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Main Stage

Featuring live on stage:-

2pm - Kasai Masai
Exceptional traditional sounds from Nickens Nkoso & Kasaï Masaï who have excavated rhythms from the most remote equatorial African villages and given them a modern twist.



4pm -Inemo + BAND

Will be bringing you some of his own special blend of experimental afro beat, with the full force of a band made up of some of London’s most legendary African musicians


Photo Soukous Koumbele




6pm - Soukous Koumbele
- Festival favourite Koko Kanyinda is back with his enigmatic band Soukous Koumbele, who have been swinging hips around the world since the eighties, making them one of the most enduring and tightest Congolese bands in the UK.


Hosted by
DJ Edu (BBC 1 Xtra)

Supported by DJ Muchi (Hoza Africa!)

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Photo Inemo

Nomadic Performers

Performers travel around the festival site delighting you with their performances.


Featuring:-

Obonu Dance Ensemble:-
Gravity defy acrobatic performances throughout the day.

KMT & the NU MCs
:-
20 strong squad, presenting “Griot to Rapper” a show that documents the vocal journey from Africa to America, consisting of Poets, African Drummers, Rappers and Beat Makers

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Photo Obonu Dance Ensemble



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Hackney's Finest stage

Hosted by
E.DD.IE
Supported by
DJ Dale

Nubian Queen - Eygptian and North African children's dance and performance troupe

Sabar -
Senegambian dancing and drumming performance

G-Force - Presenting runners-up from the UK Street dance Street championships.

Photo E.DD.IE

African China
Nominated as reggae artist of the year at the Nigeria Music Awards 2006

Breis
The doyen of Afrocentric hip-hop rhymes and rhythms.

Fae Simon
Nu-Afro Jazz sultry sounds following in the footsteps of Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn


De Indispensables
All the way from Nigeria this duo are at the top of their game, recently having their single, 'Dear Mama' stay at the number 1 spot on MTV Base (Africa) for a whole month!

G.S Produktionz

Presenting hip-hop and rap group
G.S FAM and street dancer troupes Delux and 841

Ebonnessence
- Hackney's best known street dance troupe mixing up traditional African and hip-hop dance styles

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De Indispensables

Workshops

There's an abundance of activities.

African mask making - All day

Zulu Warrior dance classes by Nzinga Dance - 2.30pm and 5.30pm



High Life dance classes by Nzinga Dance - 1pm and 4pm

Djembe drum classes by The Afrocentre - 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm, 5.30pm and 6.30pm

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