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Memoirs From The African Day Parade………
“I have a dream for Africa, a united Africa!
Self sustaining and self reliant
Able to produce anything out of nothing
And trade within herself and with the world at large
A proud Africa of a civilized people like our Egyptian, and Olmec ancestors.”
This were the words of LLM Mbatha about his dream for Africa from an African and after what I witnessed this Sunday at the African Day Parade , I coudn’t help but share these words with you. From the time I arrived at the event welcomed by “Her Majesty’s (Mama Africa)” sons and daughters all dressed up in garments that carry a lot of history behind them, from the Kenyans’ Maasai and Samburu clothing, to other beautiful, historic, traditional attire.
The music was antoxicating as the Harlem society couldn’t help but to come out and witness the spirit of Africa. Respected elders and names from different African industries came out to support Koone Mamadau’s (the founder of the parade) dream. It was a moving thing to see Africans uniting for a good cause and not being afraid to shout out loud that “WE ARE PROUD AFRICANS” .
There were even multiple vendors, businesses, and artists who were there to showcase their products. The food–hmmm–even just thinking about it makes me wanna give up my diet, lol! The performances were some of my biggest highlights– from the Harambee Dance School, to the SAGA Dance Group.
As always, I was happy to see Jamhuri Wear Founder and CEO, Kimathi, there supporting his own, and spreading the word about the All For Africa Organization.
Another year, another satisfying success and, until the 3rd annual African Day Parade, all I have to say is “HARAMBEE AFRICAN’S”.
One Response to “Memoirs From The African Day Parade………”
Mazuba says:
August 29th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I was actually at the parade as well and I applaud the effort that was put into the event.However,I was quite dissapointed with the outcome of the parade.I was expecting a fashion show,as was mentioned in the flyer I received that was advertising the show.The performers kept getting cut off and didn’t even get to finish their performances at times.The Master of Ceremony did not seem to know all the african countries as the only countries he kept chanting were “Sierra-Leone,Ghana and other West African countries.The people who were selling flags only had flags from West african countries .Also,some of the performances didn’t strike me as being “African”.For instance,the poet who did the poem about smoking.What has that got to do with Africa?I also expected to see vendors selling african food and was alarmed to see only icecream and soda being sold.
I really hope the organisers step it up next year and keep in mind that this is constructive criticism.
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