African Film & Art Festival 2023

Providence, Rhode Island. United States of America

The annual African Film & Art Festival (AFAF), hosted in Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, is a five-day cultural event celebrating the diverse ancestral music roots of the African diaspora and contemporary African cinema from various directors and production companies. Chance Kinyange Boas founded the festival as one way to preserve African culture. The event has gunned a growing fanbase with the help of various partners, collaborators, and sponsors like the Rhode Island Council for the Arts, Providence Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, 195 District Park, Columbus Theatre, Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island, and the Watson Institute Africa Initiative Center.