SANIBONANI, HALLÅ, HELLO!
We are back with our 6th year of AFIA Festival! Join us in celebrating South African Culture from 12-18th of June 2022 with our lively and lovely packed schedule.
AFIA presents to you a 7 day festival celebrating MUSIC, DANCE and CULTURE from SOUTH AFRICA. Read about the week and an introduction of our artists further down:
We have various dance workshops from Monday to Saturday in isiPantsula, Amapiano and Bhenga by our invited South African guest teachers Gugu Malenda, Sibusiso Mthembu, David Mokale, Lwando Kasa, Bontle Modiselle and Kingofthenight.
Additionally, we have DJ workshops with Thandi Draai on Thursday (open) and Friday (Femme and non-binary).
We have a Pantsula lecture with Sibusiso Mthembu on Monday and a lecture about structured racism with Salem Yohannes on Wednesday. Following the lecture on Wednesday we have a Movie Screening and ending the evening with the official opening party of the festival at Hobo Hotel bar! Expect afrohouse, afrotech and amapiano with Thandi Draai, Cuebur and Aqua b2b Yaredo!
Friday we are celebrating Youth Day starting with an Outdoor jam in Tensta centrum with Dj Aqua from South Africa and an open dance floor.
Saturday afternoon starts with a workshop in Bhenga, and continues with an insightful Panel Discussion on project management. Followed by WOZA JAM to start the weekend and enjoy an evening dancing with family, friends and new faces! DJ Cheza will provide us with a wide horizon of music with the roots from the African Continent, a 1vs1 BATTLE where we invite everyone to participate and dance free of style.
Lastly, wrapping up Afia Festival and what is going to be an exhilarating week, with CLUB WOZA on Sunday. Where we invite you to celebrate in dance and music with us and our vibrant DJ line up to be announced! Providing you with amapiano, afrotech and afrohouse music. What an ending!
TICKETS:
220 sek per workshop
Workshop Capacity
25-30 People per workshop
For drop in: NO SWISH, NO TAP, NO SWIPE (basically no card payments) on the day. Bring cash!
“This year’s Festival in collaboration with Blå huset Tensta, Bontle Modiselle Dance Studio, Riksteatern, IVER, Gatuverket, Studiefrämjandet, Hobo Hotell, Kollektivlivet, Tensta Dansar, Sneakers and Stuff”
With support by:
Nordisk Sparbanksstiftelsen Skåne, Stockholm Stad, United Soul, Kulturrådet, Konstnärsnämnden
EVENT SCHEDULE
GUEST TEACHERS LINEUP
Isipantsula workshops
Isipantsula workshops
Sibusiso Mthembu (ZA)
Sibusiso Mthembu (ZA)
Hailing from the dusty streets of Orange Farm, South Africa, SBU is not only a professional dancer, choreographer and dance facilitator but an avid lover of the Pantsula Culture. He is passionate about mentoring the up and coming youth in South Africa as well as traveling abroad to share the knowledge, history, culture, and music of isiPantsula. We are blessed to have had him as part of the festival since our first year in 2016.
Isipantsula workshops
Isipantsula workshops
Gugu Malenda (ZA)
Gugu Malenda (ZA)
She joined us at our festival for the first time in 2019, and if you were there you know her! This warm-hearted talented woman can definitely lift the vibe in a room. She is one talented dancer from Orange Farm South Africa.
Isipantsula workshops
Isipantsula workshops
David Mokale (ZA)
David Mokale (ZA)
The dusty streets of Orange Farm, South Africa is where he's from and Pantsula is his language. David is a dancer with a strong connection, feeling and character. Few people we know can take off as he does. When he dances he takes you with him on a journey.
Isipantsula WORKSHOPS
Isipantsula workshops
Lwando Kasa (ZA)
Lwando Kasa (ZA)
Lwando is a pantsula dancer from Orange Farm South Africa, though he is our youngest teacher of the festival he holds a lot of experience of over 10 years of dancing with the dance company “Real Actions Pantsula”. He now both produces music, dances and djs!
Amapiano Workshops
Amapiano Workshops
Bontle Modiselle (ZA)
Bontle Modiselle (ZA)
Bontle is a leader of dance & dance culture in Africa through multiple disciplines. It is in dance that Bontle has found her true identity. It is through the art of dance, whether as a performer, choreographer, or director that Bontle found her feet in the African entertainment industry, and more importantly where she found her purpose and passion on a personal and professional level.
DJ workshops
DJ workshops
Thandi Draai (ZA)
Thandi Draai (ZA)
Hailing from Kwa-Zulu natal in South Africa Thandi Draai is a producer, vocalist, Dj and songwriter. She is booming right now as the first black woman in South Africa to release a complete self-made EP. Her fierceness to acquire all 4 skills has gotten her much admiration and support from some of the biggest labels and artists in South Africa.
DJ LINE UP
AQUA (ZA)
AQUA (ZA)
A young and upcomign talent from Orange Farm that started off as a pantsula dancer but in the last 2 years started producing his own beats for the Pantsula company to dance to. The love and joy of producing the music led him into also wanting to deejay. Aifa Festival will be his debut behind the decks!
THANDI DRAAI (ZA)
THANDI DRAAI (ZA)
Hailing from Kwa-Zulu natal in South Africa Thandi Draai is a producer, vocalist, Dj and a songwriter. She is booming right now as the first black woman in South Africa to release a complete self-made EP. Her fiercness to acquire all 4 skills has gotten her much admiration and support from some of the biggest labels and artists in South Africa.
DJ CHEZA (SWE/DRC)
DJ CHEZA (SWE/DRC)
Chezas journey started in the woods of Åsa Folkhögskola 2013. Now almost 10 years later he is no stranger to neither the dance community, battle scene nor the club scene. He has been playing at dance events, clubs and festivals all around Sweden as well as abroad. In 2019 Cheza performed a tribute Showcase for the award winning Grandmaster Flash himself aswell as the royal family and millions of people watching on national tv.
CUEBUR (ZA)
CUEBUR (ZA)
Cuebur is a South African Music award nominated music producer, mix engineer and club DJ with that tribal/deep house music sound that we love! This is his second visit to Sweden.
YAREDO (SWE)
YAREDO (SWE)
A multi talented artist based in Sweden with roots from both Sweden and Ethiopia. Yaredo is known for his amazing selection of music and playfulness behind the decks. He is also a dancer and a music producer with lots of inspiration from the South African music scene.
BEDIANE JOZINIGHTS
BEDIANE JOZINIGHTS
Scandinavian / Motswana “Bediane” from Jozi Nights has been introducing homegrown electronic music to the minimalist club scene of Scandinavia and abroad ever since 2010. The eclectic sounds she delivers came with an urge to change an erceived notion of what the crowd sees as traditional house and soul, and have people freely go on an adventure whilst listening to the most intoxicating tunes. In 2016 she followed her passion to South Africa to perfect her craft. She and Primrose introduced the Jozi Nights concept which celebrated Afro House, Gqom, and Amapiano, and continued to spread their love for music to clubs and festivals across Scandinavia and South Africa ever since. She has been a strong ambassador for electronic music that is deeply influenced by African rhythms for the past years and her uplifting presence and passion for the music she loves is contagious - both on and off stage.
