The Adinkra Group, an African Cultural Edutainment Resource and Consulting company based in Washington, DC, successfully held its annual Back2Africa Festival and Tour from the 5-8th March, 2020 to celebrate Black History Month in Accra and Koforidua.
The festival which was in the 3rd year, was held to bridge the gap between continental Africans and African diaspora audiences through artistic collaborative performances, discussions and African heritage tours.
Some of the highlights of Back2Africa included performances from artists travelling to Ghana for the first time: DJ Alizay (DC), DJ Bimshire (Barbados), Kweku Sumbry (DC) along with Ghanaian artists DJ Manni, DJ Mic Smith and No Bad Songs .
“We are proud to continue the Back2Africa Festival for its 3rd year in Ghana. Moving beyond the Year of Return, we are excited not only to continue to introduce more people to Ghana as we have for the past four years and contributing to Ghana with initiatives like The Year of Return but to deepen our ties with the people in a real and tangible way. We’re just getting started,” Diallo Sumbry, Founder of The Adinkra Group, a founding member of the Year of Return Steering Committee and Ghana’s first African American Tourism Ambassador said earlier.
The Back2Africa festival will launched on the 5th of March with theDancehall Thursday, a traditional Caribbean styled dancehall party at BBnZ Live.
The pre-independence day celebration will featured DJs Alizay, Bimshire and DJ Manni on the turntables paying homage to reggae and dancehall legends.
The Back2Africa Festival and Tour continued on Sunday, 8th of March with Sunday Service, a charity event, at Nyame Bekyre School in Akuapim.
Volunteers partnered with residents of Akuapim traditional area to refurbish, renovate and paint the school.
In 2019, Back2Africa collaborated with the International Partnership for Economic and Sustainable Development to kickstart the fundraiser to raise funds and break grounds for the establishment of a library and borehole in the community.
Since its inception in 2018, the Back2Africa Festival and Tour has reconnected hundreds of African Americans and African diasporans to the culture and traditions of Africa through its specially curated birthright journey and activities. Back2Africa is produced in support of WaxPrint Media, Ghana Tourism Authority, BBnZ Live, Black Band and African Ancestry