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ATLANTA 28TH ANNUAL AFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 12 - 13 - 14 2025

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ATLANTA ANNUAL AFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL

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The Atlanta African Cultural Festival is a lively fusion of African and African diaspora dances and rhythms, presenting a diverse array of traditions through the art forms of drumming, dance, and other cultural expressions. Manga African Dance has expanded the Osun festival to include a broader range of African diaspora traditions, in addition to a pan African repertoire.The Osun (pronounced O-shoon) Festival honors the Yoruba river goddess, Osun.The production is presented each August in Oshogbo, Nigeria. The Atlanta Osun Festival originated in 1998 as the artistic collaboration of dancer Ramatu Afegbua-Sabbatt and late Adebisi Adeleke, Master of the Talking Drum.

African lifestyle

Includes fashion, arts, food with drum circle ambiance.

Pan-African dance classes

They are dances of celebration and expression of love, beauty, wealth, intimacy, diplomacy, strength, and harvest from African countries and the diaspora.

Concert

The concert is showcasing a rich tapestry of traditions through the medium of drumming, dance, and other cultural expressions

Osun

The Osun (pronounced O-shoon) Festival honors the Yoruba river goddess, Osun. The festival features African drum, dance, tradition and theatre. This performance allows young people to see youth their own age performing traditional African cultural traditions and exposes them to African culture. It is a fabulous production that transports the audience on a journey to West Africa. The inspirational production is presented each August almost simultaneously with the annual Osun Festival held in Oshogbo, Nigeria. The Atlanta Osun Festival originated in 1998 as the artistic collaboration of dancer Ramatu Afegbua-Sabbatt and Adebisi Adeleke, Master of the Talking Drum.

Forum

The public community forum that precedes our annual performance has been an integral part of our programming since 1998 and was established as an educational platform to discuss the influence, practice, and preservation of indigenous African traditions in the diaspora.

The panel is to share facts, offer opinions and respond to questions either through questions curated by the moderator or taken from the audience directly

Orisas dance classes

Osun dances are the ritualistic dances of Praise. They are dances of celebration and expression to the Yoruba deity and mother fruitfulness. Osun is an embodiment of love, beauty, wealth, intimacy, diplomacy. She represents the freshwater from the ocean, and is celebrated every year in Osugbo. Among the dances dedicated to Osun, the Agbebe dance showcases the ritual object most associated with Osun, a secular fan that she uses as a source of authority and symbol of control. Agbegbe dance is an energetic dance but gracefully displayed.

Concert

The concert is a production that displays drumming, songs, acting, theatre, and energetic dances. The production portrays the fabulous festival held in Osogbo every August of each year.