Sankofa Sunsplash
The Wilberforce 2007 Sankofa Sunsplash free festival - Saturday 28th July 2007 in Hull’s Queens Gardens. Thanks to eveyone who took part, including the sun!.... The Sankofa Sunsplash free festival - celebration of African and African Caribbean culture, arts, dance, music, food, and performance - took place from 12 noon on Saturday 28th July 2007 in Hull’s Queens Gardens – thousands of people came and joined us for fantastic music, scrumptious food and entertainment for the family all afternoon. There was music and dance in the multicoloured ColourDome stage in Queen Victoria Square.
Sankofa Sunsplash was a celebration of African and African Caribbean culture – arts, dance, music, food, and performance taking place in Hull’s Queens Gardens
The name of the festival itself is a fusion of Africa and African Caribbean culture and heritage. The word ‘Sankofa’ has its roots in West African Adinkra symbolism. Sankofa signifies the importance of learning from the past. ‘Sunsplash’ refers to arguably the world’s most famous reggae festival – the Reggae Sunsplash, whose roots can be traced back to Northern Jamaica in the 1970s.
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Everyone ws welcome to come along and enjoy the day. If you are based in Hull and East Yorkshire and would like to apply for a free place for a stall for your community organisation in the gardens, or a free place on a workshop to help you decorate your stall, or produce costumes, just download an application form, complete and then email it to or send it to Lou Duffy-Howard, Wilberforce 2007, 76-78 Lowgate, Hull, HU1 1HP by Friday 22nd June 2007.
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