Cultural historian of the African Diaspora Dr. Ivor Miller illuminates the lived connections between Nigeria, Cameroon and Cuba. Drawing upon decades of research, his presentation expands our understanding of the Abakuá mutual-aid society in an Afro-Atlantic context, bringing African sources and Cuban inheritors into dialogue with the pioneering scholarship of Lydia Cabrera. New York City Style Writer Rodney U. Naves, aka Nome Notorioso 144 St. Da Letter Alchemist from the Subway Underground is the last protégé of legendary artist KASE2, the King of Style, renowned for pioneering futuristic Wildstyle lettering innovations. Nome approaches Writing as a multidimensional Afro-diasporic visual language driven by off-beat phrasing, technological structure, and radical stylistic invention. An initiate in the Yoruba/Lukumí tradition through maestro Felipe García Villamil of Matanzas, he traces the spiritual and aesthetic lineages of this underground postmodern artistic movement.