The Mayor allows new arrivals to purchase their tickets for their chance to win in the raffle

Mayor of Wandsworth draws the winning tickets with assistance from our hosts Tinkez & Joshua Munisi

Mayor of Wandsworth congratulates our first winner!

More winners are drawn

Mayor of Wandsworth announces more winners with the continued assistance from Tinkez & Joshua Munisi

Celebration of Africa 2017

The Mayor of Wandsworth

Councillor Leslie McDonnell

Mayor, Asi Munisi & Westbridge choir

Sunny with Monica welcome

Deaba smile

Deaba chicken

Serving plantain balls

Deaba cup cakes

Akylah celebration host

Akylah Rodrieguez welcomes all to the Celebration of Africa

Andy, Andy, Wayne & Ali

Andy and the big funk kick off with live funk music. Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

Andy Wood Mitchell

Lead singer

Andy, Perry, Andy

Andy on guitar, Perry on drums

Andy guitarist

Ali on the keys

Ali and Wayne keys & bass

Deaba dance

Deaba enjoys the funk music from Andy & the big funk

Deaba dances to funk

Perry on the drums

Andy & Wayne

Mr Bear with African hat

Party bounce

Party bounce pumpkin pot

Partybounce sweet chains

Party bounce sweet display

Akylah announce

guest drummer Perry smiles

Akylah Josh cheek

Akylah Josh chat

Josh sings3

Josh & Andy duet

Josh Andy

Josh sings pabf banner

Akylah announce 4

Raoul Dero The Universal Poet

Raoul Dero The Universal Poet

Raoul Dero chats with guests

Akylah Rodrieguez

Akylah introduces Elliot the spoken word artist

Elliot Spoken word artist

Elliot spoken word

Spoken word from Elliot

Elliot Ajai-Ajagbe

Spoken Word Artist performs with feeling.

Elliot Ajai-Ajagbe

Akylah

Akylah gets the crowd to follow her to the courtyard for the story of Anansie by Steve Barbe

Steve Barbe

Ready in the courtyard for the audience to arrive

Steve Barbe

Welcomes the audience and encourages participation with African djembe's in a variety of sizes

Steve Barbe

The story of Anansie

Steve Barbe

Shares the story of Anansie teaching rhythms to the audience

Steve Barbe

Leads the audience with rhythmic beats

Steve Barbe

Doubling up a small Djembe drum as a calabash for imaginary water

Audience participation

Audience member plays along to the story of Anansie with a drum

Akylah introduces Tinkez

Akylah introduces Tinkez an Afro Beats Christian Rapper Artist

Tinkez

Performing with feeling & energy

Tinkez

Dancing to the beat

Tinkez

Teaches the audience some Afro Beats dance moves

Tinkez & Joshua Munisi

Tinkez inspires Joshua Munisi to move to the Afro Beats.

Tinkez

Tinkez

Tinkez

Nsimba

African drummer from Congo

Moussa

African drummer from Guinea Lasalle

Mama Afrika

Steps into and dances through the audience to the stage

Mama Afrika with Steve Barbe

Meets Steve on the way as they share a dance.

Mama Afrika

African dancer from the Congo

Mama Afrika

Nsimba

Playing the African Rhythm on the Djembe African drum

Mama Afrika

Mama Afrika

Mama Afrika

Nsimba & Mama Afrika

Moussa

African rhythmic beats for Mama Afrika

Malachai Kirby & Joshua Munisi

Party bounce

Daria ready to greet our guests, with Lauren & Cammy looking after the party bounce inflatable balls for Betty.

Birds eye view

Betty's back, down with Ooonagh ready to paint faces.

Let's play ball

Children love the inflatable balls from party bounce

Face paints almost ready

Oonagh prepares to paint faces.

Wow, great job Oonagh

This young man is very happy after his face was painted by Oonagh.

Deaba's Catering

Great African food by Deaba's catering.

Hello Deaba!

Deaba is at the ready to serve the African cuisine.

Deaba serves Jane Ellison MP

MMmmmmm yummy!

Jane Ellison MP enjoys Deaba's delicious African food.

MOA scrabble

Anyone for scrabble? MOA designs challenge us to word games & encourage us to read more.

Brainchild publications

Read 'The fall of snow'. Brainchild publications is creating a positive image of African children through literature.

Casey Elisha books

Love thy fro, the perfect book encouraging children to love their Afro hair.

Casey Elisha Books

Empowering children through literature!

Rock art

Love art gallery based in South Africa, sell beautiful pieces of rock art.

Thank you Rock art

Auctioned Mandela portrait by Sean Caulfield of the love art gallery in South Africa.

Our Story Fashions

Our story fashions have printed materials you can wear and learn from

It's a small world!

It's amazing who you bump into on your journeys.

Kevin & Fae meet again

Check out Our Story Fashions on the web to get your educating fashion.

Yolande & Co.

Presenting cushions & accessories African material style.

African style accessories

Ronbuzz African arts & crafts

Sally Graham presents....

African arts, crafts & accessories.

Ronbuzz Art from Sally

Yaa Ataa

Couture bags from Yaa Ataa.

Sweets & treats

In partnership with Yaa Ataa

Josephine & Co.

Josephine Wiafeh, founder of Yaa Ataa visit their website to find out more.

Felicity presents...

Artworks

Felicity presents her artwork drawing from her African experience.

Sahel designs

Sahel designs present luxury craft from the heart of West Africa.

Sunny sells fair trade

Sunny sells fair trade items and collects donations for the foundation.

Asi Munisi with Jane Ellison MP

Asi & Jane talk about the foundation with Jane's husband John who just flew in from Kenya.

Councillor Wendy Speck

Wendy's got her seat ready for the showcase of African storytelling, music & dance.

Asi Munisi presents...

Asi Munisi presents the showcase.

Steve Barbe, an African story

Steve shares kicks off the showcase celebrating the oral tradition of African story telling.

African rhythm

Asi couldn't quite get the rhythm, so Steve got some help from a native, a member of the Imani choir.

Authentic Shona

The story song was in the language of Shona, spoken by natives of Zimbabwe, lucky for us we had a native speaker to give us the proper pronunciation.

Drummer boy

'Come they told me Pa rum pum pum pum' Our own little drummer boy keeps the African rhythm!

Interactive participation

All were welcome to be a part of telling the story.

African drummer

Owen held a steady rhythm for the Imani choir.

Imani Choir

Imani songs in Swahili

Imani exclusive

Imani male vocalist performed an uplifting song in Swahili, accompanied by the ladies.

Imani blessings...

Imani authentic African voices

Audience reach

Our audience enjoy the authentic African vocals from the Imani choir as they sing songs in Swahili

Imani praise!

Felicity Prazak reading

Felicity reads from her latest book 'Living under terror'.

Joshua Munisi

Joshua Munisi gifts his hat to a lucky audience member.

Joshua Munisi

Joshua encourages audience

Joshua serenades the crowd and encourages audience participation.

Fae Simon

Sings from the soul

Fae Simon

Fae Simon

Songs of freedom!

Mama Afrika ready to groove

Mama Afrika dances

Mama Afrika

Mama Afrika

Musa drums

Mama Afrika

Celebrating the traditional African dance from the Congo.

Mama Afrika envokes

A powerful moving African dance piece, beyond this world

Introducing Musa

Here's Msimba

Playing African rhythms with vocals for Mama Afrika Madina.

African Spirit moves

The drums awoke a Spirit of dance in our Shona speaking friend.

Friendly connections

A great family day out!

Fun for all ages!

Asi Munisi

With gratitude to all participants, supporters who came out and special thanks to the Battersea arts centre for hosting the Pan African Book Foundations, fourth annual celebration of Africa 2016.