The 3rd Annual Afrochic Cultural Arts Exhibition

The 3^rd Annual Afrochic Cultural Arts Exhibition opened its doors to their excited audience on Saturday 9^th June at the Great Hall on Queen Street West, for an evening of visual artworks, music, dance, dialogue and an African fashion cultural experience.

Afrochic Inc. is co-founded by Natasha Adiyana Morris and Amoye Henry who created this Toronto based non-profit organisation ‘to dispel negative conceptions of people perpetuated by stereotypes in media and society’.

This was the perfect event to embrace your African culture surrounded by vendors featuring African jewellery, clothing and naturally grown herbal health and beauty products all by the likes of  iHEARTmyHAIR , Tajah Charles, Locsuria, Asikere Afana to name a few.

The event was hosted by the comedy duo Femi Lawson and Ivy Prosper who introduced us to artists of all spectrums as we heard music from R&B singer Savannah Re who has worked with artists such as P. Reign. I was taken back by Andrew Forde who goes by the stage name of The Violinist, he has played at sold out concerts of over 30,000 people sharing the stage with established music artists such as Mary J. Blige and Justin Bieber. The Violinist executed instrumentals from his violin like I have never heard before. There was also a dance piece by Esie Mensah who was in the top 100 of So you Think you Can Dance Canada, and dialogue about an Afro-Caribbean hairdresser and also about being a black women in all her glory.

The fashion shows showcased colourful African prints fashionable and sophisticated. Most memorable to me was designs by Asikere Afrana her clothing was sophisticated yet sexy with short and long dresses to suit all.

Afrochic Inc seems to have gone from strength to strength as could be seen by the number of attendees and from the looks of this 3^rd annual event  I am sure we will be honoured with a 4^th year, so if you missed it be sure to keep a lookout for next year.

Amayo Henry- Co-founder walks the stage in a beautiful african inspired dress.





Esie Mensah- Dancer

Savannah Re- R&B Singer

Femi Lawson- Co-Host

Andrew Forde- The Violinist

Jeaninne Charles- Make-up Artist. Gave tips on make-up application.

Body Painting By Quentin Vercetty & Lelu Angwenyi

Body Painting By Quentin Vercetty & Lelu Angwenyi

Photography courtesy of Nadudvari Janos freestyle photographer and designer.

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