The event which took place on September 8, 2016 witnessed also Seun Kuti and his Egypt 80 band who were on hand to open the show and add flavour to it.

Ms Hill first launched the Diaspora Calling Concert series with a private art gallery at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre.

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Diaspora Calling, she explains, is a collection of works “intended to celebrate the rich tapestry of artists from the African Diaspora while also illumining persistent and irrepressible themes... Even if we work independently, we are a resounding collective voice, both reconciling and embracing our relationship to history, our origins, our future and to ourselves."

The inaugural concert held on Friday, April 15 became the inaugural Diaspora Calling! Music Festival, featuring performances from Machel Montano (Trinidad), Stephen 'Ragga' Marley (Jamaica), Stonebwoy (Ghana), Mr. Eazi (Nigeria), EL (Ghana), Wondaboy (Nigeria), JoJo Abot (Ghana) and Paul Bearbrun (Haiti).