Afro-centric brides on parade

Afro-centric brides on parade

From Kerri MacDonald & Margaret Teich, "The Local - Brooklyn, NY":http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/: Fort Greene, NY - An African drum processional. Dozens of women in white, dancing through the doors of "Emmanuel Baptist Church":http://www.ebc-ny.org/ on Lafayette Avenue. Lights, cameras and boom mikes. Is there another movie being filmed in Fort Greene? [...] Nikki Johnson, who grew up in the Emmanuel Baptist community and continues to sing in the choir, married Raymond Johnson in the church's main chapel. The ceremony started with a bang as the "Asase Yaa Drummers":http://asaseyaaent.com/ lead a drum processional down St. James Place, onto Lafayette Avenue and through the doors of the church, which is more than 100 years old. "Continue to the full article":http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/the-day-four-brides-and-a-camera-crew/ at The Local website.