Panaf Festival in Belgium: Prowess, faults — the critic Festival TV

Signed post of opinion — "between prowess and organizational flaws": the 8th edition of the Panaf Festival confirms its status as a major rendezvous of the African diaspora, but criticism is leading to dysfunctions. The editorial voice that distinguishes Festival TV from a simple relay.

Born in Brussels — his first edition already brought together names like Awadi and Instinct Killers — the Panaf, "Sharing African Culture", is worn by DJ Prod. Edition after edition, he established himself as one of the major European meetings of the African diaspora: concerts, a forum and exhibitions — an entire culture to share, far beyond a simple programming.

The link with Festival TV is not dated from yesterday: the concert by Saifond Baldé at Panaf, hosted by Moïse 1er, serves as a home video for Festival TV. That is to say if this criticism is meant to be that of a road partner: demanding, because she believes that this festival can become.

And the road continues: the 9th edition is already announced, on 30 and 31 October 2026 — Panaf Village evening in Brussels on Friday, then the concerts at the Dome de Charleroi on Saturday — with Saifond Baldé leading the bill, surrounded by Sidiki Diabaté, Maa Bio, AB 6ylla, King Boss Laj, Doura Yzzy, Tiranke Sidimé, Goulam and Mr Barry. The bar is high: to the organization to keep, this time, all the promises of the poster.