Africa Day at Dublin Castle
nathalie | May 26, 2008
Africa Day at Dublin Castle took place yesterday and was great craic altogether. A celebration of African culture and tradition, the place was packed to the brim – there was a 20 minute queue to get in when we arrived at around 3pm. According to RTÉ, over 7, 000 people attended. There were stalls displaying traditional crafts, clothing and everyday utensils, short films and exhibitions, South African wine tastings and sporting events. The main stage hosted a great mix of African and Irish acts – from traditional Malawian Dance Performances to Irish hip hop group Millionaire Boyz and Irish trad lads Kila.
it ended with performances from Mundy (who opened his set by saying “Should I just sing Galway Girl and go home?”), Republic of Loose and Sinead O’Connor.
According to the 2006 census, almost 42,000 of the people living in Ireland were born in Africa.


There are a few more pics on the Dublin Blog Flickr.













nice pictures..
my photozzz are here:
http://dafna.rajce.idnes.cz/african_day_-_dublin/
Brilliant photos Nathalie, well done!
Beautiful photos Nathalie. I went along on Sunday also. There was a really good buzz and its good to see such a big turnout. Well done to all the organisers.
Great photos Nathalie, Nice one.
Wish I’d been there,
this boy was like Messiah
http://dafna.rajce.idnes.cz/african_day_-_dublin/#66.jpg