Toronto is a city of festivals in the summer. We close down streets across the city for almost weekly festivals. So why is Afrofest being curtailed? It is one of the best festivals of the summer.
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Stanley Moyo
10 years ago
Toronto City Council, there is absolutely NO justification for this.
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William Maddra
10 years ago
It is one of the event that look forward to every summer bringing all people together to learn new culture. You can't rid it.
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Roderick M
10 years ago
For the love of the African Culture and the multiculturalism which Toronto forever promotes itself to be. Lets be fair and keep AfroFest how it is. Being from an African background and having a child born in Canada, it's an opportunity for her to learn about our heritage from different African countries. I look forward each year i take her everyday of the event to make sure she enjoys everything that it has to offer. So PLEASE.. LETS BE FAIR AND KEEP AFROFEST THE WAY IT IS.
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brent southin
10 years ago
Sounds like carding all over again
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Candace Saxon
10 years ago
#saveafrofest #blackness #culture #afrikan this is an important part in showing our heritage it must be saved.
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Dee West
10 years ago
One event I look forward to every summer bringing all people together to learn new culture. You can't rid it.
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matt smith
10 years ago
WOW, what a great use of time and city muscle.
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M Colthrust
10 years ago
This is a beautiful event that happens in Toronto yearly bringing in people of all cultural backgrounds. Why would you take something away that is working & wonderful for our city?
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A Garrison
10 years ago
So many of us have been supporting this wonderful, rich cultural festival for more than 24 years. My husband and I mark this annual event as our anniversary. Why is the city making it difficult for Afrikan culture to thrive in this city? The city needs to be providing incentives and rewarding these cultural initiatives, not discouraging them!
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Etheline Joseph
10 years ago
Afrocentrism needs to be a two day event
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Elizabeth Kivuna
10 years ago
Being an African myself..I feel it's just simply unfair to decide to make such a cut to this amazing festival of all the many festivals that take place in the city. I and many other Torontians look forward to Afrofest each and every yr. There are many benefits to having a two day weekend festival..for example some ppl work or have other obligations on sat and can only make it on the Sunday and vice versa..plus there is alot to the African among culture that one day isn't enough to allow everyone to enjoy and experience it. Those are a few among other reasons. So please ...please. We kindly beg u to not tamper with Afrofest and just please leave it as is because many ppl will be unhappy if u go ahead with this change. Thank u in advance for ur consideration.
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Natasha McKenzie
10 years ago
This is a beautiful event that brings not only the African community together but also the Caribbean community to enjoy 2 days of music, art and food. The faces in the crowd reflect the Canadian melting pot of all races to enjoy a Africa culture in a fun environment. Let's keep this 2 days of 365
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DOMINIQUE ROYER
10 years ago
I support maintaining the festival as a two day celebration of African and Afro culture. We as Canada are diverse. We need to be able to showcase and celebrate our diversities together :) Also Toronto is viewed as the most diverse city in the world... We must come together to support one another and where we all come from. Afrofest is a beautiful, cultural celebration.. so warm, so inviting, so inclusive.
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Jonathan Ganesh
10 years ago
It doesn't make sense to limit this annual event to just one day.
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Michelle myrie
10 years ago
Save Afrofest!
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Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley
10 years ago
It would be very unfortunate for the city to uphold this decision. The festival is worthy of 2 days
Toronto is a city of festivals in the summer. We close down streets across the city for almost weekly festivals. So why is Afrofest being curtailed? It is one of the best festivals of the summer.
Toronto City Council, there is absolutely NO justification for this.
It is one of the event that look forward to every summer bringing all people together to learn new culture. You can't rid it.
For the love of the African Culture and the multiculturalism which Toronto forever promotes itself to be. Lets be fair and keep AfroFest how it is. Being from an African background and having a child born in Canada, it's an opportunity for her to learn about our heritage from different African countries. I look forward each year i take her everyday of the event to make sure she enjoys everything that it has to offer. So PLEASE.. LETS BE FAIR AND KEEP AFROFEST THE WAY IT IS.
Sounds like carding all over again
#saveafrofest #blackness #culture #afrikan this is an important part in showing our heritage it must be saved.
One event I look forward to every summer bringing all people together to learn new culture. You can't rid it.
WOW, what a great use of time and city muscle.
This is a beautiful event that happens in Toronto yearly bringing in people of all cultural backgrounds. Why would you take something away that is working & wonderful for our city?
So many of us have been supporting this wonderful, rich cultural festival for more than 24 years. My husband and I mark this annual event as our anniversary. Why is the city making it difficult for Afrikan culture to thrive in this city? The city needs to be providing incentives and rewarding these cultural initiatives, not discouraging them!
Afrocentrism needs to be a two day event
Being an African myself..I feel it's just simply unfair to decide to make such a cut to this amazing festival of all the many festivals that take place in the city. I and many other Torontians look forward to Afrofest each and every yr. There are many benefits to having a two day weekend festival..for example some ppl work or have other obligations on sat and can only make it on the Sunday and vice versa..plus there is alot to the African among culture that one day isn't enough to allow everyone to enjoy and experience it. Those are a few among other reasons. So please ...please. We kindly beg u to not tamper with Afrofest and just please leave it as is because many ppl will be unhappy if u go ahead with this change. Thank u in advance for ur consideration.
This is a beautiful event that brings not only the African community together but also the Caribbean community to enjoy 2 days of music, art and food. The faces in the crowd reflect the Canadian melting pot of all races to enjoy a Africa culture in a fun environment. Let's keep this 2 days of 365
I support maintaining the festival as a two day celebration of African and Afro culture. We as Canada are diverse. We need to be able to showcase and celebrate our diversities together :) Also Toronto is viewed as the most diverse city in the world... We must come together to support one another and where we all come from. Afrofest is a beautiful, cultural celebration.. so warm, so inviting, so inclusive.
It doesn't make sense to limit this annual event to just one day.
Save Afrofest!
It would be very unfortunate for the city to uphold this decision. The festival is worthy of 2 days
This is not right!
Love afrofest!!!!
Please leave the event as it has been for years