JJ Keki Visits North America

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A very experienced speaker and musical performer, Joab Jonadab Keki, or “JJ,” is an outstanding leader of the Abayudaya and the neighboring community. His music was honored by a 2005 Grammy nomination in Traditional World Music, and he is the music director and composer/songwriter on the two Abayudaya CDs published by Kulanu, and performer on several other CDs. JJ is currently a member of the Abayudaya Congregation’s Board of Directors and its Elders Committee.

Mr. Keki has been:

• a leader of the Abayudaya youth movement in the ’80s (after Idi Amin’s 1979 overthrow),
• the first chairperson of the Abayudaya community from 1986-1999,
• elected chairperson of the sub-county council for several years starting in 2002 (population 30,000),
• and now is the founder and director of the “Delicious Peace” interfaith coffee coop.

JJ was honored, along with Kulanu, with an award from Tufts University’s Global Leadership Institute for his work on the coffee coop. His coop’s success was featured in the Oprah Magazine, “Not Just A Cup but a Just Cup” (August 2008).

Mr. Keki is excited to be visiting the U.S. this year to have the opportunity to speak about his community to American and Canadian audiences and to help Kulanu raise funds for the two Abayudaya schools and their nutrition programs.

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