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Genre: Other
Location Toronto, CA
Profile Views: 25799
Last Login: 7/5/2010
Member Since 5/18/2007
Website http://www.musicafrica.org
Type of Label Indie
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MUSIC AFRICA (www.musicafrica.org) is a non-profit organization based in Toronto (Ontario, CANADA) whose main goal is to promote African music. Over its 20-plus years of existence, it has successfully organized numerous musical events from smaller performances to large scale concerts at major venues across Toronto. Many internationally recognized African musical acts including Oumou Sangare (Mali), Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), Newey Debebe (Ethiopia), Hugh Masekela (S. Africa), Papa Wemba (Dem. Rep. of Congo), Geoffrey Oryema (Uganda), Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe), Fallou Dieng (Senegal), Amampondo (S. Africa), Sekouba Bambino (Guinea) and many others have been a part of these events. Music Africa provides a strong platform for African artists based in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada and also promotes emerging artists. AFROFEST is the most prominent event organized by Music Africa; indeed it is the largest annual African music event in Canada. It is also the largest FREE African music festival in North America. It takes place in Queen’s Park, in the heart of downtown Toronto over an entire weekend in July. This fun-filled extravaganza features music, dance, interactive workshops, theatre, poetry, mouth-watering food, a large bustling marketplace, and activities that cater specifically to children and youth. As the largest annual gathering place for African immigrant and diaspora communities, especially those based in Ontario, Afrofest is truly a community-based festival. AFROFEST features both traditional and modern forms of African music. Artists here perform in a number of African languages, as well as French and English to represent more closely the diversity found both within Africa and Toronto. All told, there are often more than 30 live performances from artists from all over the African continent on 3 distinct stages, including the Main Stage, Drum Stage and Baobab Youth Stage. In 2009, more than 100 top-quality performers participated in the festival. In 2008, MUSIC AFRICA received the Heritage Award from Planet Africa. Through events like Afrofest, MUSIC AFRICA is committed to enhancing appreciation and awareness of African music among Canadians, while also striving to establish Toronto as a thriving global centre for African music. About AFROFEST 2010: This year Afrofest will celebrate Africa’s First World Cup. The FIFA World Cup of soccer will be held in South Africa, the first time ever it has been hosted by an African country. The tournament’s climactic final will be held on the Sunday of Afrofest 2010. Music Africa will seek to capture some of the energy and excitement of this event and bring it to the heart of Toronto. Football/soccer is extremely popular in many African countries, as well as the African diaspora and immigrant communities in North America. Tournaments often function as important ocassions for community-building, when friends and family all come together and celebrate with food, music and socializing. Six African countries (South Africa, Ghana, Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire) qualified for the World Cup. Music Africa hopes to feature musicians and performers from all the qualifying nations, and of course from many others as well, into the 2010 programme. Afrofest is the African cultural event of the summer, with plenty to see and do! -
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