Umeze ute (How are you in kinyarwanda)
Another fascinating week awaits with enough stuff to keep
you warm and dry. The London African Music Festival continues with a
scintillating serving of soul, sound and superlatives! From Queen Salawa Abeni,
Tony Kofi, The Venus Bushfires, Book Slam etc there is a wide selection of music,
with a smidgeon of literature and spoken word thrown in. Theatre is not left
out with African literary classic ‘Sizwe
Banzi is dead’ and Award winning ‘A
Boy and his Soul’.
Chatham House has its menu of topical events covering
Swaziland, South Africa, Sudan and Angola. An Evening with Dr Margaret
Mungherera the first African female President of the World Medical Associations.
Black Fundraisers Dragons Den, Queen Nzingha Lectures, Africa’s Cow Foot and
much more.
It may be raining outside, but we keep it as hot as
Equatorial Africa inside!
Have a great week
Monday 16th
September
At 12.30pm is Lost in Isolationism? Swaziland Elections
and Prospects for the Future at the Royal
Institute for International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE.
Chaired by Sir Richard Gozney (former British High Commissioner to
Swaziland) with Alex Vines OBE (Chatham House) and Dr Knox Chitiyo (Africa Programme) . This
report lays out the importance for regional and international engagement in sub
Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarchy ahead of Parliamentary elections. To
attend this FREE event contact ChrisVandome
At 7.30pm is A Boy and His Soul at The Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High
Road, Kilburn, NW6 7JR. Written and performed by Tony Award nominated actor
Colman Domingo, this is a story of a boys coming of age to the soundtrack of
70’s and 80’s Philadelphia. Running till 21 September, tickets start from £10.00 from here.
At 8.00pm is the Rachel Kerr Getting Started EP launch at XOYO, 2-7 Cowper Street, EC2A 4AP. The MOBO award winner will be in
concert with her band and ILuv Live. the genre crossing album will covers
reggae, R&B, pop and more, Tickets are £10.00
(£8.00 guest list by email)
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 7.30pm Tunday Akintan (Nigeria) will be performing at The Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, SW16 2ED.
The alto saxophonist, pianist and vocalist will be playing tracks form his two
albums ’Mind the Gap’ ‘Yorubeat Plus’ with his 6 piece band
mixing jazz, pop, funk and juju music. Tickets are £12.50 (£10.00 concs) from here.
Tuesday 17th
September
At 10.00am Chatham
House presents South Africa’s Experience
of Social Dialogue: Internal Dynamics and External Engagements at Chatham House. Chaired by Dr Robin
Niblett (Chatham House) with former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe
who will discuss South Africa’s strategies to evolve a common vision to
overcome internal challenges and to secure economic growth. For an invite to
this FREE event contact Tighisti Amare.
At 5.30pm Chatham
House presents Reaping the Revenue in
Angola: Extractive Industries Transparency and Governance at Chatham House. Chaired by Elisabete
Azevedo-Harman (Chatham House) with Elias Isaac (Open Society Initiative for
Southern Africa) and Dr Muzong Kodi (Chatham House) the speaker will evaluate
the progress made in transparency in Angola’s extractive industries and the
outstanding reforms needed to improve governance and accountability in Angola
growth. For an invite to this FREE
event contact Chris Vandome.
From
10.00am to 8.00pm daily, the Mosaic Festival returns
to The Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf,
Bargehouse Street, SE1 9PH. Running till 23rd September this
event showcases the best of established and emerging businesses/ organisations
owned by peoples of African and Caribbean descent. This year the event is
partnered with the London Design Festival and will fill 5 floors of the
Bargehouse with fine art, sculpture, design, jewellery, fashion, accessories,,
ceramics, live music and other performances. More details of this FREE event here
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 7.30pm The Venus
Bushfires (Nigeria) will be performing at The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL. This unique
collective focused on Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor and her psychedelic, tribal and
meditative music. Performing with the full members of the Venus Bushfires,
tickets are £10.00 (£7.00 concs)
from here.
Wednesday 18th
September
From 11.30am to
2.30pm BCA presents Doing Business
in Francophone Africa at Simmons and
Simmons, City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street, EC2Y 9SS. This briefing explores
the practicability of investing and trading in Francophone Africa and the
challenges that arise speakers include Alain Taieb (AGS-Mobilitas Group) who
will share his companies 20 year experience of operating in Africa, Paul-Harry
Aithnard (Ecobank Group) will highlight the experience of the financial
services industry, Yves Baratte and Christian Taylor (Simmons and Simmons) will
speak on minimising legal risks and then Luc Rigouzzo (Amethis Finance) .
Tickets start from £32.00 from here
At 6.30pm Ebony
Inspired UK will be at Beaufort
House, 354 Kings Road, Chelsea, SW3 5UZ. This networking event based on
black entrepreneurs networking and socialising. Admission is £10.00 from here.
At 7.30pm the
Young Vic presents Sizwe Banzi is Dead at The Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut,
Waterloo, Southwark, SE1 8LZ. This classic of African literature (I’m sure
triggering traumatic childhood memories for WAEC English literature students!)
is set in 1972 South Africa, where Sizwe Banzi’s passbook has only 3 days left,
so when he stumbles upon a dead body with a passbook he is forced to decide
whether his passbook defines who he is. Directed by Matthew Xia and running
till 28th September tickets are £15.00
from here.
At 7.30pm is Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom at Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank
Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, curated by Hannah Pool 27 leading writers
and performers celebrate the achievements of Nelson Mandela performing a piece
in his honour and an extract from his autobiography ‘A Long Walk To Freedom’. Performers include Ashley Zhangzha, Ben
Okri, Bernadine Evaristo, Beverly Naidoo, Carmen Munroe, Gillian Slovo, Imraan Coovadia, Inua Ellams (busy man!), John
Battersby, Joyce Moholoage, Lebo Mashile, Lemn Sissay, Linton Kwesi-Johnson,Marion
Molteno, Pamela Nomvete, Paterson Joseph, Patience Agbabi, Sharon D. Clarke,
Shingai Shoniwa, Sindiwe Magona, The Last Posts and Leeto Thale Tickets start
from £10.00 from here.
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 7.30pm Jaqee (Uganda) and Kasai Masai (Congo) will be performing at Cargo, 8 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY. Sweden
based Ugandan singer Jaqee makes her UK debut with her fusion of R&B, soul,
reggae, rock and Caribbean rhythms. Kasai Masai opens the show with sounds from
equatorial Africa. Tickets are £12.50
(£10.00 concs from here)
Thursday 19th
September
At 9.30am The UCL
Institute of the Americas hosts Assessing
Westminster in the Caribbean: Then And Now Conference in Lecture Theatre 10, 51 Gordon Square, WC1H
0PQ. This 2 days international conference has keynote addresses by
Professors Norman Girvan and Brian Meeks (University of West Indies) and seeks
to consider how the Westminster parliamentary model has been transformed in the
Caribbean, its impact on Caribbean democracy and the challenges the model has
faced since independence. Register for this FREE event here.
At 1.00pm the
Equiano Centre and Petrie Museum host Ideas
of African sculpture in Archaeology and art in Modern Britain at Petrie Museum,
UCL, Malet Place, WC1E 7HX. This workshop explores how African sculpture
was understood in the British artworldof the early 20th century and
the influence of Egyptian artistry on African Caribbean artists. Register for
this FREE workshop here.
At 5.00pm Chatham
House presents Policy Priorities for
Building a Stable Sudan at Chatham
House, with Dr Sayed El-Khatib (Centre for Strategic Studies, Sudan) who
will offer his thoughts on the policy choices Sudan must undertake to address
its economic and political concerns. For an invite to this FREE event contact Tighisti Amare
At 6.30pm is the Black Fundraiser Dragon’s Den event at The
Ability Media Centre, 56 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 0AS. This evening of
information sharing and networking will involve an opportunity to meet with an
expert for a one to one session and observe pitches to the panel of Dragons.
Tickets are £15.00 from here .
At 8.00pm is
Afrospot Live at the Rhythm Factory,
16-18 Whitechapel Road, E1 1EW, this platform for African culture will
feature Adesose Wallace, drummer Kofi Adu, Sonny Akpan, Alfred Kari Bannerman,
Kodjovi Kusj, Luzmira Zerpa with the Afrospot Ochestra, with DJ Fenomeno Show.
Entry is £5.00.
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 6.30pm is Book slam vs
London African Music at The Flyover Portobello, 3-5 Thorpe Close, Portobello,
W10 5XL. Hosted by Proud to be African Clothing designer and favourite Inua
Ellams, the event features author Noo Saro-Wiwa (Looking for Trans-wonderland),
soul-folk vocalist Bumi Thomas, poets Roger Robinson and Belinda Zhawi. Tickets
are £12.50 (£10.00 concs) from here.
At 7.30pm Queen
Salawa Abeni and The Yoruba Women Choir (Nigeria) will be performing at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre,
Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. This event sees one of Nigeria’s finest female
singers Queen Salawa Abeni (a Muslim) unite with the Christian Yoruba Women’s
Choir to perform a special arrangement of Muslim, Christian and secular songs
arranged by Funmi Olawumi and Queen Salawa Abeni they are joined by guitarist
Wale Thompson and vocalist Busola Oke Tickets are £20.00 (£18.50 concs)
from here.
Friday 20th
September
At 6.00pm the
East African Healthcare Forum and Africa UK present An Evening with Dr Margaret Mungherera President- elect of the World
Medical Associations at the Khalili
Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG. Dr
Mungherera as the first African woman to be elected president of the World
Medical Association will spend the evening in dialogue with members of the UK
African medical diaspora. Hosted by Dr Titilola Banjoko there will be 3 case
studies exploring how the diaspora can assist with strengthening healthcare
institutions in Africa, the first by Dr Wangui Manguyi, EAH Forum, Ralph Tanyi
(Malaria Working Group) and Dr Vuni Joseph Telemedicine Working Group. RSVP
this FREE educational and
informative event here.
At 7.00pm is Sadlers Wells Wild Card- Vicki Igbokwe:
Between The Lines at The Lilian
Baylis Studiom Roseberry Avenue, EC1R 4TN. This mixed bill of works features
3 premières of her works including her latest creation Our Mighty Groove,
joined by Alesandra Seutin and Ella Mesma. Tickets are £7.00 from here.
At 7.30pm is Africa’s Cowfoot!!! Sierra Leone
Storytelling Meets South African Acapella at Clemence Hall, Brisbane Street, SE5 7NJ. This one night special
features Sierra Leones Usifu Jalloh, Soweto’s Africa Entsha, Tanzania’s Mbira
maestro Saidi Kanda, Alim Kamara, Alusine Showers Jalloh, Lady Matto, Plumcroft
drummers and others. There will be jollof rice, snacks and market stalls. Get
tickets from £15.00 here.
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 7.00pm Sister Fa
(Senegal) will be performing at The
Flyover Portobello, is the outstanding Queen of Senegalese hip hop, using
her melodious lyrics to speak about womens rights. Performing in Wolof,
Mandingo, Jola and French, she will be performing with her full band. Tickets
are £15.00 (£12.50 concs) from here.
At 7.00pm Mulele Matondo Afrika and Congo Dia Ntotila perform at The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden
Town, NW1 7NL. Mulele Matondo Afrika and his 6 person band bring acoustic
roots music inspired by many African genres from Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cameroon, French Caribbean and the UK. Tickets are £10.00 (£7.00 concs) from here.
At 7.30pm The Fontanelles will be performing Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton Oval, SW2 1JG. Anyone who watched
FELA! The Musical will be familiar with the pulsating rhythms of this band that
provided all the live backing music. This 12 piece band inspired by the
legendary Fela, fused Ethio funk, jazz, film scores and much more. Tickets are £7.00 in advance (£10.00 on the door).
At 8.00pm Lekan Babalola and the Afrobeat Messengers (Nigeria) will be
performing at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11
Gillet Square, Dalston, N16 8AZ. The wizard percussionist will be
performing with his7 piece band, the Afrobeat Messengers fusing Afrobeat and
jazz. Tickets are £12.50 (£10.00
concs) from here.
Saturday 21st
September
From 12.00pm to 9.00pm is The Black Market and Film Festival at Platanos College, Clapham Road, Clapham,
SW9 0AL. This is an event to showcase and expose black cultural and
creative entrepreneurs to sell products, promote skills and engage with the
community. There will be seminars and screenings. Tickets are £10.00 for adults, £5.00 for children over 12 from here, more on the door
At 2.00pm YACnCAY
presents Who’s Child is it? Yours or
Mine at Kings College London, Guys
Campus, New Hunts House, London Bridge, SE1 9RT aiming to bridge gaps
between parents and their children with performances and inspirational
speakers. Key note speakers include The Most Revered S.A. Abidoye (C&S
Movement Worldwide), Chief
Superintendent Wayne Chance (City of London Police), Neil Hutchinson (Southwark
Borough Commander), Councillor Ade Aminu ((Deputy Mayor Lambeth), Eze Nacho
(author) and Mrs. Bukky Peters (YACnCAY). There will be workshops on Crime (not
how to commit them!), Education, Career Paths and Family Dynamics.
Entertainment including performances Jaz Ellington and appearances by the
Adesina’s of Channel 4’s ‘The Family’
Register for this FREE event here.
At 3.30 pm Young Entrepreneurs Association presents YEAh Live! at Montgomery Hall, 58 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SW. This event will give 18-30 year olds the opportunity ti meet, network and build interpersonal skills and learn from business owners and entrepreneurs. Speakers on the day include Yana Johnson Mbe, Yvonne Omini, Ernest Kouassi and a surprise guest. There will be exhibitors and a Branding for Success Workshop facilitated by Nicola Dillon (Brand and Design Strategist) and advice of applying for and obtaining start up loans by Julian Hall, African inspired fashion show by Mad Ethnik, live PA’s by Jen Titi-Lola Da Sweetnezz, Imanu’el Artist and Liliane Danielle Goualin and Live music by Pacific Vibrations with Tito Gomez . Hosted by Soulsnatcha and Nadina Goodman, admission is £5.00 here or £7.00 on the door.
At 5.30pm NABSS
and Black History Walks presents the Queen
Nzingha Lectures: Chocolate, Afros and Secret History in Room B36, Birkbeck
College, University of London, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, with Raw chocolatier
Corinne Dennis presenting an African history of chocolate. K.N. Chimbiri
(author The Secrets of the Afro comb, 6000 years of art and culture’ and will
present a comprehensive history of African combs. RSVP this FREE event here.
At 7.00pm is Get to Know Africa at Hackney Empire, 117 Wilton Way, E8 1BH. This cross art event dedicated to
exploring African inspired art with a selection of performances, from a live
band, to a percussionist with dancers revolving around 4 up and coming artists.
Tickets are £5.00 from here.
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 7.00pm
Fredy Massamba (Congo) performs at
The Flyover Portobello, the Congolese singer performs in Kikongo, Lingala
and has performed and toured with a wide variety of bands playing soul, hip
hop, funk and African chants. For his London debut he will be performing tracks
for his CD 'Ethnophony’. Tickets are £15.00 (£12.50 concs.) from here
At 7.30pm Fofoulah
(Gambia) and Minn Jiarabi will be performing at Hackney Attic, 270 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HE. Fofoulah features
a blend of cool grooves, polyrhythm and African praise song based around Wolof
drummers. Tickets are £8.00 in
advance from here or £10.00 on the
door
At 8.00pm Tony Kofi’s
Future Passed Trio (Ghana) at The
Vortex Jazz Club, this trios unique sound is built on Winston Cliffords
drumming, organist Anders Olinder’s B3 Hammond and Tony Kofi’s alto and
baritone saxophones. Tickets are £12.50
(£10.00 concs) from here.
At 9.00pm SonYambu
(Cuba) will be performing at The New
Empowering Church, 1a Westgate Street, Dalston, E8 3RL with DJ Green Papi
playing authentic Son Cubano rhythms from the streets of Santiago de Cuba a
true fusion of Afro Cuban music. Tickets are £12.50 (£10.00 concs.)
Sunday 22nd
September
The 11th London African Music Festival
At 2.30pm King Masco (Sierra Leone) will be performing at Bar 414, 414 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, SW9
8LN. This all day spectacular of
music and film will feature King Masco and his big band, singing in Krio, English
and French. Film screening is at 3.00pm and live performance at 6.00pm. Tickets
are £7.00 from here
At 7.00pm Cleveland Watkiss and the Heads and Feet House Band will be
performing at The Jazz Cafe. This
new all star band brought together by jazz legends Cleveland Watkiss and Tim
Whitehead has put grooves into classics and turned them into hard hitting jazz
dance tunes. Tickets are £15.00 (£12.50 concs) from here
At 8.00pm Hanisha
Solomon (Ethiopia) will be performing at The Vortex Jazz Club, the Ethiopian singer was brought up in the Ethiopian
church and sings in Amharic and Oromiffa, combining Amharic musical scales with
urban grooves. Tickets are £12.50
(£10.00 concs) from here.
At 8.00pm Muntu Valdo
will be performing at The Flyover
Portobello, the Cameroonian multi instrumentalist combines blues with
African traditional music. Playing with the Sawa Blues Band tickets are £12.50 from here.
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