TV personality Nandi Madida will make history in August when she hosts the Afropunk Fest in Brooklyn, New York. The BET A-list presenter made the announcement on Monday on social media. The line-up for the festival includes Solange Knowles, Raphael Saadiq and Macy Gray.

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.."

A post shared by nandi_madida (@nandi_madida) on Aug 13, 2017 at 11:15pm PDT

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