Africa Day celebration hailed a success

THOUSANDS crammed into Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens yesterday to take part in the annual Africa Day celebrations.

Highlights of the free event included a music stage featuring Congolese musician Niwel Tsumbu, Irish musician Dave Flynn and Senegalese kora master Solo Cissokho.

Event organisers, the Government development body Irish Aid, said they were overwhelmed with the response to this year’s events, with a several thousand-strong queue having formed by early afternoon outside the main entertainment area.