“Africa Atlanta 2014 was always meant to be more than an art exhibit,” wrote the Atlanta Business Chronicle, which sponsors the awards in partnership with the World Trade Center Atlanta. “While it has been anchored by Kongo across the Waters art exhibition…it has been highlighted by complementary events…designed to showcase Atlanta as the hub around which to re-energize relations between Africa, Europe and the Americas."

Pictured (l to r) are three members of the Africa Atlanta 2014 team - Managing Director DeShawn D. Jenkins, Ivan Allen College Development Director Juan McGruder, Dean Jacqueline J. Royster