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Makeda ‘Dread’ Cheatom Makeda 'Dread' Cheaton (b.1942-), an American entrepreneur, civil activist, and icon in San Diego’s African-American community, is the founder of the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park, creator of the Children’s EthnoBotany Peace Garden, and co-founder of Casa del Tunel in Tijuana, Mexico. [1] [2]

Early life

Marianne Makeda Cheatom was born in Paducah, Texas [3]. Her father was in the Air Force there and then transferred to San Diego Naval Air Station when Makeda was 3 months old [4].

Education

Makeda graduated from San Diego High School (c. 1962)[5]. As an experimental cook, she studied food services and culinary arts at San Diego City College and telecommunications at Mesa Collage [3]. She also studied Transcendental Meditation.

Accomplishments

As a restauranteur, Makeda founded Prophet International Vegetarian Restaurant (1971-1985)[3], which was the first vegetarian restaurant in San Diego, attracting luminaries such as George Harrison, Gloria Swanson, Dick Van Dyke, Dyan Cannon, and Dick Gregory.[6][5]. As an entrepreneur, she founded The Baobab, an African crafts/cultural center in Golden Hill area starting in 1981.[5]. As a reggae music promoter, she staged her first reggae concert in 1980); she organized Bob Marley Day Festival concerts, which attracted most of the famous Reggae artists; all told, 35 annual reggae festivals were produced.[7]. As a radio show host of Reggae Makossa, she has been on the air for over 25 years.[6]. As the founder of the WorldBeat Center in Balboa Park since 1989, Makeda created a music, dance, arts and World Peace center for the African diaspora which includes African-Americans, Afro-Caribbean, and Africans [6]; the venue received LEED Silver Certification in 2012 [8]. As a Cultural Ambassador, Makeda acknowledges that San Diego and Balboa Park are ancestral Kumeyaay Indian territory, and she states this at the beginning of programs run at the WorldBeat Center [9], inviting Kumeyaay people to share their culture.[10]. As an award-winning garden creator, Makeda created the Children’s EthnoBotany Peace Garden that has been recognized [6] as the first sustainable edible garden in Balboa Park; it was certified as an Earth Friendly Garden by San Diego Master Gardeners, as pollinator Habitat by Xerces Society, as a Monarch Waystation by Monarch Watch, and as a Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). Retrieved 7 July 2020

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NAACP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Pollack, Mimi, 2016, Nurturing Immigrant Art and Giving Back; https://sandiegofreepress.org/2016/12/makeda-dread-cheatom/#.XwIayyhKg2w
  3. ^ a b c d Salaam, Elizabeth, 2012, Your Child is my Child; https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2012/apr/04/feature-your-child-my-child/
  4. ^ a b Prince Sefa-Boakye, n.d., Princes Daily Journal, Makeda’s Story and her Legacy for Peace; https://princesdailyjournal.com/interestingpeopl/makeda-dread-founder-and-ceo-of-the-world-beat-center/makedas-story-and-her-legacy-for-peace/
  5. ^ a b c d DeWyze, Jeannette, 1981, Marianne Makeda Cheatom – reggae matriarch of San Diego vegetarians; https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1981/may/21/cover-prophet-sharing/
  6. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference NAACP2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Varga, George, 2016, 35th Bob Marley Day Festival the Last for Makeda Dread; https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-makeda-reggae-lends-fest-end-of-an-era-2016jan30-htmlstory.html
  8. ^ a b Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, World Beat Center LEED certification, 2012 https://bpcp.org/sustainability/leed-certifications/
  9. ^ a b KUSI Newsroom, 2015, Honoring Dr. King’s Dream; https://www.kusi.com/honoring-dr-kings-dream/
  10. ^ a b Davis, Rose, 2015, WorldBeat Center’s New Kumeyaay Indigenous Garden: Indian Voices Newspaper, August 2015, p. 1; www.indianvoices.net/archives
  11. ^ Davis, Rose, 2012, World Beat Center Peace Pole: Indian Voices Newspaper, July/August 2012, p. 6; www.indianvoices.net/archives
  12. ^ , Berenice, 2018 Highlights at WorldBeat Center: http://www.worldbeatcenter.org/archives/30174 ,
  13. ^ Women’s Museum of California; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Museum_of_California
  14. ^ Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, 2015, https://bpcp.org/sustainability/awards-recognition/sustainability-partners-breakfast-and-awards/
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