Last Friday in July

This past Saturday I attended the 4th Annual African Descent Festival. The big name entertainer for the first evening was Ezra Kwizera. Currently he lives in Vancouver but grew up as a refugee in Uganda before returning to his home country Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. His music is raw and powerful. I enjoy his soulful sounds which are born out of tragedy. I've attended this festival for 3 years now and each year I can see it get more organized and grow in attendance. I wasn't there on day 2 but the crowed was about 4x what it was on Saturday as people came out in large numbers to see the Ugandan sensation, Eddie Kenzo. I am not familiar with his music but I know he is very popular. At the festival there is a combination of vendors selling their goods, stalls with information to raise awareness and food. This year I was happy to see the Nigerians have joined in selling their foods and that they had a very popular booth. The