Jorge Alabe

Bay Area African/African-American Latino/a/x Dance Music

ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program in 2010 with apprentice Anìbal Mejia.  Their apprenticeship focused on the songs and dances used to perform rituals and liturgy for O presente às aguas, or “the offering to waters,” a public ritual honoring life-giving water orixás.  Anìbal also worked with Jorge in learning, documenting, and translating the Yoruba-based Candomblé songs, as well as deepening his skill in dance and song for each orixá.