Dady Mimbo welcomed early visitors to the 22nd Africa festival in Wuerzburg with trance music from Cameroon before the official opening ceremony . In order to keep the visitors in festive mood and give a taste of what could be expected in the next festival days, his performance was followed by the South African music artist Zivaduma that provided entertaining mixture of percussion and pop music.
The Official opening ceremony began at about 18:30 CEST in the presence of some African diplomats, music stars, German government officials and invited guests. The Lord Mayor of Wuerzburg, Georg Rosenthal presented a brief history of Africa Festival, thanked the august guests for accepting the invitation and praised the diligent work of the organizing team. He later introduced the South African Minister of Arts and Culture, Lulu Xingwana, who gave an exciting speech about South Africa and the upcoming Soccer World Cup.
Each year, the festival organizers award African music artists or organizations for their exceptional engagements or positive social impacts. This year, the Africa Festival Award recipients include the South African voice Vusi Mahlasela and the Ghanaian acrobatic theater group Adessa. Adessa has been performing at the Africa Festival since the first event to the delight of children in particular. With snacks, drinks, music interludes and acrobatic performance by Adessa, the opening ceremony induced an atmosphere of togetherness that prevailed at festival. In all, over 100.000 visitors were counted over the four days of peaceful festival with live concerts, informative discussions, film shows, exhibitions, theater, culinary cuisine, wine tasting and a lot of sunshine. More>
Lira
Photos and Videos of the festival will be uploaded soon. Afritopic June 2010
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No Vuvuzela75Posted on 8:04 am - Jun 14, 2010
Whats makes the difference?