Week of 25th November: Mandela- Long Walk to Freedom, Manu Dibango, Google Top Black Talent, PFA Winter Networking, Women at the Top, A.R.I.S.E., Numbi Afro Disco, Black Book Swap, Angie Le Mar, African Business Expo

I ni cheh (hello in Bambara),

This week sees Proud to be African Clothing has another wide range of events for you.

Films such as the Kite Runner, a preview of Mandela-A Long Walk to Freedom,. Poetry and Spoken Word withUncle Errol Returns with the final Poetry Jam of the year. Literature sees the Black Book Swap return to Brixton, while Mama Jumbe’s Book Club discusses short stories. Music with Manu Dibango’s 80^th Birthday and Numbi’s Afro disco. Seminars and Talkson Central African Republic, Paul Robeson, Google Top Black Talent. Networking with Professionals for Africa, African Business Expo and Uptions.

And much much more

Have a great week

Monday 25^th November

At 6.30pm is a Preview Screening of Mandela- Long Walk to Freedom at the Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, W2 1QJ. Based on Mandela’s autobiography, starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, it will be followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Bill Nicholson. Tickets are £10.00 from here.

At 6.30pm is Black Bloomsbury in Conversation: Paul Robeson, politics and interwar London at the UCL Art Museum, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT. Jordan Goodman author of Paul Robeson: A Watched Man and Hakim Adi (author and lecturer) will discuss Robeson’s legacy and influence, Register for this FREE event here.

At 7.00pm Lets Watch screens The Kite Runner at the Juno Bar, 134-135 Shoreditch High Street, Shoreditch, E1 6JE the movie based on the novel of the same title about two young boys growing up in 1970’s Afghanistan, with their lives torn apart by the Russian invasion. Tickets are £2.00, for more information check here. 

Tuesday 26^th November

At 7.30pm is Manu Dibango’s 80^th Birthday Celebration in Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS. The renowned world music pioneer of ‘Soul Makossa’ fame returns to London with special guests for an electric live performance. Tickets start from £20.00 from here.

Wednesday 27^th November

At 3.00pm Chatham House presents Crisis and Response in the Central African Republic: Challenges to Delivering Frontline Humanitarian Assistance at Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE. Jose Bastos (Medecin Sans Frontieres, Spain) and Patricl L’Hote (ICRC) will discuss their recent experiences in CAR and highlight the humanitarian impact of the latest bouts of violence. For more information about this event contact Chris Vandome. 

At 5.30pm Flavourmag presents Google Top Black Talent an Online Hangout. The 6^th in this series for black students and professionals is on Sales and Branding, featuring Adrian Joseph (Google), NMichael Barclay (Pluck), Nick Smith (All3Media International), Osita Osadebe (Gumtree), Clive Davis (Freelance Business Development Executive) and Bianca Miller (The B Group). This is a FREE Online event.

At 6.00pm is the Professionals For Africa Winter Networking Event at Cape Bar, corner of Wood Lane and Love Street, City of London, EC2V 7JQ.. this extremely popular event returns for the winter edition. In fact its so popular it is split into two, with Business networking from 6.00pm to 8.00pm and Social Networking with a music video from DJ Bobbi for those who wish to relax. Open to all Africans or those with interest in Africa register for this FREE event here. 

At 6.00pm the Inspirational YOU presents Women at The Top at the House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, SW1A 0AA. This panel discussion hosted by Garry Green (Barrister, 2 Bedford Row Chambers) is a celebration of female leadership and gender diversity on the boardroom, with Tracy Ayling QC (2 Bedford Road Chambers), Samantha Johnson (The Sun), Tessy Ojo (Diana Award), Gina Miller (SCM Private), Caryl Longley (Deloitte LLP), discussing women in competitive industries, breaking the glass ceiling, mentoring and being visible, register for this FREE event here. 

At 7.30pm is Uncle Errols Poetry Jam 13 at the Vibe Gallery, 100 Clements Road, Bermondsey, SE16 4DG. Feature act is Tsega Tebege, along with open mic for experienced and beginner poets and spoken word artists, with a £40.00 prize to the poet the audience likes most. Entry is £4.00

Thursday 28^th November

From 10.00am to 9.00pm Private Equity Africa hosts Raising Funds for Africa Investment at Charles Russell, 5 Fleet Place, EC4M 7RD. Leading experts will expand on the practicalities of fundraising successfully for Africa with master classes and panel discussions on top LPs for Africa, Track record proxies, fund positioning and marketing, placement agents, investor and media relations, building the right team, GP due diligence, risk and regulations and lessons learnt. Tickets start from £95.00 from here. 

At 6.00pm BCA hosts Sourcing Talent for Business in Africa’s Emerging Markets at Stephenson Harwood, 1 Finsbury Circus, EC2M 7SH. This panel discussion on how companies can access, attract and retain the best talent in Africa and from the diaspora will feature Clare Reilly (Diageo), Frances Mensah Williams (reconnect Africa) and Karl Craven (Global Solutions) and chaired by Lanre Akinola (This is Africa). Tickets (inclusive of buffet) start from £32.00 from here.

At 6.00pm the National Council of Barbadian Associations presents Celebrating 46 Years of Barbados Independence at the Barbados High Commission, 1 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3ND. This evening celebrates 47 Years of Barbados Independence with a panel discussion, folk singer and poetess Patricia Chase and an Expo of Barbadian Products. Discussing the topic ‘Why Caribbean women are perceived as dominant’ will be Alan Smith, Tony Sealy and Francoise Hendy, chaired by Marilyn Devonish. Register for this FREE event here. 

At 7.00pm the Central London Debating Society hosts The Future of the Rwandan Economy at Morgan Stanley, 20 Bank Street, E14 4AD. This debate and discussion focuses on how the City can ai the growth of emerging economies with a special focus on Rwanda with a panel made up of business owners and international development experts. Although this event is FREE a donation of £5.00 is recommended here. 

At 7.30pm is the Mama Jumbe’s Book Club at Mama Jumbe’s, 350 St Katherine Street, E7 8NW, reading Miss Lora by Junot Diaz with music by DJ Gabe. Guest author will be Robyn Travis (Prisoner to the Streets). More details of this FREE event here. 

Friday 29^th November

From 9.00am to 6.00pm is the Africa Business Expo at the ILEC Conference Centre, Lillie Road, SW6 1UD. This networking event seeks promote African socio economic and infrastructural development showcasing emerging markets, SME’s and providing business growth opportunities. Register for this FREE event here. 

From 10.00am to 6.00pm is the Foreign Direct Investment Opportunity in Nigeria Exhibition at America Square Conference Centre, 1 America Square, EC3N 2LS.register for this FREE event here.

 

From 10.30am to 4.30pm Positive Inclusions hosts Skills Day: Take Your Future Into Your Own Hands at Barclays Bank Headquarters, 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, E14 5HP. This event will provide support and career guidance, assistance in compiling a great CV and developing excellent interview techniques. Guest speakers include Mavis Amankwah (PR Guru) discussing hiring new staff, Winsome Duncan (The Healing Factory) will be delivering a Proactive Employment Workshop, Sophie Lau (from BBC’s The Apprentice) will be telling her personal story as a restaurateur and Project Manager and Lesley Dube (Positive Inclusions) will be discussing the Governments Start Up Loans Programme. Register for this FREE event here

At 4.30pm African Partnership Development UK presents the 2013 UK Diaspora Trade and Investment Summit at MacMillan Hall, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, Russell Square, WC1E 7HU. This is for UK based Nigerian and UK/ EU investors looking to do business in Nigeria, giving access to Nigerian Government support schemes, company registration by Nigeria Corporate Affairs officials, access to corporate business funding and networking. Register for this FREE event here.

At 5.00pm is the C.Hub Magazine Anniversary Fashion and Music Banquet at Ravensbourne, 6 Penrose Way, the O2 Greenwich, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0EW. Compered by Tola Onigbanjo (Women4Africa) this event celebrates the first year of C. Hub magazine, with a catwalk and fashion showcase endorsed by Adebayo Jones with designers Kgtkkt and Eldimaa Fashion, jewellery by Jodyline London and Dapri Jewels London, entertainment by afrobeats sensation Komo Official, rapper Yezzi Yezzir, dancers Iam Movement Duo Dancers, GOP Girls Dance Group and DJ Fasida on the decks. Tickets start from £30.00 from here. 

At 6.00pm Uptions presents End of Year Festive Networking Night at Dog Eared Films, 25-28 Field Street, Kings Cross, WC1X 9DA for African Caribbean entrepreneurs, innovators and professionals who wish to widen their social circle and build professional and personal relationships. Admission is £5.00 (or 2 for £6.00) from here.

At 6.30pm is Come Rhyme With Me.. London at Cottons Islington, 70 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP. This evening of rhyming and a 3 course Caribbean meal hosted by Dean Atta and Deanna Rodger, will feature an Open Mic with the Appetisers, Starter with Spike-The Corby Poet, the main with Joelle Taylor and Dessert with EZ Stone. Admission is £12.50 (supper included) or £7.50 entry only from here, concessions available. 

At 7.30pm is Love Unlocked at Mama Jumbe’s. This 30+ Lock and Key Party for single professionals hosted by Awele Odeh is a unique way to meet new people in a relaxed environment, every girl has a padlock and every guy a key, every time you get a match you get a ticket that enters you into a raffle as well as a nifty ice breaker! With music by Yung Milli, tickets are £15.00 from here.  

Saturday 30^th November

From 12.00pm to 6.00pm Eldimaa Fashion hosts The Afro- Caribbean Shopping Experience at the Adulis Oval, 44-46 Brixton Road, SW9 6BT, featuring fashion, art, jewellery, accessories and food by African Caribbean inspired business owners. More details about this FREE event here.

At 12.00pm is Black Book Swap 4, Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG. Featuring Bernadine Evaristo author of 7 books, Lloyd Bradley (author of Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital), Irenosen Okojie (featured in the anthology Flight) and Nadifa Mohamed (The Orchard of Lost Souls). There will also be the usual large selection of novels and non fiction books to swap or buy. Tickets are £7.50 from here £10.00 on the door. 

From 12.00pm to 6.00pm is the Africa Business Expo Conference at the Hilton Paddington, 146 Praed Street, W2 1EE. This expo is a networking event that aims to promote African socio economic and infrastructural development showcasing emerging markets, SME’s and providing business growth opportunities. Register for this FREE event here.  

From 1.00pm to 8.00pm is the Afrikan Market Village Gathering in Pennack Community Hall, Pennack Road (off Summer Road), Peckham, SE15 6DD. This monthly market features stalls selling women’s and menswear, children’s wear, hats, DVD’s and CD’s, baked goods and much more. This is a FREE event

At 7.00pm is An Audience wih Angie Le Mar at New Testament Assembly, 7 Beechcroft Road, Tooting, SW17 7BU. Supported by MOBO Award Winner Lurine Cato, this is Angie Le Mars first stand up show in 10 years, reflecting on growing up in church, pursuing her dream as a comedian and her return to the place her talent was began. Tickets are £10.00 from here, £13.00 on the door. 

At 7.00pm is the Sierra Leone Excellence Awards at V360 Banqueting Suite, Lancaster House, 70 Newington Causeway, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6DF. Hosted by Alim Kamara and Edwina Momoah, these seek to honour Sierra Leoneans who have excelled and brought honour to Sierra Leone, with a focus on those in London. Entertainment will be provided by Famous (Kopo don) and Nasser Ayoub (Tranga yase borbor) , Rnb from Alonzo, Team Salut, FTFreshmusic, Cece, Plan X, Usifu Jalloh and comedian H.E. Tommy Massaquoi. Special guests include the Sierra Leone, Ghana and Gambia High Commissioners, Kei Kamara, Ellen Thomas and more. Tickets including a sit down meal start from £30.00 from here. 

At 8.00pm Numbi presents Numbi Afro-Disco! featuring Tony Allen at Rich Mix. Numbi promises to end the year with a bang with master drummer and Afrobeat legend Tony Allen in conversation with Numbi resident artist Elmi Ali on the launch of his book Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat. He will also be performing an exclusive set as well as a book signing. Hosted by Miriam Solomon and Sai Murray with young poets Onysha D Colllins and Annie Aisha, 2 piece female percussionist ensemble; Foroyaa and DJ Qurra on the decks all topped of with a soul train dance off.  Tickets are £10.00 in advance, (£5.00 concs) and £12.00 on the door 

Sunday 1^st December

At 4.00pm Cezanne Poetess hosts ‘How To Get the Ring on Your Finger’ Book Launch at The Mella Centre, 73 Oxford Street, W1D 2EP. This self help book is based on the advice of over 30 men on what would make them commit to marriage. With readings from the book, poetry recitations accompanied by saxophone and acoustic guitar, book signings and food on sale. Register for this FREE event here. 

At 7.00pm A.R.I.S.E. returns to The Tabernacle, Powis Square, Talbot Road, Notting Hill, W11 2AJ. Host Daddy Ernie will be interviewing a trio of personalities in the African Caribbean community. Guests will be Dawn Butler (ex MP), Danny John-Jules (actor) and Janet Kay (singer), with musical entertainment provided by house band d22. Tickets are £12.00 from here more on the door. 

Week of 18th November: Nigeria Italy Football Friendly, From Kenya with Love, EFG London Jazz Festival, Human Rights, Justice and Accountability in Nigeria, A Conversation with Professor Attahiru Jega, Ballake Sissoko, VC4Africa Meetup, Toumani Diabate and Trio da Kali in Concert, Talk to Me, The African Market, African Bridal and Wedding Fayre

Abedi (hello in Dioula)

Proud to be African Clothing brings you another weeks worth of grooviness from sport with the Nigeria-Italy

Football Friendly in Craven Cottage, to shopping, with sapelle.com’s new Pop up store From Kenya with Love in Monmouth Street near Covent Garden and The African Market in Rich Mix .

Networking from VC4Africa and Ebony Inspired. Speed dating from Talk To Me. Talks and presentations on Nigeria in the Houses of Parliament, Kings College and others

Music! With Toumani Diabate, Ballake Sissoko and Seddik Zebiri. Story Telling with Enchanted Tales 2 and Africa’s Cowfoot.

100 Black Men of London will be holding their Community Mentoring Open Day in South London, it might be worth checking out

Hope you all have a mighty fine week

Monday 18^th November

From 11.00am to 7.00pm is sapelle.com’s pop up store From Kenya with Love at 53 Monmouth Street, WC2H 9DG. Open till the 30^th November this is the UK Online retailers 3^rd pop up store and features Kenyan labels such as KikoRomeo, Kooroo, Riri, Jamil Walji and LaCollane di Betta and a wide range of ethical, tribal inspired ladieswear, menswear and gifts for day and evening. Open 7 days a week (12.00pm to 6.00pm, Sunday’s) theres more information here.

At 5.00pm Chatham House presents Public Perception and Policy: Famine and Food Securitisation in the Horn of Africa at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE. Chaired by Eliza Anyangwe (The guardian) with Professor Suzanne Franks (City University) and Rob Bailey (Chatham House) as discussant, this event will look at the impact of reporting on famine and food securitisation in the Horn of Africa examining, themes in Professor Franks book ‘Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and Media’ on how the international aid policy and be both informed and misinformed by an incomplete portrayal of events and media pressure. To attend this FREE event contact Chris Vandome. 

At 7.45pm is the Nigeria-Italy International Football Friendly at Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road, Fulham, SW6 6HH. Stephen Keshi’s Super Eagles face off against Cesare Panderi’s Gli Azzurri. The African Cup of Nations winners will be looking to see if their dominance of the African continent can work in Europe, look for a dazzling style of football. Tickets start from £20.00 from here.

EFG London Jazz Festival

At 8.00pm is Spoek and Benin City at XOYO, 32-37 Cowper Street, EC2A 4AW. The South African, rapper, singer, instrumentalist Spoek’s genre straddling ‘township techno’ will meet the bass heavy, jazz, hip hop of Benin City. Tickets are £15.00 from here

At 8.30pm is Louis Moholo-Moholo and Alexander Hawkins and The Mediums at the vortex, 11 Gillett Square, Dalston, N15 8AZ. The South African percussionist Louis Moholo-Moholo will be teaming up with pianist Alexander Hawkins and the Mediums a trio of cello and two saxophones. Admission is £15.00 from here.

Tuesday 19^th November

At 9.30am AFRUCA hosts Working with Black/ African Children in Foster Care at Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, N1 3QP. This course aims to enable foster carers and practitioners working with black African children to develop strategies to improve placement arrangements and understand cultural significance of culture and religion. Tickets are £40.00 from here. 

At 6.30pm is The Queen Mary’s University of London, Centre for the Study of Global Security and Development Annual Lecture 2013: Africa’s Recovery and Beyond in G.E. Fogg Lecture Theatre, G. E. Fogg Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Campus, Mile End Road, E1 4NS. Professor Makandawire (LSE) will deliver the key note lecture on ‘Africa’s Recovery and Beyond’. This is a FREE event, RSVP here.

EFG London Jazz Festival

At 1.30pm is Adriano Adewale: Catapluf Musical Journey in the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. The Brazilian percussionist and his band will explore the sounds and rhythms of the world. Tickets are £5.00 from here.

At 7.30pm is Courtney Pine- House of Legends and Monty Alexander- Harlem Kingston Express at the Barbican, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS. This mix of Caribbean music features pianist Monty Alexander’s live show based on his Grammy nominated Harlem- Kingston Express album and saxophonist Courtney Pine’s return to his roots with House of Legend a celebration of Caribbean musical tradition. Featuring members of Aswad’s horn section with other special guests the concert will be preceded by a FREE panel discussion on the Impact of Caribbean music at 6.00pm in the Fountain Room. Tickets start from £10.00 from here

Wednesday 20^th November

At 5.30pm the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria presents Too Many to Count? Human Rights, Justice and Accountability in Nigeria in Committee Room 9, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, SW1A 0AA. This is the Launch of the 2013 Country Visit Report of the APPGN, with Meg Hillier MP (Chair, APPGN) and James Deddridge (Secretary, APPGN) who will be presenting findings from the Groups July fact finding mission to Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja, with their observations particularly in terms of women and child rights in Africa’s most largest nation. To attend this FREE event email Moira Welch. 

At 5.30pm the Royal African Society presents A Conversation with Professor Attahiru Jega: The Road to 2015 General Elections at Kings College London, Room K6.07 (War Studies Meeting Room), Kings Building, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS. Chaired by Dr Funmi Olonisakin (African Leadership Centre, KCL) Professor Jega (Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Nigeria) will deliver a presentation themed ‘Explaining Nigeria in the Emergent Global Order: The Road to 2015 General Election’, introduced by Professor Stephen Chan (SOAS) followed by a discussion and Q&A. Register for this FREE event here. 

At 6.30pm is Ebony Inspired UK at Beaufort House, 354 Kings Road, Chelsea, SW3 5UZ, this is a monthly networking event for new and established black entrepreneurs. Tickets are £10.00 from here. 

At 8.00pm Malian kora maestro Ballake Sissoko will be performing at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA.  The award winning artiste will be gathering together 3 long time musical companions on the guitar and balafon for his latest project At Peace. Tickets are £10.00 from here.  

Thursday 21^st November

At 6.00pm is the VC4Africa GEW Meetup London at Cape Bar, corner of Wood Lane and Love Street, City of London, EC2V 7JQ. This informal networking event as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 will bring together entrepreneurs, angels and VC investors. Register for this FREE event here. 

At 6.00pm Lela’s Lounge presents Talk To Me at Stone Bar, 68-70 Honor Oak Park, SE23 1DY. Hosted by Mika, with space for 18 males and 18 females aged between 25-33, this is speed dating with the 4 minute rounds to allow you to get to know one another. Once the speed dating part of it is done, you can stick around and enjoy the music and company. Standard tickets are £12.00 or £15.00 inclusive of buffet from here. 

At 6.30pm Wherever The Need hosts Festival Kenya at Supernova, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PB. This gala dinner and cultural showcase is part of Kenya’s 50^th Independence Celebrations and will feature a traditional Samburu welcome, cocktail reception, 3 course dinner, live entertainment featuring DJ Dudu Sarr and a fashion show starring Ajuma Nasenyana (African Model of the Year 2012). The event seeks raise money to build rainwater reservoirs in Laikipia, Kenya. A table for 10 starts from £2,500.00 from here

At 7.30pm is Copy of Livingstone- London’s Legacy at Harecourt, 120 St Pauls Road, N1 2LR, Dr John Stuart (Kingston University) will use the bicentenary of David Livingstones birth to reflect on the legacy of 19^th Century European missions to Africa on contemporary 21^st century London. With African Christians from all types of churches, what needs to be sustained and what needs to be discarded. Respondents include Dr Elizabeth Henry (Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns), Justin Bahunga (AFRUCA), Dr Berhanu Kassayie (Development Economist). Register for this FREE event here. 

EFG London Jazz Festival

At 8.00pm is Claude Deppa and the Azanian Diaspora Ensemble at Charlton House, Royal Greenwich, Charlton Road, Charlton, SE7 8RE. The South African trumpeter launches his new album Azanian, is it I bringing together Afro Caribbean jazz and spoken word this is a FREE event.

At 8.00pm is the Soweto Kinch Trio at the 606 Club, 90 Lots Road, SW10 0QD. The saxophonist will be combining his free styling rap with jazz and hip hop fusing past, present and future. Tickets are £20.00 from here. 

Friday 22^nd November

At 6.45pm is Black Women of Soul, Rock and Pop at Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 2RL. Presenting Madeline Bell, Linda Lewis and Janet Kay in conversation together for the first time with journalist Jacqueline Springer. Tickets are £9.00 (£6.00 concs) from here. 

At 7.30pm is Toumani Diabate and Trio da Kali in Concert at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. The 2 time Grammy Award Winning kora player joins Trio Da Kali consisting of vocalist Hawa Kasse Mady, balafon virtuoso Lassana Diabate and ngoni player Mamadou Kouyate. These brilliant musicians from Southern Mali will be bringing new life to the ancient griot tradition. Tickets start from £17.50 from here. 

At 7.00pm Passing Clouds presents The Meridian Music Waves featuring Seddik Zebiri and Seeds of Creation at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston, E8 4AA. Seddik Zebiri and the Seeds of Creation will be palying their unique brand of Berber music fused with Afor blues, jazz and psychedelic sounds, with special guests Claude Deppa on trumpet and Jaz Kahina (hip hop/ spoken word). Also performing will be El Andaluz, this trio of the oud, violin and derbouka will be playing classical Arab Andalus music. DJ’s Wala Danga and Mr K will be on the decks. Admission is FREE before 9.00pm and £5.00 after 10.00pm, £8.00 after

At 7.30pm is Congo, Poetry and Music with JJ Bola at The Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International, 17-25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA. This cheese, wine, music and poetry evening seeks to raise funds for the Save the Congo funds and provide a forum for Londoners to discuss and network. Admission is £5.00 from here. 

Saturday 23^rd November

From 11.00am to 6.00pm Nigerian Women in Diaspora Leadership Forum (NWIDLF) presents The Big Early Child Marriage Conference at City of Westminster College, 25 Paddington Green, Paddington, W2 1NB. Eminent speakers will present and discuss on changes in Nigerian law and the possible effect they will have on future generations of Nigerian girls. Register for this FREE event here. 

From 12.00pm to 4.00pm 100 Black Men of London presents the Community Mentoring Programme Open Day at Blackfriars Settlement, 1 Rushworth Street, SE1 0RB, in which people can drop in and learn about the Me I Can Be programme for boys and girls of 10 -15 years and the  Parents Programme. This is a FREE event RSVP here. 

At 5.30pm Shanti Chi Vision presents Enchanted Tales 2 at the Arcola Theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL with Griot Chinyere accompanied by Theo Calliste telling the story of The Torch Mystery, which follows 2 young children who have been called upon to investigate the whereabouts of a missing sacred torch. £6.50 in advance from here £8.00 on the door. 

Sunday 24^th November

From 12.00pm to 7.00pm is The African Market at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA. Open the Gate’s signature event will feature stalls with arts and crafts, fashion, literature, jewellery and accessories, food, music, drumming, face painting and much more. And of course it’s FREE.

From 12.00pm to 6.00pm is the African Weddings and Bridal Fayre 2013 at Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, Brixton, SW2 1RW, where you can get help planning your traditional or church wedding, with stalls, wedding planning, bead making, marriage seminar, fashion shows, Free Make uo Demo, discounts and Prize Draws. RSVP this FREE event here. 

At 8.00pm is Africa’s Cowfoot with Jally Kebba Susso at Rich Mix. This combination of African storytelling and live music features Usifu Jalloh supported by Gambian Mandingo griot Jally Kebba Susso. The event will also be supporting the Pen and Paper Campaign in Gambia. Tickets are £7.00 in advance from here or £10.00 on the door. 

Week of 11th November: Hugh Masekela, EFG London Jazz Festival, Lets Talk, Islamic Militancy in West Africa, Poetry Meets Art 4, Mwalimu Express, GUBA Awards, Pride of the Motherland, Krar Collective and Akale Wube, Women 4 Africa Business Leadership Summit

Mulishani (Hello in Bemba),

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops here at Proud to be African Clothing we endeavour to keep you as warm as if you were still back home!

This week we’ll be doing that with beautiful music from South African trumpet legend of legends Hugh Masekela at the Southbank Centre, a dream meet up for Ethiopian music fans with Parisien retro Ethiojazz band Akale Wube on stage with London Ethio roots band Krar Collective (get ready for some head shaking and shoulder rotating), Malian singer and multi instrumentalist Rokia Traore, rapper/ saxophonist Soweto Kinch with the National Youth Orchestra, the Township Comets and London Community Gospel Choir to name just a few.

Poetry and Spoken word with the 10^th anniversary of Word4Word in Stratford and Poetry Meets Art 4 in Dalston.

Talks and seminars on topics as varied as Islamic militancy in West Africa, the Privy Council, French Foreign Policy in West Africa, Women 4 Africa Business Leadership Summit, African Urban planning

Our favourites Mwalimu Express return for their monthly African goodness in Rich Mix, Reuben P. Joseph will be presenting Pride of the Motherland a fashion, music and culture show.

Finally there are screenings of movies as varied as La Pirogue, Dear Mandela, Swaziland: A King and his people and Horizon Beautiful.

Winter should not even enter your consciousness, when you transport yourself home at any of these awesome events.

Have a groovy week!

Monday 11^th November

At 6.30pm is The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: An Anachronism? at Coventry University London Campus,1-17 Middlesex Street, E1 7JF Guyanese Barrister Colin Bobb-Semple will be speaking about the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council arguing that the Privy Council has great persuasive effect on courts in England and Wales and the Caribbean and other courts throughout the Commonwealth. Register for this FREE event here.

At 6.30pm is Lets Talk at Juno Bar, 134 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JE. Hosted by Mikey and Essay this is a monthly debate and discussion night with strong opinions. Admission is £2.00 more details here.

Tuesday 12^th November

At 5.00pm is Islamic Militancy in West Africa: Ideological Struggles in the Sahel at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 210 Euston Road, NW1 2DA. This lecture by Dr Bakary Sambe (Gaston Berger University, Senegal) examines the ideological struggle in West Africa between Saudi sponsored Wahhabi Islamists, traditional West African Sufi traditions and the increasing popularity of Shiite groups. Register for this FREE lecture here.

At 6.00pm is International Development: Africa! at the Westminster Hub, 80 Haymarket, SW1Y 4TE. This event is for anyone aiming to work for an NGO, government agency or in the private sector in Africa with a range of speakers discussing opportunities, ways to impress and improve your chances of success. Followed by networking over drinks, RSVP this event here. 

At 7.00pm is Poetry Meets Art 4 at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston,  E8 4AA. raising awareness of Congo’s Conflict, fair-trade and other ethical issues, the event will feature poets Kat Francois, Oneness Sankara, Mike Galsworthy, Ma’ankha Bast, I& Ideal & Eyesis Star (Rebel Lions of Creation) and artists Verity Flute, Catherine Hall. Money raised will go to the Panzi Hospital and Foundation which specialises in operating on women who have been victims of sexual violence. Tickets are £7.00 from here. 

At 7.30pm is Literary Night: Writing Memoir, An Evening of Readings at Working Men’s Club, 44 Crowndale Road, NW1 1TR. This night will feature a range of authors who will discuss and read from their works, such as Noo Saro-Wiwa (Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria), Alex Wheatle: (Brixton Rock and Brenton Brown), Pele Cox (Poems), Neil Ferguson (Tailor Today) and James Pembroke (Growing Up in Restaurants: The Story of Eating Out in Britain from 55BC to Nowadays), this is a FREE event, details and RSVP here.

Wednesday 13^th November

At 7.30pm Rokia Traore will be performing at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. The Malian singer and multi instrumentalist will demonstrating her versatility form traditional music to rock’n’roll. Opening the show will be Olivia Chaney. Tickets start from £10.00 from here.  

Thursday 14^th November

At 6.00pm is a Screening of Swaziland: The King and the People at the UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, NW1 2AY. This documentary looks at the last hundred years of Swazi history, and King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch in the context of the last flawed election and his control of all facets of the state. Followed by a Q&A with Wandile Dludlu (Swaziland Democracy Campaign. RSVP this FREE event here. 

At 6.00pm the Africa Research Institute presents Planning Africa’s urban future at the Africa Research Institute, 55 Tufton Street, SW1P 3QL. This panel discussion about urban planning law will feature Stephen Berrisford (University of Cape Town) and Patrick McAuslan (University of London). With drinks and light refreshments RSVP this FREE event by email.

At 6.30pm is a Screening of Dear Mandela at the G.E. Fogg Lecture Theatre, G.E. Fogg Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Campus, Mile End Road, E1 4NS. This award winning film traces the struggles of 3 South Africans whose shanty town is threatened by mass eviction. Followed by a Q&A with S’Bu Zikode (founder, South African Shack Dwellers movement). RSVP this FREE event here. 

Friday 15^th November

From 9.00am is Women For Africa Business Leadership Summit 2013 at NH Harrington Hotel, 5-25 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, SW7 4JW. Titled Repositioning your Brand for Global Visibility in 2014. Confirmed speakers Eric Chinje (Mo Ibrahim Foundation), Ricardo Simms (Sponsorship expert), Caroline Marsh (Philanthropic Entrepreneur), Justina Mutale (Positive Runway), Kathi Scott (Nelson Mandela Children Hospital Fund), Dr Sina Iluyemi (NEPAD), Onyi Anyado (Leadership and enterprise speaker), Dr Nkem Thompson (Health specialist) and Sam Onigbanjo (founder W4BA).  Get your tickets for this event from here.

At 10.00am Chatham House presents French UN Security Council Policy and Peacekeeping in Africa at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE. Chaired by Knox Chitiyo (Chatham House) with Manuel Lafont-Rapnouil (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) who will reflect on French peacekeeping priorities for the UN in Africa and on the importance of international organisations on promoting peace and security. To attend this FREE event contact ChrisVandome.

At 6.00pm is Hart Culture CIC presents Ousmane Sembene at Hazrt Culture CIC Headquarters, Factory Road, Thameswater Gateway, E16 2EW. The 3^rd lecture in this series on the Senegalese filmmaker is titles ‘Analysis of Colonial Rule’. Admission is £5.00 from here.

At 7.30pm Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis will be performing at the Royal Festival Hall. The Grammy award winning trumpeter will be playing tracks from his album Friends with master pianist Larry Willis. The show will be opened by performance poet Zena Edwards. Tickets start from £10.00 from here. 

At 8.00pm is Krar Collective and Akale Wube at Rich Mix, 35- 47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA. This is a collaboration made in heaven for fans of Ethiopian music and jazz. London based Ethio- roots band Krar Collective continue their collaboration with Parisien retro Ethio- jazz band Akale Wube. This little piece of Ethiopia and Ethiopia nostalgia will be supported by DJ Africathy. Tickets are £13.00 in advance from here and £15.50 on the door.   

At 8.00pm Reuben P. Joseph presents Pride of the Motherland..FREEDOM at the Yaa Asantawaa Arts Centre, 1 Chippenham Mews, W9 2AN. This event will involve 21 reputable black designers in all aspects of fashion, with a catwalk runway and art, photography, literature and accessories exhibitions. There will be live music, models, live mannequins and much more. Tickets are £10.00 from here. 

EFG London Jazz Festival

At 8.30pm is The Township Comets are performing at the Vortex, 11 Gillett Squarem Dalston, N16 8AZ. Featuring vocalist Pinise Saul, Chris Batchelor (trumpet), Jason Yarde (saxophone), Adam Glasser (piano) and Frank Tontoh (drums) playing the music of South African saxophonist Dudu Pukwana. Tickets are £11.00 from here. 

Saturday 16^th November

At 5.30pm is the 4^th Annual Ghana UK Based Achievements (GUBA) Awards at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, 18 Albert Embankment SE1 7TJ. This prestigious awards show hosted by Dentaa is held to showcase and celebrate the achievements of the British Ghanaian community. Tickets are £60.00 from here.

EFG London Jazz Festival

At 4.00pm is a screening of Blues Double Bill: And This Is Free and Black Roots in the Frobisher Auditorium 2, Barbican Cinema, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS.  And This Is Free was filmed over 16 days on Chicago’s legendary Maxwell Street. Black Roots is a 1970 movie in which 5 black activists and musicians exchange biographical anecdotes and make music. Ticket start from £6.00 from here.

At 7.30pm the Soweto Kinch, Mark Nightingale and the National Youth Orchestra will be performing at the Kingston Rose Theatre, 24-26 High Street, Kingston, KT1 1HL. They will be performing in the best big band traditions with guest soloists’ saxophonist Kinch and trombonist Nightingale.  Tickets are £12.00 from here. 

At 9.00pm the London Community Gospel Choir at The Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2ED. The choir will be celebrating 30 years of music making. Tickets are £20.00 from here. 

Sunday 17^th November

From 11.00am to 3.00pm is the Numbi Family Workshops at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA. This creative live photography workshop teaches the fundamentals of photography and explores still life photography. Facilitated by Charity Mwaniki, Nadyah issa and Kinsi Abdulleh. Admission is £10.00 (£5.00 concs) only 15 spaces available.

At 2.00pm is Horizon Beautiful at the Barbican Cinema, Beech Street, EC2Y 8AE, shot on location in Ethiopia this humorous film is about an orphaned street child in Addis Ababa who dreams of becoming an international football star, but when he meets a selfish international soccer magnate things go awry and they end up trekking across country. Tickets are £5.00 (£3.00 under 18s) from here.

From 2.00pm to 6.00pm is Mwalimu Express returns to Rich Mix, featuring Monoswezi a blend of Norwegian saxophone, Zimbabwean mbira and guest Malian percussionist Sidiki Camara, ScreenStation with the Kitchen Sink collective previewing up and coming films from Zimbabwe, poetic performances from Sai Murray and Elmi Ali of the Numbi family, tunes from hosts DJ Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt, Lucy Angell Johns, Parent and Toddler dance sessions. Stalls with music, T shirts, face painting and much more. And its all FREE.

At 6.30pm Migrant Rights Network presents is La Pirogue at Riverside Studios, 1 Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL. This Senegalese film tells the story of a group of men who leave Senegal on a small boat (the titular la pirogue) captained by a local fisherman to take them across the Atlantic to Spain. Following the screening there will be a discussion with migration experts, media commentators and the film curator. Tickets are £15.00 (£12.50 concs) from here. 

At 7.00pm is the Word4Word 10^th Birthday Bonanza at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, E15 1BN. With a huge line up of featured artists (no open mic), music and drops from DJ Sloetry and a stall from the designer Gitas Portal. Turn up early for this FREE event, it will be packed.

Week of 4th November: Film Africa 2013, One World Media Festival, Fascinating Nigeria, Investing in West Africa, doing Business in East Africa, African Writers Evening, The Island, Inspire Ghana Charity Football Match, 100 Black Men of London Community Mentoring Programme Open Day.

Mbote (hello in Lingala)

Proud to be African Clothing is happy to keep the movie thing going as we have a full week of African movies, as well as a series of thought provoking talks and presentations at Chatham House, Houses of Parliament, London School of Economics.

Business events focussing on both sides of the continent from Investing in West Afri

ca to Doing Business in East Africa.

Media events such as the One World Media Festival

Theatre with The Island at The Young Vic and live music with the L’Afrique Festival.

With all these events you’ll definitely keep warm

Enjoy!!!

Monday 4^th November

From 11.00am to 5.00pm the Nigerian Tourism, Culture and National Orientation Ministry presents Fascinating Nigeria in the World Travel Market 2013 at the Excel Exhibition and Convention Centre, Western Gateway, E16 1XL. This is the launch of their new brand ‘Fascinating Nigeria’ in the UK, the Nigeria section will feature culture, food, arts, music, tourism, textiles and much more from the fascinating country of Nigeria. Tickets are FREE from here.

At 5.30pm The Tanzania All Party Parliamentary Group hosts How can Tanzania sustainably expand its tourism sector? in The Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, SW1A 0AA. Chaired by Jeremy Lefroy MP, with Justin Wateridge (Steppes Travel), Leanne Massey (VSO) and Jan Corlett they will discuss the environmental impacts on Tanzania’s National Parks followed by an informal Q&A. To attend this FREE event RSVP by email. 

At 6.30pm the LSE presents Land and Elections: African debates on property, citizenship and the national market in CLM 2.02, Clement House, 99 Aldwych, WC2B 4JF chaired by Dr Omar Shahabudin McDoom with Professor Catherine Boone (LSE) who will discuss research into land politics and electoral conflicts and its effect on ordinary peoples. This is a FREE event

Film Africa

At 6.00pm is Black Girl (La Noire de) at the Ritzy Cinema, Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG, Ousmane Sembene’s first feature shot in monochrome is the account of a young black domestic servant working in the Antibes. Tickets are £6.50 from here.

At 6.15pm is In the Shadow of the Sun at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA, this Tanzanian documentary tells the story of 2 men with albinism in Tanzania, with 2 young men confronting the discrimination they face. Followed by a Q&A with director Harry Freeland and activist Josephat Torner. Tickets are £9.50 (£7.00 concs) from here.

At 6.30pm is the UK Premiere of Jeppe on a Friday at Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1HE, this South African documentary filmed over a single afternoon by 8 female filmmakers in Johannesgurg’s east side reveals the juxtaposition of power and privilege with poverty that lives side by side. Tickets are £8.00 from here 

Tuesday 5^th November 

At 5.00pm Chatham House presents Connecting Communities in Conflict: Civil Society Innovation in the DRC at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE Abbe Benoit Kinalegu received the Human Rights Watch Alison Des Forges Award in 2012 for his work exposing the abuses of the Lords Resistance Army in the DRC and his efforts to rehabilitate their victims, he will talk about the role of local communities and civil society groups in dealing with atrocities and building stage societies for the future. To attend this FREE event contact ChrisVandome.

At 6.30pm the Africa Talks and International Development presents Marginal among the Invisible: Organising Women in the Informal Economy at NAB 204, LSE, 54 Lincolns Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ. Chaired by  Naila Kabeer with Patricia Estrada and Faith Shaba (Malawian Union for the Informal Sector) will share their experiences of organising women domestic workers, street vendors and home based workers. This is a FREE event.

Film Africa

At 6.45pm is Dry Season at Hackney Picturehouse. Set during the Chadian civil war, in which a 16 year old boy is sent by his grandfather to the city to kill his father’s assassin. Unexpectedly the assassin adopts the boy as the son he never had. Tickets are £6.50 from here. 

At 7.00pm is Cursed be the Phosphate and Paper Boat at The Ritzy. Cursed be the Phposphate follows a long running industrial dispute by phosphate workers in the Tunisian city of Redeyef, followed by a Q&A with Sami Tlili. Paper Boat looks at the social and political developments since the resignation of Egyptian ex President Mubarak and the frustrations and questions following these complex events. Tickets are £10.50 from here. 

At 8.30pm is Something Necessary at Rich Mix, this Kenyan drama is set during the 2007 post election violence, one of the victims Ann is desperately trying to rebuild her life at whatever cost despite her husband being killed, farm burnt and her son in a coma. Followed by a Q&A with director Judy Kibinge hosted by Lindiwe Dovey (SOAS). Tickets are £9.50 (£7.00 concs) from here. 

At 9.00pm is The Battle of Tabato (A batalha de Tabato) at the Hackney Picturehouse, this Guinea Bissau drama is a dreamlike fairytale of a father and daughter that reflects on Portugal’s imperial legacy. Tickets are £8.00 from here. 

At 9.10pm is Babylon (Babylone) at the Ritzy. This Tunisian documentary covers the huge temporary tented city erected in Tunisia to host over a million refugees from the Libyan Civil War. Admission is £10.50 from here. 

Wednesday 6^th November

At 9.00am Homestrings presents Investing in West Africa at The Waldorf Hilton, Aldwych, WC2B 4DD. This high end diaspora summit will feature investible projects such as Housing and Real Estate, Agribusiness, Energy and Infrastructure. Register for this FREE event here.

From 9.30am to 5.00pm AFFORD and the Centre for African Studies presents Doing Business in East Africa: Recent Experiences- New Markets and New Prospects in the Brunei Suite, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WCxxx. This one day seminar is for anyone interested in creating or growing businesses within East Africa, with morning presentations and then workshops in the afternoon on Agriculture, Health, IT and Communication and Tourism. Guest speakers include Lanny A. Smikle (Landrich Bespoke Commodities), Mrs Perez Ochieng (Sacoma), Mrs Hirut Zemene Kassa (Ethiopian Embassy), Patrick Gihana-Mulenga, Mrs Jemima Nelson (ARUMAS Health Services), Dr Titilola Banjoko (Africa Recruit), William Hoyle (Tech for Trade), Jules Goddard (London Business School), Mark Jones (Horn of Africa Business Association), Frank Matsaert (Trade Mark East Africa), Farm Africa, Rebecca Armstrong (responsible Tourism Matters), Jonathan Karkut (London Metropolitan University), East Africa Health Care Forum, Agnes Gitau (East African Economic Chambers of Commerce) and Frank Mwiti (Afrika Kapital Ltd) . Tickets are £40.00 (£25.00 students) from here.

At 3.00pm Chatham House presents Zimbabwe After the Elections: Domestic Economic Developments and Regional Impacts at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, with the Hon Walter Mzembi (Zimbabwe Minister of Tourism) discussing Zimbabwe’s regional cooperation on tourism and investment, the investment climate and the prospects for political stability and economic growth after the elections. Register for this FREE by contacting ChrisVandome. 

 At 6.00pm is Black People in Tudor England and an inclusive curriculum at the Houses of Commons, Houses of Parliament, in which historian Onyeka will be releasing his new book Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England. This is a FREE event.

Film Africa

At 6.30pm is UK Premiere of The Virgin, the Copts and Me at Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensbury Place, SW7 2DT. This documentary about a French Egyptian film maker who unlike his mother and millions of other Coptic Christians fails to see the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Egypt. Intrigued he travels with his mother to Egypt in search of apparitions. Tickets are £12.50 from here

At 6.30pm is Colonial Visions: Britain’s African Empire on Film at The Ritzy. This series of screenings of archival films will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with Francis Gooding (researcher and write), Judy Kibinge (filmmaker) and Tom Rice (University of St Andrews). Featuring Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton (1899), a short clip of the ‘Savage South Africa’ troupe, Castles and Fisherfolk (1933) an introduction to daily life in the Gold Coast (Ghana), Tropical Hookworm (1936) a health instructional film on how to avoid parasitic infection, West Africa Was There (1945) about the part played by 81 (West African) Division in the Burma Campaign of World War 2, Mau Mau (1954) an account of the Mau Mau uprising and the British response to it and Giant in the Sun (1961) a portrait of Nigeria on the eve of independence. Tickets are £10.50 from here.

At 6.45pm is 2013 Graduation Films from ESAV Marrakech at the Hackney Picturehouse featuring an array of short films from the Moroccan Film School such as The Edge of Town (En dehors de la ville), Orobores, The Earth is Full of Ghosts and Military Service. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

At 9.00pm is A Screaming Man (Un Homme qui crie) at the Hackney Picturehouse, this Chadian film is about a pool attendant who iused to be a competitive swimmer but now works in a hotel with his son who is promoted above him, all against the backdrop of war. As the natural order of things is upset he is forced to make a terrible bargain. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

At 9.00pm is the UK Premiere of Mercy Mercy at the Ritzy, this Danish documentary follows the process of adoption of 2 children from Ethiopia to Denmark, who appear to be the last priority in the lives of their natural or adoptive parents or any of the other adults surrounding them. Followed by a Q&A with director Katrine Kjaer and Arun Dohle hosted by Hannah Pool, tickets are £8.00 from here

Thursday 7^th November 

At 6.30pm Chatham House presents Central African Republic: A Country in Hiding at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Channel 4 News) with Wael Dabbous (Unreported World), Paul Melly (Chathjam House) and Seyi Rhodes (Unreported World). The Unreported World team will show clips from their upcoming film following medical professionals assisting the fleeing population and discuss the human impact and regional dimensions of the conflict and ask what peace building opportunities exist. Followed by a reception book this event here.  

At 6.30pm is Claudia Jones and Amy Ashwood Garvey: Sisters in Civil Rights Activism at Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2XY. Keynote speaker Esther Stanford-Xosei will give a presentation followed by a Q&A followed by light refreshments. Book this FREE event here.

At 7.00pm is African Writers Evening: Reconfiguring the Truth in the Blue Room, Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. Reading from work that has raised debate in their countries of origin Brian Chikwava (Zimbabwe) and Ivan Vladislavic (South Africa) explore the fringes of conventional moral codes. Moderated by Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Ghana) tickets are £8.00 from here.

At 7.45pm The Young Vic presents The Island at The Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, SE1 8LZ, inspired by true stories from South Africa’s Robben Island, 2 prisoners prepare to perform Antigone for the rest of the prison, one serving a life sentence and the other about to be released. As they begin to see themselves in the characters, their friendship is tested. Running till 30^th November tickets are £15.00 from here.

Film Africa

At 10.00am is the Secondary Shorts Programme at the Ritzy these screenings for Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils will feature Kwaku Ananse a combination of the traditional West African fairy tale and the story of a youngster attending her estranged fathers funeral, followed by Beleh in which a heavily pregnant wife suddenly finds roles swapped with her domineering husband. Admission is £8.00

At 5.30pm is a Discussion with Judy Kibinge at the London Film School, 24 Shelton Street, WC2H 9UB. The Kenyan born filmier who founded and runs East Africa’s first Film Fund Docubox will hold an indepth discussion about film, her 3 feature films and her production house. Book this FREE event by email. 

At 6.45pm is the UK Premiere of Angola Birth of a Movement and Angola Death Metal Angola at Hackney Picturehouse. Birth of a Movement documents the activities of Luaty Beirao one of Angola’s most prolific hip hop artists in and campaigner for justice, followed by a Q&A with director Ana de Sousa. Angola Death Metal charts the journey of a couple trying to start Angola’s first hard rock festival. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

At 7.00pm is Sodiq at the Ritzy. This documentary is about Sodiq a 20 year old from North Peckham who’s ambition to become a doctor are shattered when he was charged with the gang related shooting of an equally gifted teen. Followed by a Q&A with director Michael Adeyemi, admission is £10.50 from here.

At 9.00pm is Film Africa Live! With DJ El Moreno in the Middle Bar Hackney Picturehouse. The Angolan DJ brings the contemporary sounds and rhythms of the Angolan ghetto with a set of kuduro tunes. This is a FREE event

 Friday 8^th November

One World Media Festival

At 10.30pm is Creating Global Conversations at Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCL, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT. This keynote session chaired by Marieme Jamme (Africa Gathering) with Keynote speakers Peter Barron (Google) and Mark Kaigwa (Digital Guru, Nairobi) will present insightful and visionary examples of platforms that have enabled a more rigourous and fair exchange of information across the world. This will be followed by discussion and Q&A’s. Register for this FREE event here.

At 12.30pm is Borom Sarret (The Wagoner) at AV Hill Lecture Theatre, UCL, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT. This Senegalese film from 1963 is the first to be made solely by a Black African and is a day in the life of a wagon driver in Dakar. This short film by Ousmane Sembene was part of the 2013 Cannes Classics programme. Register for this FREE screening here.

At 1.30pm is African Spelling Book and TV Slum at AV Hill Lecture Theatre, These two documentaries are made in Kenya, African Spelling Book is a participatory video project made by Dagoretti Children Village in Nairobi where the children tell their stories through the letters of the alphabet. TV Slum is entirely filmed by 8 Nairobi street kids, followed by a Q&A with director Angelo Loy. Register for this FREE screening here.

At 1.30pm is The Rising Voice of the Global South at Darwin Lecture Theatre. This panel discussion with Charles Aniagolu (ARISE News), Agnes Gitau (London African Media Network), Flora Gregory (Al Jazeera English) and Ken Wilson-Max (The Weekly World) will discuss how media professionals are challenging the authoritative voice of the media to try and provide independent and balanced news stories reflecting global opinions. Register for this FREE event here.

Film Africa

At 10.00am is the Primary Shorts Programme at Hackney Picturehouse. Suitable for Year 5and 6, featuring My Shoes (Les Souliers d’Aid) and When they slept. More details here

At 7.00pm is The Africa China Connection and Fuelling Poverty at the South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Road, Camberwell, SE5 8UH. The first documentary looks at the impact of African migration into China, followed by a Q&A with director Pieter van der Houwen and Joseph Adesunloye. Fuelling Poverty is a short documentary about the January 2012 fuel subsidy protests in Nigeria. Admission is £5.50 from here

At 7.00pm is L’Afrance at the Ritzy, this debut by Alain Gomis probes the dilemmas and cultural confusion of Senegalese immigrants in Paris. Admission is £11.50 from here.

At 8.45pm is Andalucia at the Ritzy, this is a story of a thirtysomething French Algerian man looking for his place in 21^st century Paris, bringing into focus the nomadic state of city dwellers through music and a series of conversations. Admission is £11.50 from here.

At 9.00pm is the UK Premiere of Coz of Moni 2 (FOKN Revenge) at Hackney Picturehouse, the award winning duo of Wanlov the Kubulor and M3nsa the Magnificent known as the FOKN Bois come with their sequel to their pidgin English musical, in which they are out for revenge against the machete wielding gang who ambushed them. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

Saturday 9^th November

From 12.00pm to 5.00pm 100 Black Men of London hosts Community Mentoring Programme Open Day 2013 at Chandos East Community Centre, 90 Chandos Road, E15 1TT. The Open Day will give parents, guardians and interested peoples a chance to explore the programmes on offer from the Me I Can Be Programme for boys and girls aged 10-15 who learn valuable life skills to help equip them for life. The Parents Programme is a community discussion forum where parents learn and share knowledge and experiences on bringing up children. Register for this FREE day here.

At 4.00pm is Inspire Ghana’s Charity Football Match at Play On Sports, 100 Preston Road, Canary Wharf, E14 9SB. Guest footballers include Adot Comedian, Mista Silva, Kwamz and Flava, Atumpan (The Thing), Derry Mensah (X Factor 2011), Jay (Destination GH), DJ Mri, DBoy CityLove, DJ FiiFii, Mad J, Special D, P Montana and more. This fundraiser seeks to raise funds to educate and develop 16-18 year olds in Ghana. Tickets are £5.00 from here. 

At 6.30pm the British Nigeria Law Forum hosts the BNLF Annual Gala Dinner 2013: A Celebration of Nigerian Contemporary Art at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel, Aldwych. This 3 course meal will feature guest speaker Yinka Shonibare MBE the acclaimed artist, music by opera singer April Koyejo, entertainment and music from the DJ all in the company of ‘our learned friends’ from Nigeria. Tickets are £90.00 (£70.00 for students) from here. 

At 6.30pm is Yorira Ngoma at Mama Jumbe’s, 350 Katherine Road, E7 8NW. With live music from Zee Guyeva and the Heritage Survival Band, Mathias ‘Matty’ Julius and Dan Lu from Malawi, Chrishawna and DJ Vix Marayanyika. Tickets are £5.00 from here. 

At 8.30pm is Dinner With How Jamaica Conquered the World at Crocodelic, 13 Kilburn Lane, W10 4AE. This dinner hosted by Roifield Brown and soul singer Noel Mckoy celebrate the massive global impact of the poidcast How Jamaica Conquered the World. The Caribbean dinner is followed by a musical performance by Noel Mckoy and band. Tickets are £20.00 for 2 courses and £25.00 for 3 courses from here.

One World Media Festival

At 2.00pm is The Challenges of Reflecting a New Africa at the Darwin Lecture Theatre, chaired by Onyekachi Wambu (AFFORD) with Ikenna Azuike (Whats up Africa?), Dr Gus Casely-Hayford (SOAS), Nii Ayikwei Parkes (Poet and Novelist), Minna Salami (Ms Afropolitan) and Binyavanga Wainaina (Author and journalist) this panel discussion reflects on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s celebrated TED Global Talk ‘The Danger of a Single Story’ and explores whether the mainstream media has heeded the message. Register for this FREE event here.

Film Africa

At 9.00am is the African Film and Politics Conference in the Africa Media Centre, University of Westminster, 309 Regents Street, W1B 2UW. This 2 day conference seeks to debate the issues of politics, ideology, power and diversity in the African film industry. Keynote speakers are award winning film director Jean-Pierre Bekolo and writer academic and filmmaker Imruh Bakari, there will be a presentation and screening by Daniela Ricci (academic and filmmaker) . Registration is £175.00 (£95.00 students) from here.

At 2.00pm the BFI’s African Odyssey series will be screening Borom Sarret and Tey in NFT1, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT. The former is considered to be the first film made by a black African whilst the latter is a poetic story on one man’s last day on Earth, followed by a Q&A with director Alain Gomis. Tickets are £6.00 from here.

At 10.30am is Going Far: Workshop with Destiny Ekaragha and Bola Agbaje at the BFI Blue Room. The pair will discuss their experiences as filmmaker and writer respectively on their debut feature film Gone Too Far. Followed by a motivational workshop aimed at young people. This is a FREE event

At 2.00pm is Nollywood for Beginners and Osuofia in London Double Bill at the South London Gallery, the presentation will be led by Film Africa programmer Phoenix Fry followed by a screening of the classic comedy Osuofia in London at 3.00pm this fish out of water comedy follows the titular hero as he comes to London from his village to claim an inheritance from his brother, dealing with culture shock, scheming widows and the police. Followed by Osuofia in London 2, in which the scheming widow follows Osuofia to his village. Admission is £5.50 from here.

At 5.00pm is the UK Premiere of 2morrow Far Away at the Ritzy. This is a hybrid documentary/ fiction feature that follows the fortunes o four young people from the Parisien suburb of Saint Denis who had the opportunity to be reporters at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Followed by a Q&A with Pierre- Emmanuel Urcun. Tickets are £11.50 from here.

At 5.00pm is Touki Bouki and Mille Soleils at the Hackney Picturehouse. The former is a freewheeling 1973 road movie in which 2 young lovers plot their route out of Senegal. The latter won the Grand Prix International Competition, FID Marseille in 2013 and traces the journeys in the first movie 40 years later. Admission is £8.00 from here.

At 7.00pm is The President (La President) at the Ritzy. A stylish and intelligent Camerounian movie that features a fictional head of state that disappears the night before an important summit. Potential successors and overthrowers converge on the capital whilst bloggers and talking heads debate his problematic legacy. Followed by a Q&A with director Jean-Pierre Bekolo. Admission £11.50 from here.

At 9.00pm is Film Africa Live: Closing Party with DJs Fade2 and FrenchKiss at the Hackney Attic. This closing party will feature Fade2 who specialises in African, Caribbean and electronic music, while Ghanaian DJ FrenchKiss will be playing everything from highlife to hiplife, dancehall, soul RNB, rare groove and more. Admission is £6.00 in advance from here and £7.00 on the door

Sunday 10^th

At 7.00pm AFEs presents L’Afrique Festival in London 2013 in the Coronet Theatre, 28 New Kent Road, SE1 6TJ with DJ Arafat (Cote d’Ivoire), Lady Ponce (Cameroon), TY (Nigeria), Planetman (Yemen), Seddik Zebiri (Algeria), DJ Edu (Kenya), Kadialy Kouyate (Senegal), Jo N’Gala (UK), Jaystar (UK) and Zouglou Royal (UK). Tickets for this thrilling and diverse musical experience are £20.00 in advance from here.

Film Africa

At 9.00am is the second day of African Film and Politics Conference at the Africa Media Centre, University of Westminster. Registration is £175.00 (£95.00 students) from here

At 2.00pm is the Living in Bondage Double Bill at the South London Gallery, a screening of the first Nollywood movie ever made Living in Bondage and its sequel Living in Bondage 2. This is a story of a businessman who joins a satanic cult to achieve greater financial success. With complimentary Nigerian food, throughout admission is £5.50 from here. 

At 6.15pm is Grisgris at Cine Lumiere, this Chadian film about a street photographers romantic interest in a would be model. When rising family medical bills lead him to get involved in a dangerous petrol smuggling racket, both he and the object of his affections find themselves in danger. Tickets are £10.00 (£8.00 concs) from here