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Singer, dancer, percussionist, theater director, storyteller, teacher: Gladys "Bobi" Céspedes is a force of nature. Singing in three languages—English Spanish, and Lucumi, the mother tongue of the Cuban descendants of the Yorubas of West Africa—she weaves the tales of the Orisha-deities of the Yoruba pantheon in fluid word and gesture, and illustrates the poetic, reverent vision of God and nature that is her ancestral heritage. As a priestess and Iyan Ifa in the Yoruba-Lucumi spiritual tradition, she carries, unbroken, the cord of spiritual tradition and inspiration which joins the past with the present. For over forty years, Bobi has been directly involved in the preservation and teaching of Afro-Cuban culture and traditions. She also makes and plays a variety of authentic folkloric percussion instruments, including the Chekere, a beautiful beaded calabash gourd.
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