Sunday, September 16, 2007

Celebration



Picture by Andrew Laurence

Picture by Andrew Laurence

Africans celebrated the African millennium near the Washington monument on September 11, 2007.

The organizers were Anteneh Demelash, Elias Fullmore, and Seaty Yoseph. Approximately 20,000 people came to celebrate the millennium.

Burntface, African Heritage, and The Pocket entertained the crowd. Food was provided by Zed’s Ethiopian Restaurant, CafĂ© Nema Somali restaurant,and Etete Ethiopian Cuisine. The program started at 5:00pm and ended midnight.

The organizers say they are already working on preparing the next year's new year event.

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