Tuesday, 6 February 2024


Members statements

African Music and Cultural Festival


Pauline RICHARDS

African Music and Cultural Festival

Pauline RICHARDS (Cranbourne) (13:22): The African Music and Cultural Festival was a ripper, and I know the member for Broadmeadows is nodding her head rhythmically and in time to music. I am really grateful, as always, to Fred Alale for not just the hospitality but the sheer joy that comes from celebrating our African communities. To say that there was wonderful food, to say that the fashion was extraordinary and to say that the hospitality was topnotch would be an understatement. I am running out of superlatives, but I can say that for 11 years it has been going, and I cannot wait for the 12th. The Queen Vic market really went off, and we really did get the best of our communities. It was all there for two days. Next year it is going to be even better, they reckon.