Festival celebrates African culture.A NEW festival of African culture is being launched in Liverpool Liverpool, city (1991 pop. 448,300), NW England, on the Mersey River near its mouth. It is one of Britain's largest cities. A large center for food processing (especially flour and sugar), Liverpool has a variety of industries, including the manufacture of electrical later this month. Sankofa Days will be a three-day international celebration of dance, film, theatre and music. Taking place at John Moores John Moores can refer to:
It will feature specially invited international artists alongside the best of the North West and the UK. Ithalia Forel, codirector of Movema world dance company, which is co-hosting the festival, says: "It's been a dream of mine to bring a professional black dance platform to my home town of Liverpool." Also helping to organise the festival are Square One Productions and Liverpool Somali Somali Any member of a large group of people occupying all of Somalia and parts of Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Their language is of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. Youth Council. * FOR the programme, ticket and workshop booking, visit www.movema.co.uk CAPTION(S): Ithalia Forel |
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