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Our live concert featured all of the marvelous performers below.  Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to get news on our next concert!
​Donate here, or use the PayPal link below, to help us support the students and staff at Djolu Technical College!

*(THIS IS CEP's PAYPAL ACCOUNT - USE ONLY IF NEEDED)

THE PERFORMERS

These amazing people contributed!
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Rissi Palmer

Southern soul icon, singer-songwriter Rissi brings her country / R&B talents!  Rissi Palmer's gift lies in reaching across boundaries. One of our most compelling singers, she is at home in R&B but made her mark in country, bringing the entire spectrum of popular music to bear on music she calls “Southern Soul.”
Check out her website here!
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Violet Bell

Lizzy Ross and Omar Ruiz-Lopez of Violet Bell bring their soulful take on southern folk.  "Music belongs to all of us. Music is part of what it is to be human. Music is taking us down a path of new possibilities."
​Check out their website!
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Nantahala

Nantahala is an indie folk band from the North Carolina Piedmont. Their harmony-rich music draws from mountain roots, soul and modern country with influences ranging from Dolly Parton to Tom Waits.
Check them out here!
and on 
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Youtube
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Mike Edwards

Singer, songwriter and composer with TheloniousNC, an a capella group.  Mike brings a heartfelt song from his home to share, and hopes that "...the vibe can help us all survive!"
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Check out TheloniousNC online!



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Serena Wiley

The velvety, smooth voice of Serena Wiley is emerging not only as a vocalist but, a tenor saxophonist, whose light is a part of the greater whole. Her light is intertwined with poetry, lyrics, soulful instrumental compositions, and perfect imperfections. 
Check out her website!


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Grand Shores

While lulling listeners into a state of serenity, Gabriel Pelli (Onyx Club Boys, The Old Ceremony) and Will Ridenour (Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba, Zegota) move nimbly across musical traditions. Blending Americana with West African folk, and with instrumentation ranging from fiddle to kora, Grand Shores fuses their original sound with a contemporary aesthetic that draws widely from folk and indie, jazz and punk.
Check them out online!
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AND our Master of Ceremonies!!
 
Carlos Andrés Gómez
 is a Colombian American poet from New York City. He is the author of Fractures (University of Wisconsin Press, 2020), selected by Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, and a star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. 

We thank Carlos for hosting this amazing event!
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Photo credit: Friends & Lovers Photography

Any amount of support is appreciated, and we are so grateful to these artists for sharing their time and talents for the important work and learning that is happening in the Congo rainforest, at Djolu.  Please consider making a donation today that will help us ensure a brighter future for so many!

Our Guidestar Rating

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​Top Rated for 5 years in a row!
Rating awarded each October / November.​



​Congo Education Partners, Inc. is a registered 501 c 3 charity in the United States.  All donations are tax-deductible for US citizens.  Our EIN (tax ID number) is 86-2961018.

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