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Sunday, June 01, 2008 at 05:30 PM (CT)
Dallas, TX
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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
DFW International Community Alliance is the portal to international North Texas, a region in which 40% 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.
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