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A showcase of over 20 African-inspired performances will be held at Leigh Sawmill Cafe on Saturday December 3 from 9pm.
The event, dubbed Ambassadors, has been organised by afrobeat DJ Nadine Nahimana and will feature a collective of African artists who live in Aotearoa.
She says the Sawmill is the perfect chance to debut the first full performance for the ‘Ambassadors’, who are from 10 African countries.
Nadine says the Ambassadors have two missions: to showcase their craft and to represent their country so the audience can take away a cultural experience.
Nadine is from Burundi and wants to share the culture from her home country, instead of talk about the conflict.
“There are so many beautiful things that have become invisible,” Nadine says. “For me it’s my responsibility to share the other cultural aspects of Burundi.”
Ambassadors is part of Nadine’s bigger vision to bring together 15 countries to celebrate the multiculturalism at a larger festival in the future.
The show will feature music, dance, drums a fashion show and a photography exhibition.
The performers and artists range in ages and career stages. The youngest is 17-year-old fashion designer Favour Gift from Henderson, creating a design inspired by her mother’s tribe in Democratic Republic of Congo.
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