Event organizers say the African Descent Festival will not go ahead this weekend after the Vancouver Park Board refused to ...

Several business owners say they've lost thousands of dollars after the African Descent Festival in Vancouver was cancelled a ...

The vibrant celebration of Black culture, held annually since 2015, was abruptly shut down Friday morning as police moved in ...

As Vancouver's African Descent Festival celebrates its 11th year, one of the city's most beloved citizens is being put in the ...

The Vancouver Park Board says the African Descent Festival won’t go ahead at English Bay Beach this weekend due to unresolved issues.

Fans, supporters, solidas, local and international sponsors of African Descent Festival Vancouver BC. ★ The 4th annual African Descent Festival, July 21-22 ★ local, International artists such ...

Arts Features African Descent Festival makes the move to a spiritual home of Vancouver’s Black community by Mike Usinger on August 10th, 2023 at 12:04 PM 2 of 3 ...

Vancouver once had a thriving Black community but it was displaced when the Georgia Viaducts were erected. One historian aims to “bring back” the community through the African Descent Festival.

Vancouver's very first African Descent festival launched in Thornton Park Friday. Organizers hope to reclaim a once-thriving Black community in the city. Jane Wanjiru is originally from Kenya.

The African Descent Advisory Committee (ADAC) is "suspending its engagement with the VPD," former co-chair Sadie Kuehn wrote in a March 28 letter to the Vancouver Police Board.

It was supposed to be a weekend of music, dance, and food celebrating African culture at English Bay. But the African Descent ...