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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Africa Night 2013 set Feb. 9 at Stephens Performing Arts Center

February 1, 2013
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The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï African Student Association invites the whole community to experience the beautiful and exuberant culture of Africa at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Africa Night 2013 from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Dinner will be served in the Barbara J. Marshall Rotunda and entertainment will be performed in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Performing Arts Center.

The evening will offer a traditional African dinner, dancing, African drama, a poetry reading and a raffle.

The dinner menu includes peanut butter soup from Ghana; beef spinach stew and poff poff from Cameroon; dorowat from Ethiopia; jollof rice from West Africa; and African tomato beef stew with steamed rice from Ghana.

Tickets are on sale weekdays at the Pond Student Union and Rendezvous Complex from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Prices for tickets purchased in advance are $7 for ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students, $8 for ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï faculty and staff, and $9 for the general public. Tickets cost $1 more at the door. Children under age 5 have free admission.

The African Students Association is a group of students from Africa and the United States who work to promote awareness of the realities in Africa and to strengthen the diversity of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï community.

The event is co-sponsored by the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï International Programs Office and the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Student Activities Board.

For more information, contact Larry Aboagye at aboalarr@isu.edu.

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