The Shimmershine Queens by Camille Yarbrough

Nana Camille also spoke to a group of young students in Harlem, New York at Carolyn Butts African Voice’s Get Your Read On Assembly at The Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders. She then returned to her hometown to perform at The Soulful Chicago Book Fair. Most recently, Camille Yarbrough was a featured performer in Onaje Allan Gumb’s “Truth To Power” Concert at Aaron Davis Hall. (Volume 17, Issue 2, Fall 2017)Ĭamille Yarbrough is interviewed in the forthcoming documentary Conversations: The Black Radical Tradition by Ed Stokes.

She continues to inspire audiences today via her local, long-running television show of sixteen years (Ancestor House), via her popular musical CD (also entitled Ancestor House), and via performances and lectures focusing on poetry, music, Black art, spirituality, and culture.Ĭamille Yarbrough’s international hit song “Take Yo Praise” introduces the currently running Tribute Collection Commercial for Forevermark Diamonds.Ī House Music remix of Camille Yarbrough’s song “Take Yo Praise” can be listened to on SoundCloud.Įight Page excerpt of Nana Camille Yarbrough’s soon to be published autobiography “Strip Down Personal” pages 160-167 is in the current issue of Black Renaissance Noire. With a career that spans over sixty years, several continents, countless awards and accolades, and a few generations, Nana Camille has earned legendary status. Camille Yarbrough is an award-winning performance artist, author, and cultural activist.

The Shimmershine Queens by Camille Yarbrough