TV personality Nandi Madida will be hosting the Afropunk festival in Brooklyn, New York City on 26 and 27 August 2017.
The local celebrity shared the good news on Instagram: "I am both ecstatic and honored to announce that I will be making History as the FIRST AFRICAN to host at Afropunk Brooklyn in New York City 26&27 August 2017 🇺🇸. Dreams really do come true.#AfricanQueen 👑 they tried to bury us but they didn't know we were seeds.(sic)"
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Some of the acts performing at the festival includes Solange, Raphael Saadiq, Anderson Paak, Gary Clark Jr. & Michael Kiwanuka.
Afropunk is also set to come to Johannesburg in December with headline acts Solange, Black Motion, Laura Mvula.