Connecting Spirit to History - American Exile Film Screening + Community Discussion
Wed, Sep 17
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
Join us for a special evening featuring a screening of 'American Exile' and 'The Adventures of Ilé Imọlẹ̀' in Tanzania, followed by a powerful community conversation with Mama Charlotte O’Neal, Iya Mari and Nkechi Taifa!
Time & Location
Sep 17, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
Mama C
Charlotte Hill O’Neal aka Mama C aka Iya Osotunde Fasuyi is a musician,visual artist, poet, film maker, ATR priestess and peace builder through her Art and her Life Example!
Mama C is a veteran Black Panther from the Kansas City Chapter which she joined straight out of high school in 1969 at the age of 18. She married Pete O’Neal, the founder and chairman of the Kansas City Chapter that same year.
After Pete O’Neal was targeted by COINTELPRO they escaped America in 1970 and lived and worked in Algeria for two years at the International Section of the Black Panther Party before relocating to Tanzania where they became pioneers, farmers, and homesteaders before founding the United African Alliance Community Center UAACC where they continue to offer free classes in many subjects for Tanzanian youth.
She has lived in Tanzania with her husband Pete O’Neal, since 1972 and…