A sunny Sefton Park in Liverpool, saw about 20,000 people descend on it for the return of African Oye this weekend, the largest free African music festival in the UK. With music from a wide variety of countries like Senegal, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica and the UK and a vast selection of food and various stalls selling numerous items from these countries, this festival catered for everyone's taste.
The music was of course the highlight of the weekend, (apart from the Jerk chicken from one of the stalls). With some of the bands playing two hour sets, which might seem like a long time but the music and energy from each band was so captivating that the time just flew by. One act who stood out the most for me was Carlou D, from Senegal. His performance was to so hypnotic that you were swept away with every move, beat and lyric.
If you missed out on this event, I suggest that you mark it in your diaries for next year as if this years festival was anything to go by, you will be missing out on one of the best weekends Liverpool has to offer in relation to music.
Words: Alison Goggin
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