DURHAM, North Carolina - February 12, 2008—On April 12th, from 7:00pm–12:00am at the Durham Armory, 220 Foster Street, in Durham, NC, Triangle residents can dance to African music and enjoy African foods while supporting an important cause—helping to save African children and pregnant mothers from malaria.

This party with a purpose is hosted by the Bonjour African Malaria Project (BAMP) and will include live entertainment, dinner, exceptional dance music, and remarks from local dignitaries including civil rights historian and Duke Professor Emeritus John Hope Franklin, U.S. Congressional Representative David Price, Durham Mayor William “Bill” Bell, and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Peter Agre.

Each year, BAMP holds its African Dinner-Dance Party in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metro area to raise funds to buy insecticide-treated mosquito nets and deliver them directly to African children and youth through a community-based healthcare network in Linguere, Senegal.

This year’s African Dinner-Dance Party will feature live performances from local dance ensembles Collage and Paso y Paso. A complimentary buffet of African foods, including meat, fish, and vegetarian dishes, will be served. And a cash bar featuring beer and wine will be available.

After the food and entertainment, dancing starts with deejay Bouna Ndiaye playing a wide assortment of African pop music. Ndiaye is the host of the popular Bonjour Africa music show heard every Sunday from 4–6:00 p.m. on WNCU 90.7FM.

Tickets for the event are available for $25 in advance and $30 at the door, and all proceeds will go to the procurement of malaria interventions. For ticket information or other details about the African Dinner-Dance, please contact Bouna Ndiaye at (919) 215-4765 or www.bonjourafricaprojects.org.

The Bonjour Africa Malaria Project is the fundraising
project of Bouna Ndiaye and bonjourafricaprojects.org.
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