Thank you Chief Dr. Ademola! I am recuperating from the fun. Best Regards, Askia "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." --Ralph Waldo Emmerson www.africanartville.org Shopping Mall: http://www.npsmall.com/african2000.asp ----- Original Message ----- From: ademola iyi-eweka <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:49 AM Subject: AFRICA FEST 2000, A Great Success! | Hello, Fellow Africans and Friends of Africa. | | AFRICA FEST 2000, A THIRD CHAPTER ADDED. | | AFRICA FEST 2000 was a great success Sat. August 19. | | Yes, we did it again! I mean, honestly, the time, effort and all other | resources invested paid off in many folds. For those of you who did | not make it for one reason or the other, please plan for AFRICA FEST | 2001. It will be bigger and better. | | AAM TOOK THE MADISON COMMUNITY INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM | WITH AFRICAN 'CULTURAL LINKS' BIG, BIG TIME | | My hat goes off to all the volunteers who assisted with planning | and/or implementation process of the successful AFRICA FEST 2000, | some whose names are inadvertently omitted from the following list : | | Pierre-Claver & Elinor Gbedey, Adelaide Fiske, Abou Bakarr Amara, Godwin | Amegashie, Ibrahim Lasisi, Ray Kumapayi, Brigitte Gnoumou, Richard Yarl, | Abu-Hassan Koroma, Ken Nwankwo, Sonia Valle, Leslie Busby, Joe Brewoo, | Koso Weller, Sylvester Offor, Dr. Ralph Osakwe, Aggo Akyea, Sonia Valle and | Kevin & Famata Soko. | | A big thank you to all the performers, artists, vendors, exhibitors and | demonstrators whose participation made this year's event very heart warming. | | Most importantly, especially, my heartfelt thanks to our Grant, Corporate | and Inidividual sponsors.without whose financial sponsorship AFRICA FEST | 2000 would not have happened. AFRICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF THE U.W-MADISON, | THANK YOU. | | All of you were truly the makers of the THIRD CHAPTER of AAM's history. | You were fantastic. As I have always said, " If you do not do it by | yourself as Africans, nobody will do it for you." | | Cheers, God bless AFRICA FEST, AAM, Africans and Friends of Africa! | | Ademola Iyi-Eweka | President, AAM | Tel:608-833-8248 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit: | | http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html | | AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html AAM Website: http://www.danenet.wicip.org/aam ----------------------------------------------------------------------------