Hundreds of people wandered through the African Diaspora Festival on Sunday in Eastampton, home to the Underground Railroad Museum. ValerieRussDN has the full story.
When rain threatened early Sunday morning, some of the volunteers for the African Diaspora Festival in Burlington County wondered whether they should cancel the event.
Mbacké, who uses his first name, Sangue, as his professional name, said he loved the idea of Black people from America and the Diaspora getting together to share music, culture, and ideas.For many Black Americans who have little knowledge of which countries in Africa they came from, he said the drumming experience may be new, but it is steeped in generations of bloodlines.
Harvey later met up with Bernice Fynn-Addo, a businesswoman originally from Ghana, who was selling African clothing, jewelry, purses, and backpacks at the festival.
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