THE 1ST GAM AFRO LATIN FESTGam Afro Latin Fest is an annual festival organised by Mboka Festival of Arts, Culture and Sport. The first festival will be held in Banjul in November 2024.
PRICE INCLUDES
PRE-TRAVEL
HEALTH AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
EXCURSIONS
An optional list of excursions will be available to select from June 2024. These will include: Day
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Gambia Trip InformationON ARRIVAL
Travelers are required to pay a £/€/$/20 security fee upon entry and a £/€/$/20 or D1000 airport departure tax. (This is the current rate. It could increase before November)
Information on this page will be updated regularly before departure HOTELS
Ocean Bay Hotel & Resort https://www.oceanbayhotel.com
Sunbeach Hotel (2-3 minutes walk from Ocean Bay Hotel) https://www.sunbeachhotel.gm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRbuHh-ncIY
ESSENTIALS
FLIGHT AND LUGGAGE
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Mboka means ‘One Family’ in Wolof and will offer festival go-ers a festival throughout January that celebrates Gambian cultural heritage alongside African diasporic cultural heritage.
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Three organisations, Camp Africa, Global Hands and SABLE Publications who work towards cultural and economic development and empowerment through arts, culture and sport, joined their skills, experience and resources together to create the Mboka Festival. The aim was to create a rich festival of possibilities for visitors and Gambian citizens alike, to experience Gambian culture and customs, new ones and those steeped in tradition.
These ideas and efforts have resulted in a festival that runs throughout January that celebrates Gambian cultural heritage alongside African diasporic cultural heritage. The longer-term objectives are to build towards a positive and peaceful and fruitful future that local Gambian can benefit from and visitors can experience. The Mboka Festival was launched in the midst of The Gambia’s 'new dawn' in January 2017, and inspired by that, the New Dawn literary event brings Gambian and international artists to the Mboka One Family stage. In 2018 and 2019 we have continued to celebrate and build towards a positive and peaceful future. |