Umunna Kedu,
We’ve been away for a while tied up with other projects, but
Proud to be African Clothing is back, to try
and see ourselves to the end of
the year.
Although we missed a fascinating summer of events and happenings
flexing, we’ll enter Autumn with our usual groove and as the weather starts to
cool keep warm with your Proud to be African hoodys.
Oya enjoy!!!
Monday 25th August
At 6.00pm is the Iyanya and Triple MG Concert at the O2 Brixton Academy, 211 Stockwell Road,
Brixton, SW9 9SL. Performing with his full crew TripleMG, this is the
London leg of this highly anticipated tour. Tickets start from £15.00 from here.
At 6.30pm is Poetry Meets Art 11 at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston,
E8 4AA featuring Sam Berkson aka Angry Sam, Cezanne Poetess, Mizan the
Poet, Shareefa Energy and Samantha Williams. Profits from the event goes to the
Panzi Hospital in Eastern Congo. £5.00 before
9.00pm, £7.00 thereafter.
Tuesday 26th August
From 1.30pm to 3.00pm
the Black Cultural Archives presents Family
Fun-Exhibition Explorers at Black
Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, SW2 1EF. This family event
for children aged 4-12, turns them into young exploders gathering clues and exploring
the stories of remarkable black women throughout history, and creating s
masterpiece by the end of the day. Tickets start from £2.00 from here.
From 6.30pm to 9.3pm Caban
Capital presents Investing South African Entrepreneurs at EMW, 1st Floor, 90 Chancery Lane, WC2A 1EU. This event
is for people interested in investing in South African and will feature presentations
by Ben Botes (Caban Capital Plc) on ‘The
role of incubator in accelerating entrepreneurship in South Africa’. Dave
Romero (Caban Capital Plc), ‘Investing in
South African Entrepreneurs with Caban Capital Plc’. Tickets are £10.00 from here.
Wednesday 27th August
Thursday 28th August
At 6.30pm Rays
Jazz presents Ayetoro at The Auditorium, Foyles Bookshop, 107
Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT. The band led by pianist Funsho Ogundipe will
perform their cutting edge afrobeat and free jazz sound from their latest album
Asoju Oba/ Esoterica Galactia. This is a FREE
event.
At 7.00pm Magenta
Dating presents Black Singles Social Event
at The Hippodrome Casino, Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7JH. This event is for
professional black singles to mix, mingle and network. The event will be fully
hosted with ice breakers. Tickets are £5.00
from here.
Friday 29th August
At 7.00pm the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra will be
performing at the Jazz Café, 5 Parkway,
Camden Town, NW1 7PG. To celebrate his upcoming album the full afrobeat
orchestra will be on stage supported by the Wah Wah 45 DJs. Tickets start from £17.00 from
here.
Saturday 30th August
At 7.00pm Strings
on Fire presents Jally Kebba &
Manding Sabu, Abdul Tee-Jay & Rokoto and John Blood & the Highlys at Passing Clouds. This night of West
African music will be hosted by Griot and kora master Jally Kebba Susso, with
Abdul Tee-Jay and Rokkoto from Sierra Leone playing soukous and Sierra Leone
street music and John Blood and the Highlys playing Roots/ Reggae. DJs Volta 45
and Djolof Roots Sound will be on the decks. FREE before 9.00pm, £5.00
before 10.00pm and £10.00 thereafter.
Sunday 31st August
At 6.30pm the
London Ghana SDA Church presents Gospel Jazz
Café at London Ghana Seven Day Adventist
Church, 50 Chadwin Road, Plaistow, E13 8NF. This night of poetry, music,
games and food will entertain and relax you and its FREE! RSVP here.
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