Africa: Fespad Launch Becomes a Spectacular Show (picture Gallery)

24 February 2013

The launch of the 8th edition of the Pan African Dance Festival (FESPAD) became a spectacular event despite being postponed from Saturday 23, to Sunday 24. It started off as planned at Amahoro National Stadium on Saturday before a heavy storm descended on the thousands of people waiting, causing the organizers to postpone it to Sunday and move it to Petit Stade.

The ceremony was attended by different dignitaries among who First Lady Jeannette Kagame, Youth Minister Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Trade and Industry Francois Kanimba and Clare Akamanzi, the CEO of Rwanda Development Board which is also the organizer Of FESPAD 2013 and Protais Mitali the Minister of Sports and Culture.

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