
-Brand profile page in printed event materials -Small logo on sponsor page of conference slides -Two social media posts to promote attendance before the event -Exhibition pop-up stand 2m x 2m -Attendance to delegate drinks networking event
KARA MACK IS A CHOREOGRAPHER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR WITH AN EXPERTISE IN AFRICAN DIASPORIC MUSIC AND DANCE. RECENT CREDITS INCLUDE COMING TO AMERICA 2 (ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER) AS WELL AS FREEFORM’S GOOD TROUBLE. OTHER NOTABLE CREDITS INCLUDE ASSISTING INDUSTRY-LEADING CHOREOGRAPHER FATIMA ROBINSON ON KENDRICK LAMAR’S ICONIC PERFORMANCE AT THE 58TH GRAMMY AWARDS, BUSTA RYHMES’ PERFORMANCE AT THE 2021 MTV VMA’S, AND THE UPCOMING "THE COLOR PURPLE" MOVIE.
OTHER TELEVISION CREDITS INCLUDE CO-CHOREOGRAPHING CHANCE THE RAPPER’S PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AS WELL AS PROJECTS WITH THE NBA, DISNEY, NBC, AND FOX AND BEING MARGOT ROBBIE'S MOVEMENT COACH FOR THE MOVIE "BABYLON".
KARA IS THE FOUNDER OF AFRICA IN AMERICA®, WHICH SERVES AS A PRIMARY RESOURCE FOR PROFESSIONALS AND PARTICIPANTS OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC MUSIC, DANCE, ARTS & CULTURE IN AMERICA. HER PASSION AND EXPERTISE HAVE LED HER TO TEACH ALL OVER THE NATION INCLUDING THE DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY. KARA WAS ALSO AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT AT THE RENOWNED THEATER OF HEARTS; A LOS ANGELES BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON REACHING AT-RISK YOUTH THROUGH THE ARTS.
AS A DANCER KARA HAS PERFORMED ON SEVERAL AWARD SHOWS INCLUDING THE GRAMMYS, NAACP IMAGE AWARDS, THE BET AWARDS, AND THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS.