AFRICA CENTRE

Africa Centre is a charity and non profit organization founded in 2000 by a group of activists within the African immigrant community In Ireland who wanted the community to have a voice and promote their active participation in Irish society. The organization was officially launched in October 2001 by the then South African Ambassador to Ireland, Ms Melanie Verweord and Mr. Niall Crowley, former Chief Executive Officer of the Equality Authority. The African communities in Ireland represent in... themselves the variety of a vast continent with its own rich cultural diversity. The growing presence of these communities produced a need to provide a voice for the growing number of Africans in Ireland and this is what Africa Centre community participation is all about. An enhanced African presence in Ireland means that awareness, contact and exchange need to be central to the mutual advantage of all interested people. This was a key element in the original vision that saw the emergence of the Africa Centre in the early 2000.More