AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS : 19TH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY FESTIVAL SEPT 27-28TH FREE FOR THE PEOPLE!
The Afro-American Historical Society presents the 19th Annual African American Family Festival is to be held in Wilmington, DE on Saturday and Sunday, September 27th and 28th at Holloway Park, 7th and Lombard Streets. This year’s festival will pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Right’s Act. Representative, Harmon Carey, Executive director of the Afr0-American Historical Society of Delaware says,” It is essential that our youth understand the significance of this landmark civil rights act.”
A coalition of local businesses, churches, non profit and community based organizations have come together in support of the festival’s mission to rekindle family values, foster ethnic pride, promote community solidarity and support Black Economic Development.
SPONSORED BY : AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY , DROP SQUAD KITCHEN , GUERRILLA REPUBLIK , UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION , GIRLS SOCIETY , ORDER MOTHER EARTH .
HERE’S A GREAT PREVIEW OF WHAT’S TO COME ON SEPT 27-28TH
FREE FOR THE PEOPLE!
FESTIVAL STARTS AT 11: AM
WITH A FREE MARTIAL ARTS DISPLAY FOR THE COMMUNITY
12;00PM WE START WITH LIBATIONS FROM OUR ELDERS
12:20 WE HAVE THE OPEN MIC COLLECTIVE
FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL SCHOOLS AMONG THE YOUTH TODAY
WITH SPECIAL LIVE PERFORMANCES
FROM
ALFIE MOSS ~ JAZZ
CURLY CASTRO ~ HIP HOP
NENE -ALI ~ SPOKEN WORD/HIP HOP
MAYA BELARDO ~ JAZZ
GRIOTS WA UMOJA ~ AFRIKAN DRUMMING
BROCK KALIM ~ SPOKEN WORD GRIOT
T-N-T FRONTLINE MUZIK ~ HIP HOP
EBONY ZUUDIA ~ SPOKEN WORD/SOUL MUSIC
LANCE BRUCE ~ JAZZ
MARCHITECT ~ HIP HOP
SAEED ABUWI ~ JAZZ
ASCENDING QUEENS ~ SOUL MUSIC/SPOKEN WORD
HARMZ ~ HIP HOP
HEAVEN GREEN ~ SPOKEN WORD/JAZZ
FIRST FACTION ~ HIP HOP
TATE DA GREAT ~ HIP HOP
AS THERE ALSO WILL BE STEP DANCING TEAMS
AND LIVE ART ON DISPLAY
HOSTED BY : ABUNDANCE CHILD
WITH DJ SOULBUCK ON THE TURNTABLES
AND A FASHION SHOW ON THE SUNDAY AT THE PARK WITH
SABA ISLAMIC FASHION SHOW AMONG MANY GREATS
ON SUNDAY SEPT 27TH
BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS, YOUR BLANKETS AND FAMILY
FOR THIS IS OUR LOVE FOR WE
