Author Archives: ACOFI

ACOFI AND SILO PARK PRESENT ‘WORLD ON THE STREET PRESENTS AFRICA’! THERE WILL BE…………… AFRICAN FOOD! AFRICAN BUSINESSES AFRICAN MUSIC AND AN ART EXHIBITION!   SEE YOU THERE

Africa Day 2018 was filled with not only enthusiasm from our performers and vendors across the African continent, it was also filled with familiar and new faces that has brought warmth on a windy day. Despite the drizzle carried by moody clouds now and then, people who came did not fail to put on theirContinue reading “Can’t Get Enough”

  Come join us for the Ubuntu Festival on the 26th May 2018 for some free events and cultural performances. There will be cultural and traditional food and coffee, free children activities (Bouncy castle, face painting and bubble man), Service providers information tables, African Businesses stalls, Cultural and Ethnic performances from accross the across theContinue reading “Auckland Africa Day Ubuntu Festival 2018”

Dear Members, ASTEL is inviting you to this great Community Get-Together on Saturday 2 December 2017 at Wesley Community Centre (740 Sandringham Road Ext, Mt Roskill) from 5-7 pm. It is a good opportunity to know more about this programme, meet other people and connect with some young and experience people in our Community. ItContinue reading “AFRICAN SCHOLARSHIP TRUST – COMMUNITY GET-TOGETHER EVENT”

ACOFI alongside our friends at AUAS present to you the African Youth Forum! We want to hear what OUR youth and Young Adults have to say on the issues they face, what they want to see from us and the areas they need support in. We would like to invite AGES 16-30 to come alongContinue reading “2017 AFRICAN YOUTH FORUM”

  Auckland Africa Day Festival 2017 The African Communities Forum Inc. is proud to host Auckland Africa Day 2017. This year’s event is a daylong festival at Roskill Youth Zone on Saturday 27 May from 11am to 7pm. There will be food stalls, African business stalls, information stalls, performances and children’s activities throughout the day.Continue reading “Africa Day 2017”

In Transit “At the heart of this play is a very important slice of NZ history.” —Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit WHO: Tala Pasifika African Connection (Tala PAC) WHAT: First ever Pasifika and African theatre production in New Zealand WHEN: 4-13 May, 2017 WHERE: Mangere Arts Centre, Bader Drive and Orly Avenue, Mangere 2022 InContinue reading “First ever Pasifika and African theatre production in New Zealand: In Transit”

A character in “Ayanda” – one of the films at our 2016 AFF – used these words: “My mission is to capture what it means to be African. I feel we’ve been completely misrepresented. It’s not all civil war and kwashiorkor…It’s really understanding the vibrancy, the colour, the flair that is Africa. It’s embracing ourContinue reading “The New Zealand African Film Festival is back!”