Give
Thankz
A Pan African Club
offering authentic music, décor, food and drinks
from a rotating venue of featured African countries
Thursdays, 9pm-2am at Club 6, 60 6th St.
between Market & Mission Streets in San Francisco
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 Dogon art abounds |
 Cozy corners for relaxing |
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Paths of Native Africa
member, popular San Francisco African Radio DJ Polo Mo'xquuz, has snagged San
Francisco's "Club 6"
at 60 6th St, between Market & Mission Streets, for use as an
African Club called "Give Thankz" every Thursday night from 9pm-2am,
the initial launch occurring 10/9/03. Proceeds
from the gate, after expenses, go to benefit Paths of Native Africa projects
such as the "Water
Pumps Drought-Buster benefit project for Mali, West Africa", as well as
other on-going projects of Paths
of Native Africa, such as the "Horgan's
Village Needs project in Nigeria". The club features a spacious
upstairs with a stage area for bands, a full bar and lounge area, and a large
downstairs for DJ's. The idea of the theme of the club, over time, is to feature
a different African country on a regular, rotating basis, especially in
conjunction with a given country's "National Day", by providing music
and other entertainment, décor, food and drinks from the featured country. This
"Pan African" club is the first known club of this kind in San
Francisco, and is decked-out in authentic African décor provided by the African
Outlet store.
At the 10/9 launch event the celebrated African Country was Mali. African Outlet
storeowners Horgan Edet & Judah Dwyer-Dahlstrom provided and hung numerous
masks, wall hangings displaying village scenes, and a centerpiece featuring a
large weaving depicting the Great Mosque of Jenne-jeno, at Djenne, Timbuktu,
Mali. Featured entertainment was a live band from Mali/Senegal, "The
Sumanguru Legacy", whose members included Dr.
Yacine Kouyate, Toho Sanders, Benny Murry, Ken Doumbia and Henri-Pierre
Koubaka. Yacine has taught African Culture at Stanford University - recently
Mali was identified as a primary source of Western "Blues" style music
on the PBS television Channel 9 special documentary series "The
Blues", in Part 1 "Feel
Like Going Home" by movie Executive Producer Martin Scorsese - Yacine
and his fellow musicians treated the audience to selections of this remarkable
original music, some pieces dating from the 15th - 13th
centuries, yet sounding as contemporary as Mississippi blues popularized in the
1930's-40's, which traditional music in Mali heralds from the "Mandinga"
style. Also at the launch event were DJ's Polo Mo'xquuz (13th Tribe ~
KPOO), Shortkut (Triple Threat), Doogie (TNT Sound Station) Irie Dole and Ivier
(both of Jah Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi).
In addition to the several one-of-a-kind African Festival/Concert benefit
fundraiser events being put on by Paths of Native Africa for it's various
"help African village" projects at other venues throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area, events at Club 6 "Give Thankz" represent an
on-going source of fundraising for Paths of Native Africa projects
ranging from procuring water pumps to installing generators at villages in
African Countries including Mali, Nigeria and Ethiopia.
In addition, it is hoped Club 6 "Give Thankz" will blossom as a
new kind of authentic "Pan African" club in San Francisco, offering
original music, décor and food from the many unique countries of Africa.
If you're in town, please consider stopping by the club for an
enthralling evening of African culture, and help us make the club and it's
fundraising efforts for Paths of Native Africa projects a resounding success!
