BRIDGES - CRO-AFRO party in Buena Vista Club Zagreb

The event titled CRO-AFRO party was held in Buena Vista club in Zagreb and consisted two workshops led by dancers and musicians working in Afro Badinya: a drumming workshop and an Afro dance workshop. A Senegalese chef living in Croatia prepared tasty Senegalese food for the guests. After the workshops Ghanaian acrobat living in Croatia performed a show, followed by a musical performance of Zbor Domaćigosti (choir Homeguests) singing together with members of Afro Badinya. Finally, a percussion performance together with an open-for-all musical jam session closed this culturally rich evening. The event brought together new members of Croatian society and locals in an attempt to bridge the gaps of our differences through cultural exchange! 

Afro Badinya, meaning African family, is an association open to everyone, consisting of both migrants and locals. Afro Badinya is promoting African cultural heritage through creative musical and artistic projects. The association stresses its goals are intercultural exchange, promotion of equality for all and prevention of racial discrimination.

The choir Domaćigosti (Homeguests) is an amateur choir consisting of old and new members of Croatian society, where it is not important who is “local” and who is “foreigner”. The choir was founded in 2016 and has been preforming in different world languages, with a goal to reduce prejudices and xenophobia in Croatian society through cultural exchange.

Domaćigosti and Afro Badinya have been working tirelessly together preparing the songs they performed in the event.