Join us for a weekend of sublime music from all over Africa with dance, Afro-Welsh performances, workshops, film, an art/photography exhibition, and much more! A true celebration of Africa in Wales!
Dathliad Cymru-Affrica (meaning ‘Wales-Africa celebration’ in Welsh) brings you a pan-African arts festival. The weekend will be a celebration of the richness of diversity in Wales, specifically African diaspora culture and arts. We have guest bands from Africa (Mali, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo), plus African artists based in Wales and from across the UK.
Venues: Neuadd Ogwen & Y Fic
Weekend ticket (1st – 3rd June): £50
Thursday 1st Day Ticket: £18
Friday 2nd Day Ticket: £18
Saturday 3rd Day Ticket: £25
Tickets available here: https://neuaddogwen.com/en/dathliad_cymru_affrica_2023/
THURSDAY 1st JUNE
4.30pm Between the Sound Checks – Rahim El Habachi in conversation with BCUC (live interview in Y Fic)
6.30pm KRYSTAL LOWE (Bermuda/Wales) and AIDA DIOP (Senegal/Wales) dance collaboration (film screening in Y Fic)
7pm NEUADD OGWEN – doors
7.30pm THE SUCCESSORS OF THE MANDINGUE ALL STARS & EVE GOODMAN (West Africa/Wales)
8.15pm AFRO CLUSTER (Wales)
9.30pm BCUC (South Africa)
FRIDAY 2nd JUNE
10am-12pm Djembe, djembe, djembe! workshops (Neuadd Ogwen)*
12.15-1.30pm West African Dance workshop (Neuadd Ogwen)*
Y FIC
4.15pm Between the Sound Checks conversation with Dafydd Iwan and Ali Goolyad
5pm KRYSTAL LOWE (Bermuda/Wales) and AIDA DIOP (Senegal/Wales) dance collaboration (film screening)
6pm BLANK FACE (Cymru/Nigeria)
7pm NEUADD OGWEN – Doors
7.30pm DAFYDD IWAN & ALI GOOLYAD (Wales/Somaliland)
8.15pm HANISHA SOLOMON (Ethiopia)
9.30pm BASSEKOU KOUYATÉ & NGONI BA (Mali)
SATURDAY 3rd JUNE
10am-12pm Ethiopian Dance workshop with ADI DETEMO (Neuadd Ogwen)*
Y FIC
1.30pm Film Screening – Balafon Origins
2pm Between the Sound Checks – Rahim El Habachi in conversation with North Wales Africa Society (NWAS)
2.30pm Film Screening – Dò Farala A Kan (with video intro by director Lucy Duran)
4.30pm Between the Sound Checks – Rahim El Habachi in conversation with Suntou Susso
6pm ADJUA
4pm NEUADD OGWEN – Doors
4.30pm NWAS dance presentation (North Wales Africa Society)
5pm AGMAR BAND (Morocco)
6.30pm RASHA (Sudan)
8pm SUNTOU SUSSO (The Gambia)
9.30pm KANDA BONGO MAN (Democratic Republic of Congo)
DAILY
African food provided by Maggie’s African Twist
Visual arts exhibition Celebrating Africa in Wales featuring SHARON COSTINI, GLENN EDWARDS, MFIKELA JEAN SAMUEL, TAIYE OMOKORE, and ETCHEDBRIGHT.
* Workshops HAVE LIMITED SPACES and are booked separately with discounts available to festival ticket holders at (under 25s go free): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dathliad-cymru-affrica-62813930023
