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612 Flatbush Ave
b/w Rutland & Fenimore
Brooklyn NY 11225
We Stock African Clothes for Men and Women
BQ Caribbean Life, July 5—July 11, 2019 25
Annual African Marketplace
of Africa annually take
their wares to the market.
From jewelry, beads and
ornaments, wooden and
metal crafts, art, fabrics,
skirts, shirts, pants,
dresses, hats, footwear,
furniture, soaps of all
kinds — look for the Shea
butter vendor by the tree,
he’ll be the one with the
smoothest, most healthylooking
skin.
And several masseurs
will be readily available
to provide neck and back
rubs.
Often situated nearby
the organic juice stands
where long reeds of sugar
canes are squeezed to a
pulp, mango, cucumber,
apples, oranges get the
same treatment.
Take this insider’s
advice, try the sour-sop
juice, I understand it has
healing properties.
Chess tournaments,
martial arts exhibitions,
fashion and natural hair
shows, a talent search,
kids play zone, dance
workshops, lemonade
and snow cones and
other novelty treats will
be readily available for
enterprising movers and
groovers.
Incidentally, a few
politicians mark this spot
in an election year.
They rely on its
reputation for attracting
huge attendance that
might swing a voting
bloc in their favor. This
off year for elections
might find them scarce
for handshakes however,
always making the scene
will be Inez and Charles
Barron, the Brooklyn
political couple attempting
to make a dent in state and
city constitutions.
As a matter of fact
throughout the years
three generations of
Barrons have been
making the scene. Last
year a grandchild carved
his own niche in the soil
for personal play.
African historians
Dr. Leonard Jeffries and
his wife Rosalind are
another power couple
who annually make the
holiday a must stop date
despite their busy cultural
calendar of events on the
continent.
“Ya Tond La taara”
is the theme of the 48th
annual.
From the Mossi people
of Burkina Faso the phrase
translates to mean “We
Are All As One.”
Organizers explained
that this 2019 outing will
commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the East
Cultural and Education
Center, an institution
founded by ancestor Jitu
Weusi and Aminisha
Black.
In the Midwest, the
Festival of Life celebration
repeats in Chicago.
Patterned from the
same Brooklyn template
African and Caribbean
talents distinguish the
offering founded by
Jamaican promoter
Ephraim Martin.
Perhaps the biggest
gathering of July 4
holiday weekend revelers
will celebrate the 25th
anniversary of the Essence
Music festival.
Slated for the New
Orleans Superdome,
Michelle Obama, the
avowed forever first-lady
will deliver a keynote
address. Eighty musical
artists are billed to
perform including Mary J
Blige, Erykah Badu, and
Missy Elliott.
Among others Al
Sharpton will moderate a
discussion.
He has attended every
year since the festival
began.
Senator Kamala Harris
and a long roster of
Democratic presidential
candidates are expected to
register attendance.
Happy holidays, eat
hearty and have fun.
Catch You On The
Inside!
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