Des moines African youth festival Awards

Des moines African youth festival Awards Des Moines African Youth Festival (DAFESTA) โ€“ A 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to inspiring, empowering, and transforming the next generation.

Hosting a festival that celebrates African culture and talent.

Aye, itโ€™s your boy ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘‘ Yโ€™all think he deserves the crown this yearโ€ฆ or what? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ†
04/12/2026

Aye, itโ€™s your boy ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘‘ Yโ€™all think he deserves the crown this yearโ€ฆ or what? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ†

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐“๐‹โ€ฆ the sound, the vibe, the energy, everything hitting different right now ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽง. Does deserve the Best Artist a...
04/12/2026

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐“๐‹โ€ฆ the sound, the vibe, the energy, everything hitting different right now ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽง. Does deserve the Best Artist award this time around?

Clean sounds, flawless delivery, and everything else on point ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ”ฅ Do you think the deserves the crown?
04/12/2026

Clean sounds, flawless delivery, and everything else on point ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ”ฅ Do you think the deserves the crown?

Who else?? The Sound makerโ€ฆ do you think Gasper deserves the BEST ARTIST AWARD for this year?
04/12/2026

Who else?? The Sound makerโ€ฆ do you think Gasper deserves the BEST ARTIST AWARD for this year?

Pay attention to the soundโ€ฆ Do you think .0 deserves the Best Artist Crown this year?
04/12/2026

Pay attention to the soundโ€ฆ Do you think .0 deserves the Best Artist Crown this year?

Do you think deserves the ๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐˜๐„๐€๐‘ Award?
04/12/2026

Do you think deserves the ๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐˜๐„๐€๐‘ Award?

The moment weโ€™ve all been waiting for is finally here.A new season. A new stage. A new level of excellence.DAFESTA 2026 ...
04/06/2026

The moment weโ€™ve all been waiting for is finally here.
A new season. A new stage. A new level of excellence.

DAFESTA 2026 is more than an event, it is a movement. A celebration of culture, identity, and the unstoppable power of African youth in our community and beyond. From music, dance, sports, and fashion, this is where the roots begin, and where greatness is recognized.

This is your chance to honor the voices, the talents, the leaders, and the creatives who have made an impact between April 1, 2025 and April 1, 2026. The ones who inspired us. The ones who elevated the culture. The ones who refused to go unnoticed.

๐Ÿ”— www.dafesta.org

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๐ƒ๐€๐…๐„๐’๐“๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ฆThe moment weโ€™ve all been waiting for is almost here!Nominations drop April ๐Ÿ“, 2026.ARE YOU READ...
04/01/2026

๐ƒ๐€๐…๐„๐’๐“๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ฆ
The moment weโ€™ve all been waiting for is almost here!

Nominations drop April ๐Ÿ“, 2026.
ARE YOU READY?

#๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐š

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐€๐…๐„๐’๐“๐€. Since the very fir...
03/08/2026

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐€๐…๐„๐’๐“๐€.

Since the very first edition, these amazing women have honored our stage as hosts, bringing elegance, talent, and powerful voices that helped elevate the Des Moines African Youth Festival to what it is today.

Your dedication, presence, and support have inspired our community and empowered many young women to believe in their dreams.

On this International Womenโ€™s Day, we celebrate you and all women who continue to lead, inspire, and uplift others.

Thank you for being part of the DAFESTA journey. The movement continues because of women like you.





03/01/2026

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ” ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ.

Six years of believing.
Six years of building.
Six years of community.

Thank you to everyone who made this journey possible.

We are now preparing for DAFESTA 2026 this August.
The date will be announced soon.

02/14/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐€๐…๐„๐’๐“๐€ ๐Ÿ’›
Where love meets culture and community becomes family.

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