This weekend has been a bit of an up and down for Proud to be African Clothing one with tons of events and no sleep, T shirts and sweat shirts getting sold and the Nigerian Carnival UK although not as packed as one would have wanted was a great culture fest where I met many cool people and had a generally groovy time. The ICSN Iri Ji festival did not disappoint in terms of fine fine girls so despite having to brave the night bus from Camden it was worth it.
Next week is equally jam packed with the “Where are we now? Nigeria Heritage Festival” at the Albany Theatre, Deptford produced by the celebrated young Nigerian playwright Bola Agbaje in association with StoneCrabs Theatre. This is advertised as festival of theatre, film, music, fashion and all things Nigerian! A tagline which gladdens my soul! This week long festival runs from October 18th- 20th from 9.30am till 4pm and consists of documentaries, plays, spoken word, fashion shows and an authentic African market (authentic doesn't mean you start haggling when you come to my store!).
Also at the Stephen Lawrence Centre, 21 Brookmill Road, SE8 4HU on Tuesday the 18th there will be a Black History Month panel Q&A.
The Best of Nigeria Expo at the Excel Centre showcasing Nigeria’s non oil sectors on Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd with all manner of groovy things such as seminars, kids zones, dances, comedians, fashion shows etc but no discernable way to buy tickets that I can find!
Rounding up the week will be the AfricanMusic Festival (AMFest) taking place on Saturday 22nd at 4a Roach Road, Hackney Wick, E3 2PA, this celebration of African music and culture will have a salivating assortment of music, food, dance, comedy, poetry, fashion shows, Afro hair/ beauty shows, film screenings, creative workshops and so on. In other words alot, as well as the opportunity to get all your lovely Proud to be African Clothes from me!
Finally on Sunday 23rd the Africa Rocks Expo takes place at Hotel Russell, 1-8 Russell Square, WC1B 5B from 11am to 7pm, this is a new one day event that hopes to encourage people in the UK to see Africa differently and showcase Africa through a combination of seminars, networking opportunities, fashion shows, comedy shows and cultural activities. This year’s focus is Nigeria (ha!).
A full jam packed period coming up as you can see, hopefully you’ll pop by to one or two of them and say hi!
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