NOW in its 5th year, Lux Afrique Polo Day is the largest African polo festival in Europe, which attracts over 2,500 attendees per event. The day is all about incredible polo, fashion, African food and live shows, performers and the regal spirit of Africa.

The latest edition of the event takes place on Saturday, July 29 at the Hurtwood Park Polo Club, Horsham Lane in Cranleigh.

The man behind the event, respected entrepreneur, Alexander Amosu (below), gave The Voice some insight to the much anticipated occasion.

He said of the event: “When we looked at market, there wasn’t really any sporting events for us, people of colour and we decided that we were going to do something that would promote the Black excellence that we have in our society, celebrate kings the and queens in our community, and the best way we felt to do that was polo.

“A lot of people will probably say why polo? Black people don’t play polo! That’s false. Polo has been played in 18 countries across Africa since the 17th Century. If you go to Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, to name a few there are clubs and communities that play polo on a regular basis, as well as professionally.

“It’s just that these guys don’t get any promotion, and our job is to try and promote, encourage, and share to the world, these talented African players that play polo across different parts of Africa, bring them to the UK for a one-day tournament, and celebrate our culture, not just polo, our fashion, our food, our music.

“Polo is a significant sport that really embodies that luxury that celebratory aspect of our culture, especially Africans.

“Just because we are in Europe that doesn’t mean we can’t have that same mentality, polo is an important part of our lifestyle, and we need to encourage that and celebrate it.

“In 2018 we had just 600 people attend, which was amazing, we were very excited, and then it’s obviously grown over the years.”

Photo credit: Ashanti Maroon Photography