Sundé, who plays Nana’s Restaurant and Juice Bar in Tampa, Florida on May 6, 2023. Credit: Photo via sun_de_/Instagram

Last summer, FBI agents raided the homes and offices of several Uhuru Movement leaders, including St. Petersburg’s own Uhuru House Community Center. And in April, indictments were issued against three Tampa Bay-based chairpeople, all having served in the African People’s Socialist Party, or its solidarity organization, the African People’s Solidarity Committee. Members of the Uhuru deny the feds’ allegations that they were working with Russia.

This weekend, in an effort to raise money for the Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa Legal Defense Fund for their day in court, a benefit show will go down at Nana’s Juice Bar and Restaurant, featuring a barrage of local bands and artists from songwriter Sundé to punk band Rutterkin, and spoken word poetry by the likes of Life Malcolm and Comrade Libre X Sankara.’

Tickets for the “Hands Off Uhuru!” concert at Nana’s in Ybor City on Saturday, May 6 are $10-$15. The event is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.