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City Slang: African World Festival location change

August 16, 2012
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The 30th Anniversary African World Festival starts tomorrow (Friday), and organizers are keen to point out to attendees that the festival is NOT at Hart Plaza this year as it has been on previous years. Rather, it has been moved to the grounds of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

The festival goes from noon-11:30 p.m., Friday to Sunday. More information can be found here, though the La Tam Tam “community drum/dance circle” on Friday looks particularly interesting.

They say, “The outdoor festival grounds will feature four outdoor stages, more than 100 marketplace vendors, a crowd-pleasing variety of ethnic foods, visual arts, master crafts exhibitions and live demonstrations. Institutions in the cultural center, including Wayne State University, Midtown Detroit Inc. and the Scarab Club, are cooperating in welcoming the event to the area.”

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  • Naamah Brown

    The african world festival 2012 was awful. For the last 10 years that I’ve lived in Michgan my family and I have made it a tradition to attend every year. This year was a complete let down the little strip was so tight we could barely look at anything to purchase. Everything was so cluttered we could barely walk without turning around or stopping to look at what the vendors were selling. Hopefully next year it will be back at Hart Plaza.