This year Paa Ya Paa Art Centre will continue the BlackHistory month theme exhibition dubbed Walk Through Black History (WTBH). Thisis a PYP theme initiated two years ago, it featured paintings, pictures, books,memorabilia, and artifacts.
The guest performance for the February event is CharlotteHill O'Neal aka Mama C who is an internationally known visual artist, musicianand poet of more than two decades of experience. Born in Kansas City, Kansas,she is co-director of the United African Alliance Community Centre in Arusha.
There will also be a panel discussion featuring the new bookby Susan Wakhungu-Githuku, Life Journeys: Seeking Destiny. Before thepanel discussion, Footprints Press, the publishers of the book will lead awriter's workshop.
Born in 1951, in Kansas City, Kansas, Mama C became theyoungest member of the Kansas City School of Human Dignity at age 17.The next year, she joined the Kansas City Chapter of the Black Panther Partyand began working with Pete O’Neal, chapter founder and Chairman. Later thatyear, Pete and Charlotte were married at the Panther national headquarters inOakland, California.
Pete and Charlotte were forced to leave America in 1970after Pete was framed on firearms charges by the FBI COINTELPRO operation. Theytraveled to Algeria where they spent two years working with Eldridge andKathleen Cleaver to develop the International Black Panther Party.
In 1972 they relocated to Tanzania, where they began farmingusing traditional and sustainable methods. In 1991 Pete and Charlotte foundedthe United African American Community Center (UAACC). The name was later changedto the United African Alliance Community Center. UAACC is a non-profitcommunity based organization devoted to developing programs to support theArusha community, and to promote cultural ties to communities in America,emphasizing African American communities.
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