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Taste of Africa Food Festival & Cultural Evening

Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 5:30 PM (CT)

Dallas, TX

Taste of Africa Food Festival & Cultural Evening

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Children 10-5 Ended $5.00 $0.99
Children under 5 Ended $0.00 $0.00

Event Details

Taste of Africa
Food Festival & Cultural Evening
AFRICAN UNITY FESTIVAL

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Reception: 5:30 - 7:30 at SMU's Owens Art Center

Dinner: starting at 6:30 pm
Program: 8:30 pm
SMU's Hughes-Trigg Student Center

Taste dishes from African nations including:
Cameroon           Cote D'Ivoire      Eritrea                 
Ethiopia               Gambia               Ghana
Kenya                   Liberia                Morocco
Nigeria                 Sierra Leone      Somalia/Djibouti
Sudan                   Uganda

Evening Festivities:
- Parade of Nations
- Drum Circle

- Awards Ceremony:
     *DFW African Unity Cup awards
     *African Leadership Award
     *Recognition of the Eldest African in the Metroplex

AFRICAN UNITY FESTIVAL also includes:
Saturday, May 31:  4 pm
DFW African Unity Cup Finals
UT Dallas Soccer Field, Richardson

Sunday, June 1: 1 pm to 5 pm
Africa Day
J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas


-Interactive workshops for children, African arts and crafts, ans cultural booths

1:10 Drumming (West Africa)
1:35 African Dance (Ethiopia)
2:00 Capoeira (Nigerian Diaspora)
2:25 African Dance (Eritrea)
2:50 Drumming (African Diaspora)
3:15 Storytelling (West Africa)
3:40 Belly dancing
4:05 African Dance (Ghana)
4:30 Wedding Engagement (Sierra Leone)

Click here for more information on all the activities during the African Unity Festival! 

 

Sponsored by:
The Embrey Family Foundation

When & Where



Hughes-Trigg Student Center - SMU
6425 Boaz Lane
Dallas, TX 75205

Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 5:30 PM (CT)


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DFW International Community Alliance



DFW International Community Alliance is the portal to international North Texas, a region in which 44% of the residents are New Americans of first or second generation. We are a network of over 1,600 internationally-focused organizations in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex that embodies the cultural and economic vibrancy of the global community. Our Mission is to build mutual understanding and respect by linking diverse international cultural communities.