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Greetings and salutations,
This week Proud to be African Clothing brings you another
wide variety of London based events, from debates; China in Africa, How Can
Mobile Phones Can Improve Development, BBM Songs of Empowerment, the I’mPOSSIBLE
Conversation, GEEDA Symposium, to theatre, Talawa Firsts, The Amen Corner, to
music Desert Rock, Beautiful Nubia, Malick Pathe Sow and Bao Sissoko to comedy
Oh Cashaaq!, to film, Onochie.
There’s something for everyone, enjoy!
At 6.00pm Altonative
BE: Business and Entrepreneurs Club will meet in the 5th Floor Restaurant, Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly. This
monthly meeting is a business coaching peer support group to help those that
want to progress their careers or businesses. Tickets are £5.00 bring lots of business cards!
Tuesday 4th June
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At 5.30pm the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies presents
China in Africa? in Room 261, Senate
House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU. Chaired by Professor Philip Murphy (ICwS) with
Professor Henning Melber (Dag Hammarskjold Foundation), this is a FREE event, turn up or RSVP here.
At 7.30pm the
play The Amen Corner opens at the National Theatre, Upper Ground, South Bank,
SE1 9PX. Directed by Rufus Norris it stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Sister
Margaret an uncompromising Pastor of a Harlem church, with Sharon D Clarke and
Lucian Msamati this tale of love grief and spiritual survival is accompanied by
music from the London Community Gospel Choir. Running till 14 August, tickets
start from £12.00 from here.
At 8.00pm is the
debut concert for Desert Rock at The Blues Kitchen, 111-113 Camden High
Street, NW1 7JN, this old school blues band combines North African and
Mandinka rhythms with earthy trancy blues, featuring Ramon Goose and band
members from his recent bands with Diabel Cissoko and the West African Blues
Project. DJ Jamie Renton will be playing cool pre and post gig sounds and it’s FREE! More details here.
Wednesday 5th June
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From 2.00pm to 4.30pm
the Planet Earth Institute presents How
Can mobile technology improve education in Africa? You Decide! In the House of
Lords, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, SW1A 0PW. This interactive workshop
explores how mobile technology can expand and improve education in Africa,
chaired by Anat Bar-Gera (YooMee Africa) with Professor Tim Unwin (Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organisation), Dr Niall Winters London Knowledge Lab) and
David Atchoarena (UNESCO). RSVP for this FREE
event here.
At 6.00pm BBM/
BMC hosts the BBM Songs of Empowerment
and Socio-Political Awareness Quiz in the Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martins Street, Leicester Square,
WC2H 7HP, this family friendly fun session aims to raise awareness of Black
British songs that do more than just entertain RSVP for this FREE event here or just turn up.
At 7.00pm Talawa
Theatre Company presents Half A Life
at Talawa Studio, 53-55 East Road, N1
6AH. Part of the Talawa Firsts Series dedicated to developing and showcasing
the best in new Black British writing. Written
by Rex Oban and directed by Clint Dyer this drama tells the story of Lee, Cara
and Barry whose search for identity lies in family, friendship and truths from
their childhoods. Tickets are £6.00
from here.
At 7.00pm Capital
Culture Gallery hosts ‘What makes visual
expression so spectacular in Africa?’
a talk by John Kenny at the Africa
Centre, 38 King Street, Covent
Garden, WC2E 8JT in which John discusses beauty in African communities as
illustrated through the shows pictures and explains why his professional focus
is within Africa’s tribal communities. Followed by a Q&A. Admission is £6.00 (free for under 16) all proceeds
are donated to Survival International
Thursday 6th June
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From 6.15pm to 9.15pm
is the I’mPOSSIBLE Conversation at
Pearson plc, 80 Strand, WC2R 0RL. This second anniversary event hosted by
Angela Ferreira (Media Consultant) will
feature Avis Charles (fashion and lifestyle brand owner KiVU), Leanne Higgins
(EMBF CIC and Deal with DC), Grace Ononiwu (Chief crown Prosecutor East of
England), Minna Salami (Ms Afropolitan blog) and June Sarpong (TV presenter)Tickets
are £25.00 with group discounts
available from here.
At 7.00pm Talawa
Theatre Company hosts a Q&A with
David Lan at Talawa Studio, 53-55
East Road, N1 6AH. Young Vic Artistic Director David Lan presents a case
study of the impact, difficulties and rewards of implementing one of the UK’s
most diverse programmes. Part of the Talawa Firsts Series tickets are £6.00 from here.
At 7.00pm Beautiful
Nubia will be performing at the Africa
Centre, as one of Nigeria’s foremost contemporary folk and roots musicians
he will be performing vocals and acoustic guitar, this is a FREE event but book by email.
Friday 7th June
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From 9.30am to 1.00pm
Machair Social Enterprise hosts African
Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Social Enterprise in Africa at 3 Space, 58 Victoria Embankment, EC4Y 0DS. This workshop delivered by Isebail MacKinnon
(Machair Social Enterprise) will give an aspiring social entrepreneur as action
plan, a clarified social enterprise idea and income stream model, an overview
of the suitable legal structure options, a draft market research plan and
business tools, resources and contacts. Tickets are £35.00 from here.
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At 6.00pm BBM/BMC screens Red Tails at Flash Musicals Theatre, Methuen Road, Edgware, HA8 6EZ. The film is about the famous all African American USAAF Squadron that served in Europe in WW2 will be followed by a Q&A. Tickets are £5.00 adults and £2.00 children from here.
From 6.00pm to
10.00pm KAYD Somali Arts and Culture presents Oh! Caashaq at Oxford House,
Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, E2 6HG. This love themed night of Somali
Poetry, Stories and music hosted by Prince Abdi and featuring Aar Maanta with
full live band, Ali Goolyad (De Gabay Poet), Fahmi Kastello (Poet ) and an
interview with Felix Cross MBE (artistic director Nitro Theatre) and Oladipo
Agboluaje (playwright). Tickets are £7.00
from here.
At 7.00pm Talawa
Theatre Company presents The New Voice
of Home at Talawa Studio, 53-55 East
Road, N1 6AH. Written and directed by Anthonette Isioma this play is about
the Opiah family who are rich, reputable and proud but are experiencing family
problems due to a generational gap. Part of the Talawa Firsts Series tickets
are £6.00 from here.
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At 8.00pm Loop Collective
presents Digital Africa at Rich Mix, 5-47 Bethnal Green Road,
Shoreditch, E1 6LA. Live modern West African sounds from Fofoulah launching
their debut EP Bene Bop and psychedelic Moroccan gnawa flavours of Electric
Jalaba with DJ Jamie Renton and Soundspecies on the decks with heavy tropical
tunes. Tickets are £7.00 in advance from here and £10.00 on the door.
At 9.30pm is the
London Premiere of the Nollywood film
Onochie at Odeon Cinema, Bugsby Way, Greenwich, SE10 0QJ. Starring Patience
Ozorkwo, Chidinma Aneke and Chidebere Aneke.
Tickets from £10.00 from here.
Saturday 8th June
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From 10.00am to
5.00pm is the GEEDA Inaugural
Symposium Launch at Khalili Lecture
Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, WC1H 0XG. GEEDA (The
Gender Education and Enterprise Development for Africa) aims to build an
inspirational platform for the development of Africa from a gender equality
perspective. Speakers include Alice Ukoko (Women Of Africa), Henrietta Miers
(International Consultant), Marianne Balle Moudoumbou (Pan African Women’s
Liberation Organisation) , Dr Wangui Wa Goro (Institute of Education), Vivienne
Hayes (Women’s Resource Centre), Viv Ahmun (Coreplan), Nathalie Montlouis
(SOAS), Patricia Lamour (Aspire Education Group), Naana Otoo Oyortey MBE
(FORWARD UK), Dr Kwadwo Osei-Nyame Jnr
(SOAS), Adelaide Sosseh (United Nations Girls Education Initiative), Theo Sowa
(African Women’s Development Fund) Teresa Sguazzin (Comic Relief) and Dr Titi
Bankjoko (Africa Recruit). RSVP this FREE
event here.
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At 3.00pm the
Caribbean Film Corner presents Carnival Saturday Soup & Abir Band
Launch at The Tabernacle, 35 Powis
Square, Ladbroke Grove, W11 2AY. Featuring
the documentary ‘Jab! The Blue Devils of
Paramin’ about the district of Paramin in Trinidad, filmed in the 2 weeks
leading up to carnival, the film follows Kootoo the King Devil as he prepares
with his 3 brothers to once again win the most convincing devil band
competition. Also showing will be ‘Mystic
Fighters’ a documentary based story on the ritual of stick fighting in
Trinidad and Tobago and the power of ancestral drums . Tickets are £10.00 adults,
£8.00 students and £7.00 concs from here.
From 3.30pm-5.30pm
are the Senegalese musicians Malick
Pathe Sow and Bao Sissoko at the Africa
Centre, with Sow playing the hoddu and singing and Sissoko plays the kora,
playing songs from their acclaimed album Aduna.
Following the performance there will be a Q&A with the Editor of Songlines
Simon Broughton. Tickets are £5.00 from
here.
At 10.00pm is the
Miss Caribbean UK ‘Beauty with a Purpose’
Pageant 2013 at Zanzibar Night Club,
291 Kirkdale Road, Sydenham, SE26 4QD. This is the first of the 6 part showcase
featuring 6 dance and 6 beauty pageants for 6 islands, Grenada, St Lucia,
Dominica, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda and St Vincent and the Grenadines. This
pageant involves the search for Miss Grenada. The winner will receive £1000.00,
free flight to the winners island, opportunities to meet dignitaries and
celebrities, TV and Radio Interviews and the opportunity to be crowned Miss
Caribbean UK 2013, more information and application forms on the website.
Tickets are £12.50 from here.
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Sunday 9th June
From 7.00pm to
10.00pm the Igbo Culture and Support Network hosts its June Meeting theme ‘Journey of an Igbo Man’ at
Claremont Project, 24-27 White Lion Street, Islington, N1 9PD, exploring
the cultural rites of passage for males through boyhood to manhood and a
presentation of Ethics and Values in Nigeria by Vincent Onyekwelu. Admission is
£5.00.
At 7.00pm Kat
Francois hosts Word4Word Slam at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry
Raffles Square, Stratford, E15 1BN, featuring 10 poets competing for £50.00
prize money. There will be featured acts and a limited open mic. Music and
drops from Sloetry the DJ. FREE entry
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