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Main Stage

Hosted by DJ Edu (BBC 1 Xtra) supported by DJ Dr A4



Featuring live on stage:-



Photo Soukous Koumbele
Mondele - Congolese singer

Ayetoro - Afrobeat band lead by jazz pianist Funsho Ogundipe

PaBobo - Gambian Kora musician

Yeeko Mayeeko - Gravity defying Ghanaian acrobats

JJC & 419 Squad - Nigerian Hip-Hop

Photo Tic Tac
Tic Tac - Ghanaian High Life superstar

Beyonder - Spoken word from the Africa '05 resident artist

Soukous Koumbele - Uplifting 7-piece Congolese rumba band


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Photo JJC & 419 Squad

Nomadic Performers

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


Featuring:-

Yeeko Mayeeko Group

Oduduwa Talking Drummers

Sab LitMAG
presents:-
Dorothea Smartt
Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Roger Robinson
Fatimah Kelleher

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Photo Dorothea Smartt

Photo Nii Ayikwei Parkes

Photo Roger Robinson

Photo Fatimah Kelleher

Hackney's Finest stage

Nubian Queen - West African dance troupe

Ebonessence - Street dance performance

Iris De Brito - Afro-Cuban dancer

Sabar
- Senegambian fashion show

Ras Negus & Jahziel Naphtali - Reggae artists

Mashufaa - African marshal art demonstration

Photo Iris De Brito

Best Kept Secret - Spoken word quartet

Candi Shop - Afro-fusion fashion show

B.Sharp - Rapper

Honest - Poet

Smife - UK Hip-Hop artist

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Photo B.Sharp

Workshops

There's an abundance of activities.

African mask making - All day

Gum boot dance classes - 2.30pm and 5.30pm



High Life dance classes - 1pm and 4pm

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

Poetry workshops with Beyonder - 2pm and 3.30pm


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