PRESS RELEASE
AFRICAN DAY
PARADE
2008
1.
Introduction:
The African Day Parade 2008 will be held in Harlem, NYC on
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd from 127th
Street to 116th Street on
Sunday, August 24, 2008
from 12pm to 7pm
2.
African Day Parade and Street Festival
The 2nd
Annual African Day Parade and Street Festival will take
place on Sunday, August 24 2008. It will be a unique
opportunity for the African Community and other communities
to showcase their products and celebrate their cultures and
traditions as well as sharing with the diverse community of
Harlem and the United States.
The African Day Parade
promises to become one of the most diverse African cultural
events to take place in New York City. The Parade brings
together Performing Artists and Cultural Groups representing
Central, North, South, East, and West Africa. The breadth
of the work extends from musical performances to
fashion, design, art, folklore, dance, and live bands.
The
African Day Parade is the brainchild of young African
professionals from diverse backgrounds. These organizers
saw not only, "a lack of representation on stages from the
countries that comprise Africa," but "an absence of African
culture in American festivals and cultural productions as a
whole". It is intended that in the coming years, the Parade
will become a forum for participating groups to share
history and culture.