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Welcome to Acomi

Where diversity is our strength.

Join us in celebrating the vibrant tapestry of cultures within the African community in Manitoba. Together, we embrace our differences and unite in our shared journey towards empowerment and inclusion.

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2025 Folklorama Africa Pavillion

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Advancing Community Unity and prosperity

Welcome to the official website of the African Communities of Manitoba Inc. (ACOMI). Established as a non-profit, non-sectarian organization, ACOMI is dedicated to fostering a vibrant, engaged, and sustainable African Canadian presence across Manitoba. Our mission is rooted in the promotion of a culturally rich and economically prosperous, socially inclusive society, where the diverse voices and contributions of individuals of African heritage are celebrated and valued.

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Our Vision

At ACOMI, we envision a Manitoba where members of the African community thrive, empowered by their cultural heritage and united in their pursuit of common goals. We strive for a future where unity, friendship, brotherhood, and sisterhood flourish among people of African descent in Manitoba, fostering a sense of belonging and collective strength.

Our Commitment

Our commitment is deeply ingrained in the principles of unity, understanding, and service to our community. We aim to promote mutual understanding between individuals of African heritage and Canadians of diverse backgrounds, fostering a spirit of inclusivity and cooperation.

ACOMI is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the African community have access to essential goods and services necessary to address issues such as poverty, homelessness, education, health, nutrition, and social exclusion, delivered in a culturally appropriate manner.

Our Mission

Preserving Cultural Heritage

Central to our mission is the preservation of our common cultural heritage, while also acknowledging and respecting the unique identities within our community. We recognize the richness and diversity of our backgrounds, including the various languages spoken by our membership, and we celebrate these differences as sources of strength and resilience.

Activities, Event and Projects

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Events

“Empowering African Canadian Youth: ACOMI’s All That Kids Can Be Initiative”

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Programs

Building Inclusive Communities: ACOMI’s We Belong Initiative

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Courses

Celebrating Diversity: ACOMI’s Cultural Showcases

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Get Involved

Whether you’re a member of the African community in Manitoba or an ally interested in supporting our cause, there are numerous ways to get involved with ACOMI. From volunteering opportunities to community events and advocacy initiatives, your participation helps us further our mission of empowerment, unity, and social change.

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Join us

Join us as we work together to build a more inclusive, equitable, and prosperous future for all members of the African community in Manitoba. Together, we can make a difference. Welcome to ACOMI – where unity, culture, and community intersect.

Empowering Communities

Empowerment lies at the heart of ACOMI’s mission. Join us as we empower members of the African community in Manitoba by ensuring access to essential resources and services, addressing issues of poverty, homelessness, education, health, and social exclusion. Together, we can create positive change and uplift our community.

Upcoming Event

Folklorama Africa Pavilion 2025

The Folklorama Africa Pavilion is ACOMI’s flagship cultural event that has long served as a platform for celebrating music, food, dance, and cultural heritage of the people of African descent.
Get ready for the Africa Pavilion 2025

New Location! New performances! Guest artists! Exciting Cultural displays! Mouthwatering African food!

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ACOMI has spent the last 20 years helping to build a sense of community for people of African descent in Manitoba. Over this time, we have worked to ensure that our community has the capacity to help build Manitoba’s cultural and economic landscape through programs and projects like the Africa Pavilion, Ebola Awareness, and All that Kids Can Be. By building safe spaces for African-Canadians to share their story while developing their voices in Canada, ACOMI is providing people of African descent in Manitoba with the opportunity to meaningfully participate in their community through the celebration of culture and the mentorship and guidance of established leaders in our community.

As we look to the next decade of ACOMI and beyond, we want to continue to highlight the importance of finding ways for individuals to meaningfully participate in the traditions and celebration of their culture no matter where they are in the world. We want to continue to support our community in navigating what it means to call Canada home while still being able to freely engage in, demonstrate, and embrace what it means to be African. This is the capacity of the African Communities of Manitoba – to better support the needs of African-descended people in the province by acting on our vision and mission to unite people cross-culturally, to empower them to learn from and teach others, and to live each day with purpose. This is the way in which ACOMI’s role in Manitoba can sustainably impact and elevate our province.

That is why this year, we are launching the ACOMI, I Belong initiative. This initiative is geared towards helping ACOMI build its internal capacity for the benefit of the community. I Belong will work to activate the African community in a way that speaks to the current needs of people of African descent in Manitoba. Through I Belong, ACOMI is connecting with new partners and is working to galvanize supporters and community members at the intersection of their needs.

We have brought together a team of leaders from across Manitoba to help bring ACOMI into the future. As we continue to work towards developing internal processes and structures, I Belong will help to bring in the much-needed resources to maintain these structures and create a sustainable future for ACOMI. Through this, we will be able to better provide services throughout the community and better advocate for a Manitoba where all members of the community feel as though they belong here too.

As we continue to develop the initiative, which will include the rebranding and relaunch of ACOMI into the community through a new website, staff, and Board, we encourage you to follow us and support us along this journey. We are putting out a call to action to those individuals, families, and organizations that have been with ACOMI since the beginning, and those who are just getting to know us to join us as we bring together groups and align our purposes to better support people of African descent in Manitoba.

This year we are actively seeking your support to help ACOMI restructure our programs to better meet the needs of our community and support the economic prosperity of Manitoba by growing our youth programs that we anticipate will help to keep dozens of our youth out of gangs and involved in the traditions of their culture. We want to rebuild our libraries and databases to offer public information for where community members can have access to the products and businesses that respond to their unique tastes. We want to support our emerging leaders by building a roster of mentors and service providers across sectors that share their experiences and can support them as they look for jobs, mental health services, educational programming, and care centres. At ACOMI we want to increase collaborative opportunities across organizations that are serving African-descended people to better achieve these goals and better serve a population that is looking to more meaningfully belong. At ACOMI, we want everyone who accesses our services to be able to say, “I Belong here” and with your support we can accomplish this.

Please stay tuned for new ways to connect with ACOMI throughout the year through online media, events, and job and volunteer opportunities over the course of 2019. We look forward to having you work with us in building a Manitoba that helps to advance community unity, prosperity and belonging for all. We hope that this year, you will say it with us that “at ACOMI, I Belong too”.