Sawubona Friendship Night - Fall 2024

Thu Nov 14 2024 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-08:00

RISE UP Marketplace | Vancouver

African Friendship Society
Publisher/HostAfrican Friendship Society
Sawubona Friendship Night - Fall 2024
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Let's gather around food, music and fire, cultivate friendship, and enjoy our CommUnity.
About this Event

African Friendship Society is inviting you to The African Village Experience in the Caribbean!

This event is to experience the JOY of gathering around the fire, sharing food, music and stories, and to cultivate Friendship with each other.

"UBUNTU. I am because We Are."


Join us from 5 pm and spend the evening together, with other great people from our community. We will sit by the fire, enjoy some drinks and snacks and nurturing traditional songs and rhythms from Africa.

A traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony will take place each hour: 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm.

With gentle LIVE MUSIC provided by Kocassale DIOUBATE and Yoro NOUKOUSSI.

CHILDREN ARE WELCOME....

Join us around the village fire and enjoy these complimentary treats:

• Specialty jerk chicken sandwich on a coco bun

• Jamaican patties (veggie, beef, chicken)

• Specialty hot cocoa made with unrefined cacao from Ghana

• Vegan Ethiopian snacks



Thursday, November 14 - from 5 pm to 8 pm

704 Vernon Drive, Vancouver

FREE Admission. Complimentary Caribbean and Ethiopian snacks !

Come spend an evening in a warm African-Caribbean Village.

* This event is made possible thanks to the financial support of the BC Arts Council, United Way of BC, and the Vancouver Foundation.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

RISE UP Marketplace, 704 Vernon Drive, Vancouver, Canada

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