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Week of 19th May: Focus: Gina Yashere Live, Best from Africa, Yomi Bashiru and Naija Grooves, Numbi’s Night of Afro-Futurism, The 2nd Nigerian Events Awards UK and Events Expo, SMES: Leading Nigeria into the Next Century Project 100, Remembering Angola’s Forgotten Massacre, Spoken Word Hysteria, Flight Club: PIWOSA, African Market

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The sun is out and Proud to be African Clothing hopes while you are soaking up the rays you get to share in this vast array of seminars, films, expos, shows and more.

Have a great week and make sure you enjoy the sunshine in your Proud to be African T shirts

Monday 19^th May

Tuesday 20^th May

From 9.30am to 1.00pm Developing Market Associates hosts SMES: Leading Nigeria into the Next Century Project 100 at Lancaster House, Stable Yard, St James’s, SW1A 1BB. This event brings together entrepreneurs from the financial services, fast moving consumer goods and oil and gas value chain to share insights and focus on ways to increase profitability. This is a FREE event, RSVP by emailing James Martin or phoning 0203 117 2500

At 6.00pm The Royal Anthropological Institute screens Future Remembrance: Photography and Image Art in Ghana at the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 5BT. This film by Tobias Wendl and Nancy du Plessis portrays a wide and vibrant range of contemporary and historical images by Ghanaian artists and photographers. Register for this FREE event here. 

At 7.00pm the Royal African Society presents Remembering Angola’s Forgotten Massacre: 27 May 1977 in the Brunei Suite, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG. Chaired by Mary Harper (BBC), Lara Pawson will discuss her new book ‘In the name of the people’ with a panel consisting of Ngola Nyunji (Angolan journalist) and Keith Sommerville (University of Kent) about a small demonstration against the MPLA in 1977 that led to the slaughter of thousands of people. RSVP this FREE event here.

At 7.00pm Uncle Errol presents Spoken Word Hysteria at Hysteria: Dalston, 578 Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8 4AH. This third instalment features three top female performers, Golden Blue, Uniq Sistar and Letitia Mckie with Raggo Zulu Rebel as MC and open mic. Admission is £5.00 more details here. 

Wednesday 21^st May

From 1.30pm to 6.30pm is the Global Corporate Venturing Africa Summit 2014 at Millennium Hotel London Mayfair, 44 Grosvenor Square, W1K 2HP. The event features panel discussions, and presentations to showcase best practice and industry opinion on the state of corporate revenue capital. £150.00 from here.

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At 5.30pm The Royal Anthropological Institute presents The RAI Research Seminar at the Royal Anthropological Institute. Laura Bishop John Moores University) will discuss how our early ancestors were able to exploit opportunities and confront challenges using findings from excavations East Africa. Register for this FREE event here.

At 6.00pm is Flight Club: PIWOSA at The Roof Gardens, 99 Kensington High Street, W8 5 SA. This wine tasting features wines from 15 Premium Independent Wineries of South Africa. Themed Flight Club, with check in, passport control, and 5 flights throughout the night with a mix of red and white wines. Hidden in each mix of wines is a rogue French wine, if you can correctly pick out the imposter twice you win a flight to South Africa. A traditional all you can eat braai and music from 9.00pm. Admission is £40.00 from here.

At 7.00pm the Oloip Maasai Dance Troupe will be performing at The Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR. This event is in support of community work for villages in the Rift Valley and will feature dancing and an opportunity to interact. Tickets are £15.00 from here. 

At 8.00pm Yomi Bashiru and Naija Grooves will be performing at the Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, Dalston, N16 8AZ. The legendary Nigerian drummer and percussionist and his 9 piece group Naija Grooves will be fusing Fuji, Juju and Afrobeat rhythms. Tickets are £12.50 from here

At 8.00pm Apples and Snakes presents Telling Tales at The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, SE8 4AG. Patience Agbabi’s new poetry collection remixes Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales with 21^st century characters, featuring spoken word talent such as Francesca Beard, Michael brome, Kyrill Potapov, Shane Solanki, Steve Tasane and Pete the Temp as the modern pilgrims. Tickets are £10.00 (£8.00 concs) from here 

Thursday 22^nd May

At 7.00pm is Perspectives from Algeria at The Mosaic Rooms, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW. This panel discussion with Dr Hamza Hamouchene (Algeria Solidarity Campaign), Imad Mesdoua (Algerian political analyst) and Dr James McDougall (Oxford) will discuss the issues facing Algeria today in the context of its past and the contemporary uprisings in Tunisia and Algeria. RSVP this FREE event by email. 

At 9.00pm the Udderbelly Festival presents Gina Yashere: Live in London in London Wonderground, Jubilee Gardens, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. the multi award winning comedienne is back with a new show performed in this upside down, purple inflated cow. With shows till 24^th May tickets are £17.50 from here. 

Friday 23^rd May

At 6.00pm Freedom Friday presents The Eritrean Film Screening at The Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University, London Road,  SE1 6LN. Screening 2 films that depict the realities of Eritreans life.  Followed by a Q&A with Meron Estefanos (Journalist) and Professor Gaim Kibreab (London South Bank University) ‘Sound of Torture’ follows Meron Estefanos as she investigates the plight of thousands of Eritrean refugees fleeing the dictatorship. ‘Siuwe Tezaribu’ is a musical that depicts the reaction of 2 parents who lost their children in the war of independence and the refugee crisis.

At 8.00pm Numbi presents a Night of Afro-Futurism at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA.  Hosted by Elmi Ali this night of futuristic rhythms, African diasporic vibrations and stunning performers such as DJ Tillah Willah from Trinidad via Nigeria, DJ Lynnee Denise from LA, St Lucian poets, filmmakers and writers Kendel Hippolyte, Davina Lee and Vladimir Lucien. Singers YuniQ Soul, Tesega Tebege, Feeddy Macha and Nadia Al Faghih Tickets are £12.00 on the door, £10.00 from here and £5.00 conc. 

Saturday 24^th May

From 11.00am to 5.00pm Open the Gate hosts The African Market at Old Spitalfields, Commercial Street, EC1 6EW.  Featuring accessories, fashion, shoes, clothes, books, cosmetics, food, arts and much more. FREE to attend, more details here. 

From 12.30pm to 6.00pm is the 2nd Nigerian Events Awards UK and Events Expo at the Hilton Docklands Riverside, 165 Rotherhithe Road, SE16 5EH. This expo will feature a series of workshops, stands and seminars from the creative, artistic, event planning and entertainment industry. The Awards Dinner will follow at 7.00pm with nominees in 19 categories, hosted by Victor Oluwole and Daizy Fini, with a champagne reception, comedy, dance, raffle draw, performances by Dele Achiever, Tosyne, and Deoba Authentic and a Buffet Dinner. The expo is FREE to attend. The Dinner is £50.00 register for both from here.

At 7.00pm Focus Organisation hosts Best From Africa: Senegal meets Zimbabwe at Passing Clouds, 1a Dalston Road, E8 4AA. Featuring Zimbabwean Afro-funk band The Heritage Survival Band, Senegalese afro jazz and blues from Abdoulaye Samb and Minnjiaraby. DJ sets from JP Kairo and Yaaba Funk DJs. FREE before 9.00pm, £5.00 before 10.00pm and £10.00 thereafter or £8.00 in advance from here.

At 7.00pm is the Grand Finale of the Top Model of Colour Season 8 in the Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5BZ. With over 30 models competing, there will performances from traditional dancers and singer and European and Caribbean food. Tickets start from £15.00 from here. 

Sunday 25^th May

At 5.00pm is the 3^rd Annual Afro Model Awards at The Crown Moran Hotel, 142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, NW2 3ED. This event rewards and recognises the contributions of individuals and organisations that have contributes towards the growth and development of fashion, style and modeling. Tickets start from £20.00 from here. 

Week of 12th May: New Plays from South Africa Project, Le Gateau Chocolat, South Africa after the 2014 Elections, Zimbabwe’s International Re-engagement, Business in the Environment, CaribDirect International Business Network, Talent Agenda 2014 Conference, Gangsters of Comedy

Sanibonani (Hello in Zulu),

Another week of African events from Proud to be African Clothing, understandably in the week after South Africa completes their first election in which the post 1994 ‘born free’ generation takes part alot of events South Africa feature, with plays, poetry, panel discussions and much more

Have a great week

 Monday 12^th May

At 6.45pm The 100 Black Men of London screen The Black Image at The Phoenix Centre, 73 Oxford Street, W1D 2EP, this short film reviews images of black people through the ages, followed by a discussion with hot food and drink for purchase at the venue. Admission is FREE

At 7.00pm the Royal Court presents A New Song at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS. This play by Napo Masheane is part of the New Plays from South Africa Project after 20 years of democracy season and is about a domestic worker who persuades her sister workers to get involved in the Anti Pass Book campaign of the 1950s. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

 At 7.00pm Corey Harris launches ‘Jahtigui The Life and Music of Ali Farka Toure’ Biography of Music Legend at the Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. Hosted by Dr Lucy Duran (SOAS), the blues musician will discuss the book which consists of interviews and firsthand experience from those who know him, with a live performance and a drinks reception. To attend this FREE even RSVP to Naomi Reid. 

At 9.15pm the Soho Theatre presents Le Gateau Chocolat: Black at The Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE an intimate and confessional portrait of Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat with a repertoire from Wagner to Whitney Houston. Running till 24^th May, tickets start from £10.00 from here.

 Tuesday 13^th May

At 6.00pm the Royal African Society presents South Africa after the 2014 Elections in the Brunei Suite, OAS, Thornhaugh Street with Richard Dowden (Royal African Society), Desne Masie (Analyst), Xolani Xala (ANC London), the panel will examine the results of the May 7^th election and assess and reflect on what 20 years of democracy means for South Africa. Register for this FREE event here.

At 6.30pm Carpe Diem presents Poetry meets Art at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston, E8 4AA. Held in aid of Saving Congo the show will feature Bunmi Hazzan, Jah-Mir Early, Radikal Art, Beth Robb, Samantha Williams, Ma’ankha Bast. There will be stalls, food, exhibitions and a vegan banquet. Admission is £5.00 before 9.00pm £7.00 the door

At 7.00pm the Royal Court presents NewFoundLand at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre. This play by Neil Coppen is about an anaesthetist working in a rural hospital and a dancer who meet experience a hallucinatory journey exploring race, sexuality and religion in contemporary South Africa. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

At 7.00pm is Lorna Blackmans Play ‘The Diary of the BBB’ at the West Indian Cultural Centre, 9 Clarendon Road, Hornsey, N8 0DJ. The play is about a young man struggling to be an upstanding citizen despite the negativity surrounding him, narrated in a diary format to an afrobeats backing track.  Tickets for the play and dinner are £15.00 from here.

                                                                            Wednesday 14^th May

At 10.00am Chatham House presents Zimbabwe’s International Re-engagement: The Long Haul to Recovery at The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE. Chaired by Alex Vines (Chatham House) with Dr Knox Chitiyo and Dr Steve Kibble who will discuss their new report assessing Zimbabwe’s political and economic landscape. To attend register here. 

At 7.00pm the Royal Court presents Fana La Fale (Here and There) at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre This play in Setswana by Omphile Moluhse is about A young couple and tier friends start a fight against the corrupt public housing system so they can live better.

Tickets are £8.00 from here.

Thursday 15^th May

At 2.00pm BEN Television hosts Business in the Environment at MWB Business Exchange, 88 Kingsway, Holborn, WC2B 6AA. This event seeks to address regional initiatives on waste and renewable energy business resource Tickets are £50.00 from here.

At 6.45pm is the CaribDirect International Business Network at the St Lucia High Commission, 1 Collingham Gardens, SW5 0HW. This business networking event will feature Dr Ernest Hilaire (St Lucia High Commissioner), McHale Andrew (Invest St Lucia), UKTI, Mavis Amankwah (Rich Visions), Carol Hay, (Caribbean Tourism Organisation), Fiona Compton (Paradise Prints) Admission is £15.00 from here. 

At 7.00pm the Royal Court presents Brave at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre. This play by Mongiwekaya is about two friends out on a joint run, stopped and questioned by the police, turning the drive home into a brutal journey that changes the accused and the accusers forever. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

Friday 16^th May

From 9.30am to 5.00pm the Global Career Company presents Talent Agenda 2014 Conference at Hilton London Canary Wharf, Marsh Wall, E14 9SH. This event brings together African business leaders and leading academics to provide an understanding of the challenges faced by businesses in finding or creating talent to operate internationally Tickets are £495.00 from here.

At 7.00pm the Royal Court presents All Who Pass at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre. This play by Amy Jephta is set in District 6, Cape Town 1974, when the inner city neighbourhood is being cleared by the apartheid regime. In 2013 a daughter returns to exorcise the ghosts of the past. Tickets are £8.00 from here.

 At 8.45pm the Royal Court presents Performance Poetry from South Africa at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre. Curated by singer and spoken word artist Leeto Thale with guest slots from Thabiso Mohare and other spoken word artists, followed by South African music and DJs till late. This is a FREE event but RSVP here.

Saturday 17^th May

 At 4.00pm the Royal Court hosts New Writing in South Africa at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre. This panel discussion hosted by Elyse Dodgson features Simo Majola, Mongiwekaya, Amy Jephta, Omphile Molusi, Neil Coppen and Napo Masheane. This is a FREE event but RSVP here.

At 7.00pm the Royal Court presents The Last MK Fighter at The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, The Royal Court Theatre. This play by Simo Majola is about an old MK soldier troubled by nightmares about his comrades left behind fighting in Angola and his struggles with his son who blames him for the years of absence. Tickets are £8.00 from here. 

Sunday 18^th May

At 11.00am is The Ethics of Liberation Wars at The Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. This talk by Dan Thea covers the justice of an the will to conduct wars of liberation with particular reference to the Mau Mau in Kenya, Algerian War of Independence, Angolan War of independence, the ANC war against South Africa and the secession of South Sudan from Sudan Tickets are £5.00 from here. 

At 7.00pm is Gangsters of Comedy at Shepherds Bush Empire, 88 Shepherds Bush Green, Shepherds Bush, W12 8TT. With the Young Guns; Kevin J, Axel, Aurie Styla versus the Old Guns; Richard Blackwood, Slim and Curtis Walker, with referee Will E Robo. Music on the night will be from Supa, Love Connexion and RB and Cylent. Tickets start from £22.50 from here.

At 7.00pm is Word4Word at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, Stratford, E15 1BN. Hosted by Kat Francois, featuring Same Berkson, Kareem Parkins-Brown and Folasade Philips Reggae Choir. There is also an open mic and DJ Sloety playing drops and tunes. This is a FREE event more details here

Week of 5th May: The African Comedy Show, The African Market, Look How Far We’ve Come Conference, Wole Soyinka at 80, 3rd Annual Women4Africa Awards Night, Juwon Ogungbe and The Life Force Band, Caribbean Family Fun Day, #BringBackOurGirls Solidarity Rally, Zimbabwe Achievement Awards, Kenyan London 7’s 2014 After Party, The Enigma of Igbo- Ukwu Lecture,

Jambo,

Another short week, but packed with some of Proud to be African Clothing’s favourite events, from Markets to Comedy to Awards, Music, Fun Days, Seminars, rallies and lectures.

Two stand out events on Monday at 11.00am is #BringBackOurGirls Solidarity Rally in London at the Nigeria High Commission for Nigerians, Africans, friends of Nigeria and Africa and all right minded people should come and lend their voices in solidarity for the release for the schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorists in Northeastern Nigeria.

On Friday is TheAfrican Comedy Show, with South Africa’s Chris Forest, Nigeria’s Gandoki, Malawi’s Daliso, Somalia’s Prince Abdi, Zimbabwe’s Wayne and Kenya’s Njambi McGrath. More details below

Have a great week

Monday 5^th May

From 10.00am to 12.00 midnight is Caribbean Family Fun Day at North Middlesex Cricket Club, Park Road, N8 8JJ. Featuring 20 x 20 Cricket Tournament (Barbados XI, Montserrat XI, Academy XI and Big Pappy’s Liming Brigade Celebrity XI), children events, Steel Pans, Carnival masquerades, bouncy castles (children and adults), face painting, tug of war, Bingo and Dominoes, stalls, tutorials on carnival and steel pan and an After Party hosted by Martin Jay. Admission is £7.50 for over 16 year olds, £4.50 for 5-16 year olds and FREE for under 5’s.Family tickets  (2 Adults and 2 Children ) £18.00 from here. £10.00 for over 16 year olds, £5.50 for 5-16 year olds and FREE for under 5’s.Family tickets  (2 Adults and 2 Children ) £25.00 on the door.

From 11.00am to 5.00pm Open the Gate presents The African Market, at Old Spitalfields Market, Horner Square, E1 6EW. Hosted by Zena Edwards and Usifu Jalloh with drumming workshops, West African story telling with Usifu Jalloh, face painting, live music with the Anna Mudeka Band, DJ Koichi Sakai and a catwalk show by Christelle Kedi, head wrapping taster demo. There will be Mosaic workshops with Oemamu Mosaics, Face painting and glitter tattoo with Kemi, Massage Therapy by Mariama Ndaye as well as stalls with fashion, books, accessories, jewellery, food and much more. FREE entry all day

From 11.00am to 3.00pm is #BringBackOurGirls Solidarity Rally in London at the Nigeria High Commission, 9 Northumberland Avenue, WC2N 5BX. Nigerians, Africans, friends of Nigeria and Africa and all right minded people should come and lend their voices in solidarity for the release for the schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorists in Northeastern Nigeria. More details here. 

Tuesday 6^th May

At 6.00pm Chatham House presents Ebola and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Measuring the Risk at Chatham House, 10 St James Square, SW1Y 4LE. Chaired by Alison Holmes (Imperial College) with Dr Osman Dar (Public Health England), Professor David L. Heymann (Chatham House), Richard Smith (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and Armand Sprecher (Medecins Sans Frontieres), this panel will discuss the threat of emerging infectious diseases in West Africa and the threat they possess in a globalised world and the challenges of control and prevention. To attend this event please contact the Chatham House Events Team here.

Wednesday 7^th May

Thursday 8^th May

At 10.30am Chatham House presents Cameroun’s Influence in Emerging Africa: Priorities in a Globalized World at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. Chaired by Anne McCormick (Diageo Africa), the Prime Minister of Cameroun Philemon Yang will discuss recent developments in Cameroun, the process and challenges of modernisation and Cameroun’s international and regional priorities. Register for this event here.

At 3.00pm Chatham House presents Somali Refugees in Kenya: The Case of the Dadaab Camp at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. Ben Rawlence (Human Rights Watch) will present the main findings of his yearlong research in Dadaab Camp, northern Kenya-the largest refugee camp in the world, highlighting the frustrations of the inhabitants with the Kenyan and Somali governments. Register for this event here.

At 6.00pm BTWSC presents Look How Far We’ve Come: Getting Racism Back On the Agenda? Conference at The Abbey Centre, 34 Great Smith Street, Westminster, SW1P 3BU. The event will consist with a series of presentations, followed by workshops, the outcomes of which will be deliberated over in a plenary session to highlight priority points. Register for this FREE event here.

At 6.30pm the Royal African Society hosts Wole Soyinka at 80 at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB. Editor and critic Margaret Busby will be in conversation with Professor Wole Soyinka (the first African Nobel Prize Winner for Literature) discussing his work and the relationship between culture and politics. The event will also be the launch and book signing of Essays in Honour of Wole Soyinka by Ivor Agyeman-Duah and Promise Ogochukwu. Admission is £10.00 (£8.00 and £6.00 concs).

At 7.00pm is The Turning Point Movie Screening at Stratford Picture House Cinema, Salway Road, E15 1BX. This night will feature a VIP Champagne Lounge reception, after party and Directors Q&A with Niyi Towolawi. Turning Point set in New York and Lagos features an international cast as well as Nigerian directors, explores ethnic prejudices, blurred moral lines, revenge and deception as Nigerian American investment banker Ade abandons his faithful African American girlfriend to accept an arranged marriage back home with a stranger. Starring Todd Bridges, Ernie Hudson, Jackie Appiah, Patience Ozokwor, Igoni Archibong and K.D. Aubert, screening only tickets are £20.00, VIP tickets £40.00 from here. 

At 8.00pm is Oya, Oshun and Yemaya at Brixton East Gallery, 100 Barrington Road, Brixton, SW9 7JF. This is a celebration of three deities from Yoruba traditional worship with the music of the London Lucumi Choir, the folkloric dancing of Yolanda Perez, the contemporary styling’s of Hannah Anderson Rickets and Ffion Campbel-Davis, spoken word from Jacob V Joyce and visual art by Janine Francoise. Admission is £5.00 in advance from here and £10.00 on the door.

Friday 9^th May

At 11.00am is the third #BringBackOurGirls Solidarity Rally in London meeting at Trafalgar Square for a march to the Nigeria High Commission for all right minded people should come and lend their voices in solidarity for the release for the schoolgirls kidnapped by terrorists in Northeastern Nigeria.

At 4.30pm the Thurstan Shaw Memorial Committee presents The Enigma of Igbo- Ukwu at The Biffen Lecture Theatre, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH. Professor Susan Keech (Rice University) will explain the richness of West Africa’s early civilization drawing on the work of Thurstan Shaw and his early excavations at Igbo-Ukwu as well as her own work on early urbanism in the inland Niger Delta in Mali. Followed by a reception at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, this is a FREE event, RSVP here.

At 6.00pm is The African Comedy Show, Hippodrome, Golders Green, NW11 7RP. This monthly event kicks off with a South, East, West line up. Headlined by the hilarious Chris Forest (South Africa) with Gandoki (Nigeria), Daliso (Malawi), Prince Abdi (Somalia) Wayne (Zimbabwe) and Njambi McGrath (Kenya). African food and drinks will be available. Tickets are £12.50, from here. For Birthday bookings drop the organisers an email or call the ticket hotline on 07404115228

At 7.30pm Crawley WORDFest presents Come Rhyme with Me at Crawley Library, Southgate Avenue, Crawley, RH10 6HG. Hosted by Dean Atta and Deanna Rodgers with poets Sabrina Mahfouz, Hollie McNish and Paul Cree. Admission is £12.00 from here and comes with a Caribbean supper. 

Saturday 10^th May

At 2.00pm The Petrie Museum presents Egypt in London: Modernist Sculpture Walk. Starting at the Carreras ‘Black Cat’ Building, with a discussion of the popular image of Egypt in the 1980’s, followed by a walk/ tube to Jacob Epsteins public sculptures in Hyde Park, Westminster and The Strand.Tickets are £5.00 from here. 

At 6.00pm is the 3^rd Annual Women4Africa Awards Night at The Great Hall, Hornton Street, Kensington, W8 7NX. This awards night celebrates ordinary African women’s extraordinary achievements, with a drinks reception, live entertainment, speakers, comedy, dance, music, networking and a red carpet reception. Tickets start from £35.00 from here.

At 8.00pm is the Kenyan London 7’s 2014 After Party at The Oasis Banqueting Suite, 6-8 Thames Road, Barking, IG11 0HZ. Enjoy authentic Kenyan cuisine and live Kenyan Music with the Afrika Jambo Band. Tickets from £20.00 from here.

At 8.00pm Afri-Kokoa presents Da- Lata at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA. This Afro-Brazilian will be celebrating 20 years in music by performing tracks from their latest album ‘Fabiola’. Tickets are £10.00 in advance from here, £12.00 on the door.

At 8.00pm is the Zimbabwe Achievement Awards at The Royal Garden Hotel, 2-24 Kensington High Street, Kensington, W8 4PT. This event will start with a champagne reception, a 3 course dinner with wine, with live entertainment alongside the awards show, followed by an After Party. Tables start from £89.95 from here

Sunday 11^th May

At 8.00pm is the Kenyan London 7’s 2014 After Party at The Oasis Banqueting Suite, 6-8 Thames Road, Barking, IG11 0HZ. This VIP event will feature the Kenyan Rugby 7’s team, authentic Kenyan cuisine and Music from the resident DJ’s. Tickets start from £20.00 from here.

At 8.00pm Juwon Ogungbe and The Life Force Band will be performing at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, Dalston, N16 8AZ. The acclaimed musician and composer returns with an enlarged band playing his trademark ‘Life force music’ from his existing repertoire well as new material from Progress Ceremony and Threshold. Tickets are £12.50 from here.