CHI'-town Afro-FUNK at The Silver Room Block Party!

The Silver Room Block Party!

There were so many 

Funky badass …magical… musical moments….

Blackgirlmagic  and  BlackguyAfrofunk... 

It was a truly kaleidoscope of 

Funk, 

Fun, 

Energy 

and 

Peace…

With a can of hair grease….  

As  the  Millenials  

and ere'body  else 

showed up and showed out

all peace and love...

as the Silver  Room Block party 

mushroomed n2 Art, 

Fashion

& 

painted faces…

and some killer 

Black Rock music….

on 3 different stages 

from  53rd and Blackstone 

2 53rd and Lake Park 

and everywhere in-between…. 

There were some Salsa dancers 

dancing ...

and a LIVE Salsa band!  

AND the crowd was lOving how

Dance/drum troupe 

Ayodele  

were bringing that vibe..  

and rhythms 

straight from the Motherland… 

like....  

Fela meets Southside HOUSE!  

When we rolled up on 53rd St... 

going 2 the sound check for Black Cherry Soul… 

we could see the cars were back 2 back! 

On 53rd St?... 

N Hyde Park? ...

Really?

People were everywhere!

Rocking the beautiful funkiness of natural hair in all shapes,

forms and colors

It was so intoxicating & intergenerational …

that  it was like an Afro - Futuristic dream...
of Urban Pharoahs and Nubian Queens

Dashiki Africanos and Beauty Africana 

were floating in and out ..

Not.. " we gone 2  Paris this weekend 4 Afro-Punk  

but like...

We sTaYed at home in our Pyramid...

.. 4 some  Chi- town Afro-FUNK! …

U know we are a spiritual center 4 all things Black  NOIR!...

when we in... CHICAgO are the home of Sun RA

and Kelan Phil Coran...  Chaka ...Earth Wind and Fire and  

The  Pharoahs .  and Africobra...

We are DuSable's   great great grand children.....

....and ONLI and the Black AGE!

A bevy of Neo-Africana and Neo Africanos …

 in full effect…

BlackRock bands  were slanging.

and Neo-Soul sistas were sanging…

Black hair…. 

was everywhere…

from Bald headed sOul Sistas 2 big Box braids…

Multicolored locs and twisted waves

I saw sisters with threaded braids 

that I haven’t seen since I was in Ghana…

Brothers with BIG ‘natchals.. that made u  just wanna...

hmmmmm....

Afri-fashinistas were flashing skin and Kente.. 

 I saw some ‘Classic men’ in skinny ties and plaid…

And at night…

They were stunting and fronting 

on pop shots and scooters..

Boys will be boys…

and the Boyz had their toys

All out and 

Sleek and shiny...

All jumping with sounds and in beautiful colors...

Bentleys and jeeps and pop shots

Futuristic and funky  and rocking  some some hip hop

…the music was playing

I felt like a star 

‘Cause  they  just wouldn’t stop standing 'round my car...

All text and  video and photographs by

Aki Antonia c2017 

AA72017