Africana

BCCEEP’s celebration of African history, culture and traditions, through food, music, dance, fashion and storytelling.
A person in a full raffia costume greeting guests at the BCCEEP Centre, with people seated at tables behind
Drums set out on the floor at the BCCEEP Centre, with flag bunting overhead and people seated at tables

A Celebration of African Culture

Africana is BCCEEP’s celebration of African history, culture and traditions. It brings the community together through food, music, dance, fashion and storytelling, and has run in different forms since 2020.

Past Editions

Africana 2025 was held on 7 September at the BCCEEP Centre in Windsor.

Africana 2021 ran online over two days, 29 and 30 January, with presentations on African female royalty, spoken word, Black inventors, and Ugandan and Nuer wedding traditions.

Africana 2020 ran online over three days, 23 to 25 October, with cooking classes, drumming, a fashion show, a head-wrap tying demonstration and food delivery from local restaurants.

Countries featured in Africana 2020: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Poster for Virtual Africana, 23 to 25 October 2020, listing cooking classes, dance performances, music and fashion shows
A display table at the BCCEEP Centre laid with patterned cloth, beaded pieces and woven fans
Guests serving themselves from warming trays at the BCCEEP Centre
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We are a non profit organization, established in 2017. Our priority is to unite various organizations, establishments and individuals to work together for the all-around progress of the black community as well as the entire community as a whole.

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