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Know Your Roots:
The Cultural Dinner.

ATA’s annual Africa Day celebration, bringing people together through cultural learning, food, conversation and recognition. Explore the second dinner in 2026 and the inaugural evening in 2025.

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The Cultural Dinner · 2026

Africa Day,
around the table.

Learning, food, shared joy and Cultural Vanguard recognition at our second Africa Day dinner.

Bisi Akins and host Mistar Alvin holding microphones as they lead Know Your Roots together at the 2026 dinner — Bisi Akins and host Mistar Alvin leading Know Your Roots together.

Guests seated at a table as drinks are served at the 2026 dinner — An evening of cultural connection, around the table.

A guest with purple braids holding a microphone at the dinner table — A space for stories and perspectives.

A guest in a colourful dress speaking into a microphone at the dinner table — Sharing what culture means to us.

A guest in a beige shirt and glasses speaking into a microphone at the dinner table — Conversation is part of the learning.

A chef preparing dishes for the 2026 Cultural Dinner — Care and creativity, behind every plate.

Plates of food arranged for service at the 2026 Cultural Dinner — Food, shared as part of the experience.

Guests smiling and clapping around a dinner table — The joy of coming together.

Guests raising their hands and smiling during the 2026 dinner — Curiosity becomes a shared experience.

Guests cheering and raising their arms around a dinner table — Learning, laughter and shared discovery.

A guest smiling and clapping at the dinner table — Celebrating the people in the room.

A guest holding a microphone beside the Know Your Roots quiz screen at the 2026 dinner — A moment of shared discovery.

A guest in green with purple braids smiling with a drink at the dinner table — Connection and laughter, around the table.

Bisi Akins and host Mistar Alvin holding microphones as they lead Know Your Roots together at the 2026 dinner — Bisi Akins and host Mistar Alvin leading Know Your Roots together.

Bisi Akins with Smade in blue traditional dress and a cap at the 2026 dinner — Cultural connection at our second dinner.

Smade in blue traditional dress and a cap raising his Cultural Vanguard award — Smade celebrating his Cultural Vanguard recognition.

Bisi Akins in front of the ATA and Know Your Roots backdrop at The Cultural Dinner 2026 — Bisi Akins, founder of All Things Africa · The Cultural Dinner 2026.

Àsìkò holding his Cultural Vanguard award in front of the ATA backdrop — Àsìkò · Cultural Vanguard 2026.

Anthony Azekwoh in a black top and sunglasses, holding his Cultural Vanguard award — Anthony Azekwoh · Cultural Vanguard 2026.

Hannah Ajala in an orange dress, speaking and holding her Cultural Vanguard award — Hannah Ajala · Cultural Vanguard 2026.

A representative of Kugali Media in grey with glasses, speaking and holding the Cultural Vanguard award — Kugali Media · Cultural Vanguard 2026.

Smade wearing a cap, speaking and holding his Cultural Vanguard award — Smade · Cultural Vanguard 2026.

Sauda Imam wearing a blue headwrap, speaking and holding her Cultural Vanguard award — Sauda Imam · Cultural Vanguard 2026.

The Cultural Dinner · 2025

The inaugural evening.

Guests, shared learning and Cultural Vanguard recognition at our inaugural Africa Day dinner.

Guests seated around tables in the restaurant at ATA’s inaugural dinner — The inaugural Know Your Roots: The Cultural Dinner.

Sophia Thakur in gold performing with a microphone at the inaugural Know Your Roots dinner — Sophia Thakur performing at the inaugural dinner.

Guests seated at the inaugural ATA dinner, with a phone and food at the table — Shared moments around the dinner table.

Two guests smiling with drinks at the inaugural dinner — Sharing an evening of culture and connection.

Guests seated along a dinner table with plates of food at the inaugural dinner — Food, conversation and shared discovery.

A guest in red smiling and applauding at the inaugural dinner — Celebrating the people in the room.

A guest in white holding a microphone at the inaugural dinner — Space for stories and perspectives.

A smiling guest seated at a dinner table — The joy of coming together.

A guest in a lilac dress smiling at the inaugural dinner — An evening to remember.

Guests talking together in the restaurant at the inaugural dinner — Connections beyond the table.

Guests sharing laughter and an animated moment around a dinner table — Learning, laughter and shared discovery.

Two guests in gold and red together at the inaugural Know Your Roots dinner — Together at the inaugural dinner.

Three guests posing together in front of the ATA and Know Your Roots backdrop — Community, brought together through culture.

A guest in black smiling at the dinner table — Connection and laughter, around the table.

Guests holding carved awards at The Cultural Dinner 2025 — Recognising the people carrying culture forward · The Cultural Dinner 2025.

Guests laughing around a table at The Cultural Dinner 2025 — Learning, laughter and shared discovery · The Cultural Dinner 2025.

Guests in conversation at The Cultural Dinner 2025 — Cultural connection, around the table · The Cultural Dinner 2025.

A guest speaking into a microphone at The Cultural Dinner 2025 — A space for stories and perspectives · The Cultural Dinner 2025.

Guests at the inaugural Cultural Dinner in 2025 — Coming together through culture · The Cultural Dinner 2025.

A carved award at The Cultural Dinner 2025 — Cultural contribution, recognised · The Cultural Dinner 2025.

Fuse ODG in green holding his Cultural Vanguard award — Fuse ODG · Cultural Vanguard 2025.

Nyasha Michelle in brown holding her Cultural Vanguard award — Nyasha Michelle · Cultural Vanguard 2025.

Nife with blue hair holding her Cultural Vanguard award and speaking into a microphone — Nife · Cultural Vanguard 2025.

Gracey Mae in blue with her Cultural Vanguard award at the inaugural Know Your Roots dinner — Gracey Mae · Cultural Vanguard 2025.

Adwoa and Solomon of Adeche Atelier with their Cultural Vanguard award — Adeche Atelier · Cultural Vanguard 2025.

Theresa Lola in red holding her Cultural Vanguard award — Theresa Lola · Cultural Vanguard 2025.

Gracey Mae in blue speaking at the inaugural Know Your Roots dinner — Gracey Mae at the inaugural dinner.

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