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Culture, in the room.

Learning becomes a shared experience. ATA brings people together through cultural quizzes, conversation, storytelling and curated gatherings.

Bisi Akins and a speaker in front of an audience at the British Museum — ATA cultural programming at the British Museum.

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Learning people show up for.

Quiz · London

Know Your Roots at The Africa Centre

A live cultural quiz bringing African history and heritage into a shared space of questions, conversation and discovery.

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Culture · Conversation

British Museum Late

Know Your Roots and cultural conversation at the British Museum, creating space to reflect on African history, heritage and the narratives we inherit.

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Gathering · London

The Cultural Dinner

Held annually in celebration of Africa Day, Know Your Roots: The Cultural Dinner brings people together through cultural learning, food, conversation and recognition of our Cultural Vanguards.

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Annual Africa Day celebration

An evening worth
coming together for.

Know Your Roots: The Cultural Dinner brings cultural learning, conversation, food and recognition into one shared experience.

Guests seated around tables in the restaurant at ATA’s inaugural dinner

The Cultural Dinner · 2025

The first gathering.

Our inaugural Africa Day celebration brought together food, live learning, performance and recognition of our Cultural Vanguards.

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Guests smiling and clapping around a dinner table

The Cultural Dinner · 2026

A growing tradition.

Our second dinner made space for shared stories, cultural discovery and the people carrying knowledge into the future.

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

Audience members applauding during an ATA programme at the British Museum — Shared learning and audience participation.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Cultural Vanguards

Culture is carried
by people.

ATA recognises people whose work contributes to preserving, celebrating and carrying African culture and heritage forward.

We honour our Cultural Vanguards at Know Your Roots: The Cultural Dinner, ATA’s annual celebration of Africa Day.

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The Cultural Dinner

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Know Your Roots: The Cultural Dinner 2026

ATA’s second annual Africa Day dinner, bringing cultural learning, food, conversation and Cultural Vanguard recognition into one evening.

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