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"Madiba" - Shá Cage and E.G. Bailey

Everwood Farmstead Foundation's 5th anniversary season of the Artist Series continues with "Madiba" on Saturday, July 23rd.

MADIBA [;;Muh Dee Buh];; is a uniquely innovative performance duet that auspiciously adopted the South African leader, Nelson Mandela's, widely known nickname. Recently named 2015 Power Couple of the Year by Mpls St. Paul magazine, E.G. Bailey and Shá Cage respectively from Liberia and Mississippi represent the diasporic legacy of the continent of Africa and the American South. Theirs is a performance collaboration blending and bending words, layered voices, and cacophonous rhythms reminiscent of Sekou Sundiata mixed with Jessica Care Moore. Bailey and Cage, each nationally recognized spoken word performance artists, and founders of numerous collectives, organizations, and radio shows have traveled widely to areas such as Canada, England, South Africa, New York, Bosnia,The Netherlands, and more, performing their work that largely centers around topics of identity, freedom, cultural celebration, and home.

Everwood's Pay-What-You-Can ticket price is simple-choose your ticket price from the list above. One-half of your ticket price will be provided to the artists and the other half will be distributed through Everwood's Aspiring Artists Fund. The Fund allows arts-focused teachers in Barron, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties to let us know directly about exciting projects that need support so their students can flourish. We'll reveal the recipient(s) at each performance. Since 2010, Everwood has donated almost $10,000 to local school programs.