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For 20 years, Africa International House has presented the African Festival of the Arts as a way to foster unity among all peoples while showcasing the artistic and musical talents of the African diaspora.

 

The following are lists of just a few of the artists who have graced our stages during our first 19 years of existence.

 

Featured Visual Artists

bullet Samuel Akainyah
bullet Dalton Brown
bullet Stacy Brown
bullet Frank Frazier
bullet Uwa Hunwick
bullet Bayo Iribhogbe
bullet Melvin King
bullet Dayo Laoye
bullet Dr. Samella Lewis
bullet Samuel Lind
bullet Woodrow Nash
bullet Nii Oti
bullet Dorian Sylvain

 

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2004 – 2008 Headliners

bullet Angelique Kidjo
bullet Wayna Wondwossen
bullet Johnny Clegg & Mchucu
bullet Ahmad Jamal
bullet Pete Escovedo featuring Sheila E.
bullet Roberta Flack
bullet MUNTU
bullet Maggie Brown & Oscar Brown, Jr.
bullet The Mighty Dells
bullet Jean Paul Samputu
bullet Norman Connors & Jean Carne with Michael Henderson
bullet The Barrett Sisters
bullet Bobbie Humphrey
bullet Dianne Reeves
bullet Isaac Hayes
bullet The Mary Jane Girls
bullet Rochelle Ferrell
bullet Kool & The Gang

 

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2000 – 2003 Headliners

bullet James Brown
bullet George Clinton
bullet Bobby Blue Bland
bullet Roy Hargrove
bullet Kindred
bullet Pharoah Sanders & Music Susa
bullet United We Funk Featuring Dazz Band, Bar Kays, Con Funk Shun, Lenny
bullet Phil Cohran & Hypnotics
bullet Chaka Khan
bullet The Gap Band
bullet Diana King
bullet Roy Ayers
bullet Bobby “Blue” Bland
bullet George Duke
bullet Poncho Sanchez
bullet George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelics
bullet Reginald McCants
bullet WAR
bullet Fertile Ground
bullet Freddie Jackson
bullet International Garifuna Band
bullet Angela Bofill

 

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1989-1999 Headliners

bullet African Roots Tour—3 Bands! Positive Black Soul (Hip Hop): Senegal Rocky Dawuni, Reggae Ghana Ismael Isaac
bullet Ohio Players
bullet Bobby Womack
bullet Diblo Dibala and Matchacha (Congo)
bullet Joan Collaso
bullet Hugh Masekela
bullet Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes and DJ Host LaDonna Tiddle
bullet Gil Scott Heron
bullet Soul Condition Featuring Nona Hendrix
bullet T. C. Carson with the John Taylor Jr.
bullet Dee Alexander
bullet Les Voix des Divas Noires
bullet Stepping OUT Tap Dance

 

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HISTORICAL FESTIVAL POSTERS

1993 - 2008
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2008 - Stacy Brown

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2007 - Woodrow Nash
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2006 - Samuel Lind

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2005 - Samuel Akainyah
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2004 - Uwa Hunwick

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2003 - Dr. Samella Lewis
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2002 - Nii Oti

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2001 - Dorian Sylvain
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2000 - Melvin King

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1999 - Dayo Laoye
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1998 - Samuel Akainyah

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1997 - Dalton Brown
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1996 - Bayo Iribhogbe

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1995 - Nii Oti
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1994 - Frank Frazier

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1993 - Nii Oti
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