1,140
Attendees
23
Cities represented
14
Performances
9
Community awards
11
Sponsors
Illustrative demo figures
Moments we'll never forget
- ✦Mzee Rashidi's surprise 80th-birthday serenade
- ✦The ngoma drum circle that pulled everyone onto the floor
- ✦$12,400 raised for the Mwanza school library (demo figure)
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Community stories
I flew in from Houston and it felt like coming home. My kids danced to ngoma for the first time.
Winning the Young Achiever award in front of my whole community — I still get chills.
The pilau alone was worth the trip. Then the band started and nobody sat down until midnight.