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The Amani Arts Festival

When towards the end of the 2010 Fifa World Cup xenophobia threatened to rear its ugly head again in South Africa, performance poet and arts columnist Suzy Bell took action. She called on fellow artists to use their work to raise awareness of this complex socio-political issue. As a result the African Artists Unite as One, a voluntary community of African artists based in Cape Town was formed. After three months of stimulating cross-cultural collaborations and projects to explore a wider, fresh cultural perspective, they are presenting the first Amani Arts Festival.
The festival  promises never-before seen interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations with original African music, poetry, hip hop, film, video, performance and a visual art.

The Amani Arts Festival 2010 takes place at Look Out Hill in Khayelitsha on Saturday 30 October from 11h00 to 17h00 and entrance is free.