41 AFRICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL IS THE POPULAR ETHNIC CULTURAL EVENT HOSTED ANNUALLY BY THE AFRICANS IN MILWAUKEE INC., A COMMUNITY BASED NON-PROFIT CULTURAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF AFRICANS AND PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. THE ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CELEBRATED SINCE 1998 FEATURING FORKLORIC DRUMMING AND DANCING, ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE WITH BAND, INVIGORATING AFRO MUSIC, FASHION SHOW, CULTURAL SHOWCASES, DELICIOUS AFRICAN DISHES. THE EVENT ATTRACTS PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN WITH THE INVITATION OF LOCAL AND STATE ELECTED OFFICALS AND OTHER DIGINITARIES. THE EVENT ALSO COLLECTS FOOD ITEMS FOR DONATION TO FEEDING AMERICA AS A COMMUNITY PROJECT.