Residents are encouraged to get out their dashikis, agbadas and other traditional dress to experience the “heart of Africa” tomorrow night at St Paul Centennial Hall.Put on by the Rose Bell Women’s Missionary Society of St Paul AME Church, Harambee will feature entertainment from The Five Keys and the Bermuda African Dance Company and a poetry reading by Patricia Pogson.African foods will also be on offer and there will be information on the region’s safaris, jewellery and other cultural aspects.Organiser Madree Lindsay told The Royal Gazette: “There’s a sense of pride and joy in sharing our roots and the opportunity to wear African dress. It shows a connectedness.”The word Harambee means ‘let’s all pull together’ in Swahili and was the official motto of Kenya, she said.The event should is an opportunity for people to dress up in traditional African attire, sample the region’s cuisine and learn more about its music and dance.Ms Lindsay said: “I had been to South Africa in 1996 and it just warmed my heart to have been there. I just got jungle fever and loved the idea of having visited the Motherland.”She said she’d been to similar events here and elsewhere and always appreciated the community spirit they fostered.Tina Evans Caines will be the MC for the night. Ada Nyabonga, whose husband’s family is from Uganda, will serve as the chief patron.The event kicks off from 7pm until 9pm.Tickets, $50, can be reserved by phoning the church office on 2992-0505 or 292-0327. Proceeds from the event will go to the Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence and the St Pauls AME Restoration Fund.