Africa Day

2024 - 5 - 24

Celebrate Africa Day with Music, Business, and Festivities

Africa Day - Africa Liberation Day - African Union - Boomplay - Boomplay industry seminar - Dr. Fabruce Ramaherimamonjy - Freeman Street Market - GinFueled Africa Day - Grimsby Africa Day event - Owei H. Erukakpomre

Join the celebration of Africa Day with music, business insights, and festive events across the continent. Read on to discover how Africa Day is commemorated in various ways!

Africa Day is a vibrant celebration that brings together music, business, and cultural festivities across the continent. MultiChoice Africa CEO, Fhulu Badugela, emphasizes the importance of building business models that improve lives as a key strategy for African development. Boomplay, a popular music streaming platform, will host an industry seminar to mark Africa Day, showcasing the richness of African music. Additionally, events like the Africa Day celebrations in Killeen and the GinFueled festival at Hollywoodbets Greyville Stadium offer unique ways to honor the continent's diversity.

As Africa commemorates its liberation and resilience, activities like the Wits University event exploring Isicathamiya and Jazz highlight the cultural significance of music in African history. The anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity on May 25th serves as a reminder of the unity and strength found in Africa's diversity. YouTube also played a part in the celebration, hosting a vibrant music event that highlighted the global impact of African music.

Dr. Fabruce Ramaherimamonjy's dedication to educating African youth resonates with the African Union's theme for Africa Day. His commitment reflects the essence of preparing African youth for the challenges of the 21st century, embodying hope and progress. As Africa continues to celebrate its achievements and cultural richness, the spirit of Africa Day lives on as a beacon of hope for the continent's future generations.

In a nod to the celebrations, here are ten music masterpieces that reflect Africa's diverse and vibrant musical heritage. Additionally, the impact of African music on the global stage underscores the continent's cultural influence and creativity in the music industry.

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Africa Day (Africa.com)

Building a business model that improves lives is the most effective way to achieve this, writes MultiChoice Africa CEO Fhulu Badugela. As the continent ...

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Boomplay to host Africa Day industry seminar (Music In Africa)

Africa-facing music streaming platform Boomplay will hold an industry seminar on Friday on its live audio channel BoomLive to mark this year's Africa Day ...

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Our Father, this Africa Day, liberate us from military bases, by Owei ... (Vanguard)

OUR Father, we your children in Africa come to you this day, the eve of the May 25, Africa Liberation Day. We have been enslaved and colonised.

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Africa Day Celebration events coming to Killeen (The Killeen Daily Herald)

Africa Day celebration events, hosted by the African Association of Central Texas (AACT), will be held in Killeen to commemorate the 50 diverse African ...

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Celebrate GinFueled Africa Day (Independent Online)

Palmtree Events is bringing the Harvest and Gin festival to the races to celebrate Africa Day at Hollywoodbets Greyville Stadium, the home of the biggest horse ...

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Exploring the intricacies of Isicathamiya and Jazz with legendary pianist Themba Mkhize and the Mtuba Thulisa Brothers. Wits School of Arts: Africa Day.

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Africa Day: 10 music masterpieces as continent marks 61st ... (Business Daily)

Africa Day is marked on May 25th as the anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity.

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YouTube celebrates #AfricaDay with vibrant music event (ofm.co.za)

YouTube has hosted a vibrant music day in honour of Africa Day, underscoring the global impact of African music.The event featured insightful panel ...

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This Africa Day: A Beacon of Hope - Dr. Fabruce's dedication to ... (Africa.com)

Dr. Fabruce Ramaherimamonjy epitomizes the African Union's theme of this year's Africa Day: Educate an African fit for the 21st Century.

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Win a Bayab Gin and Vusa Vodka hamper this Africa Day (Glamour South Africa)

When thinking of spirits like vodka and gin, for most people Africa does not come to mind. It's this very reason that fuelled Spearhead Spirits co-founders ...

China-Zimbabwe cultural exchange event held to mark Africa Day (Xinhua)

GOROMONZI, Zimbabwe, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese firm Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ), together with the Confucius Institute at the University of Zimbabwe, ...

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Grimsby to hold its first Africa Day event (BBC News)

The event will be held at Freeman Street Market in Grimsby on 25 May and is hosted by The Health Gospel CIC, a wellbeing charity for the black and ethnic ...

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First ever 'Africa Day' event to take place at Freeman Street Market (Grimsby Live)

From 11am to 5pm on Saturday (May 25), members of the public can enjoy African food and drink, live music and dance performances and engaging history exhibits ...

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Africa Day playlist: Songs celebrating spirit and splendour of ... (Music In Africa)

Featuring Nigerian-American rapper Wale, the sobering and yet hopeful record by Stephen Marley, son of reggae icon Bob Marley, is taken from his Revelation Part ...

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Africa Day aims to educate Philly about the continent and its cultures (The Philadelphia Tribune)

Fisher Park of Philadelphia is excited to host the first-ever celebration of Africa Day from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday. This historic event will honor the rich ...

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Celebrate Africa day with Cavan Cross Cultural Community | Anglo ... (Anglo Celt)

Cavan Cross Cultural Community will celebrate Africa Day this Saturday (May 25) with cultural festivities spread throughout the day.

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Grimsby to hold its first Africa Day event (BBC News)

The celebration of African culture will be held at Grimsby's Freeman Street Market on 25 May.

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Africa Day playlist: Celebrating the spirit and splendour of Motherland (Music In Africa)

'Made in Africa' by Stephen Marley ft. · 'Motherland' by Yvonne Chaka Chaka · 'Africa' by Wiyaala · 'Akwaba' by Magic System, Yemi Alade and Mohamed Ramadan · ' ...

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Celebrating Africa Day: Designers you should know (The Herald)

TODAY we celebrate Africa Day. This day is celebrated annually in various countries on the African continent and across the globe. The theme for this year's ...

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Killeen officially recognizes Africa Day as May 25 (The Killeen Daily Herald)

Hands were held high and the crowd cheered as Killeen Mayor Debbie Nash-King cut a cake in celebration of officially recognizing May 25 as Africa Day in ...

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China-Zimbabwe cultural exchange event held to mark Africa Day ... (People's Daily Online)

The Confucius Institute choir at the University of Zimbabwe sings a Chinese song during a China-Zim.

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The Power of Art to Unite: Dance Festival Celebrating Africa Day ... (African Union)

Eight dancers (four from Africa and four from Europe), along with two mixed choreographers and one artistic director, have been selected to join MAISHA DANCE, ...

Deputy Minister Botes to deliver keynote address at an Africa Day ... (DIRCO)

The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, will deliver the Keynote Address at an Africa Day event to be hosted by the Cape ...

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Refugees in SA open up ahead of Africa Day (Independent Online)

Today on Africa Day, the precarious nature of life and survival in South Africa is highlighted by refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers who made the ...

South African parliament marks Africa Day with call for conflict-free ... (Xinhua)

Africa Day is observed annually on May 25 to celebrate the achievements of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU), ...

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