Tune In To This Virtual Concert Celebrating Haitian Women With Riva Nyril Précil In Music

March 14, 2024

Tune in from wherever you are for the immersive work of Riva Nyril Précil at 7 pm EST, March 21st, 2024, for the next installment of our virtual program AFRO WAVES. 

Riva Nyril Précil shares her talents with us in this immersive exposition of curative traditional Haitian folkloric music and dance to celebrate Women’s History Month and Haitian women in music.

AFRO WAVES is our concert series that showcases the Black Cultural Evolution with vanguard artists of the African Diaspora. This upcoming show beckons us to experience the glory and power of the divine feminine. 

Riva’s intimate acoustic concert offers new sounds that continue to bridge Haitian traditional folklore and contemporary genre-bending musical expression.

Riva Nyri Precil

Riva Nyri Precil is a Haïtian multi-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. After receiving a degree in Music Therapy from Loyola University in New Orleans Riva began a dynamic career that includes work as an author, a visual artist and jewelry maker, a musician, and dancer. Her work creates connections that not only honor Haitian traditions but present them as relevant today. Her Altar Art and Wearable Altar projects position these customs as necessary practices for contemporary living.

A solo artist and a member of the band Bohio Music- she is widely known throughout Haïti and its Diaspora for her unique fusion of Haïtian music with African roots, American R&B, Soul, and Jazz. As the director of Tout Se Pa she offers dance education around the world. Riva’s practice is about elevating and preserving Caribbean culture, promoting wellness, facilitating healing, and offering ways to engage spirituality through her music and dance therapy.

Lakay se Lakay


Lakay se Lakay, which translates to Home is Home in Haitian Kreyòl is a year-long homage that celebrates the legacy of Haiti, Our Black Nation, Lakay se Lakay is a cultural odyssey through which we dedicate much of our programming. Using the lens of Haitian arts and scholarship, CCCADI explores home as a space for refuge, building family and community, preservation of traditions, a foundation for cultivating joy, and the roots of sovereignty.

How to Watch:

On March 21, 2024, at 7 p.m. (EST), you can view the program on our homepage or join us via our YouTube and Facebook pages. 

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, 120 E 125th Street, New York, NY 10035, INFO@CCCADI.ORG, 212.307.7420

Photo credit: CCADI.



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