Morombe
(Hello in Acholi),
Proud to be African Clothing presents an extremely busy week of events and activities, from Africa
Utopia, Ugandan Investment, Welcome to Busseywood, a free film festival, Africa
Unplugged with Tiwa Savage and Davido and so much more.
In addition
there are 3 other notable events. Ade Solanke’s exceptional play Pandora’s Box
will begin its national tour on Friday 12th in Liverpool, getting to
London 8th October. Get the tour dates here.
Al Jazeera journalist
Barnaby Phillips will be launching his new book 'Another Man’s War- The Story of A Burma Boy in Britain’s Forgotten African Army’ at SOAS on 16th September.
With the 100th Anniversary of the start of World War 1 it is pertinent
to remember the sacrifices of millions of Africans who served in a conflict that
was not of their choosing. Following on from his excellent documentary, ‘Burma
Boy’ this book covers a fascinating chapter in military history.
Author Nadia
Denton will be launching ‘The Nigerian Filmmakers Guide to Success’ at the BFI
Southbank on 20th of September. This book charts the new wave of
Nigerian audio visual content and she will be joined at the launch by Chris
Obi-Rapu (director ‘Living in Bondage’) and Dr Ladi Sandra Adamu in a weekend
of quality presentations and Nollywood. Details here.
However before we get to
these future events we have a wide spectrum of awesomeness, this week will be
hectic so enjoy (and buy a T shirt!)
Have a great week
At 11.00am
Chatham House presents Furthering
Commitment to Africa: The US-Africa Leaders Summit in Review at the Royal Institute of International Affairs,
Chatham House, 10 St James Square, Piccadilly SW1Y 4LE. Ambassador Linda
Thomas-Geenfield (Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, US State Department)
will discuss US policy and priorities in Africa and the significance of the
recent US-Africa Leaders’ Summit. To attend email Chris Vandome, more details
here.
At 7.00pm is Let’s Talk and The ESN Takeover at Juno Bar, 134-135 Shoreditch High Street,
E1 6JE. This night will be split into two halves with the Let’s Talk crowd
setting questions in the first half and then the Eloquently Saying Nothing
Crowd taking over in the second half, setting questions and answers. Admission
is £2.00 from here.
At 7.00pm The
South African Film Festival screens Five
Roads to Freedom: From Apartheid to the World Cup at The Vue Cinema Wood Green, 180 High Road, Hollywood Green, N22 6EJ. This
documentary follows 5 individuals a former policeman, young football star,
former warlord, sister of a murdered ANC fighter and wealthy lawyer all of
whose individual experiences serve as an expression of their countries struggle
to overcome its past. Followed by a Q&A, admission is £5.00 from here.
Tuesday 9th September
From 6.30pm to 9.30pm 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’. RSVP this FREE event here.
Wednesday 10th September
At 7.00pm is Marcia Griffiths and Friends at The Indigo O2, The O2 Peninsula Square,
SE10 0DX. The Queen of Reggae backed by the Perfect Purple Band will take
you through a ska and reggae musical journey with Bob Andy, Judy Mowatt Da’Ville
and Tanya Stephens on her 50th Anniversary International Tour, with
UK support by Dionne Reid and DJ Fridge. Hosted by Daddy Ernie, tickets start
from £30.00 from here.
At 7.00pm is the I’MPossible Conversation: Autumn Edition at L’Oreal UK Headquarters, 255 Hammersmith
Road, Hammersmith, W6 8SJ. Hosted by Lukwesa Barak (Sky News), the Panel
will consist of Rozan Ahmed (writer, brand consultant), Kerry Chandler (Head of
HR, Christies), Laura Mvula (Soul singer/songwriter) and Sharmadean Reid (WAH
Nails). Tickets are £25.00 from
here.
Thursday 11th September
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Africa Utopia
The 3rd edition of this festival features African arts, crafts, performance, culture and music. Lots of music from jazz, classical to traditional. With markets, food markets, exhibitions and installations running alongside.
The 3rd edition of this festival features African arts, crafts, performance, culture and music. Lots of music from jazz, classical to traditional. With markets, food markets, exhibitions and installations running alongside.
At 6.00pm is A Brief Look at Dance in Africa in the
Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall,
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. This lecture demonstration led
by Funmi Adewole looks at a variety of dances across Africa using performance,
percussion and film. This is a FREE event.
At 7.30pm is Qudus
Onikeku and Zena Edwards: Exile Remixed in the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall. This new work by Qudus Onikeku
fuses dance, acrobatics, tai chi, hip hop and contemporary dance underpinned by
his traditional Yoruba philosophy is based on his first solo piece My Exile is in my Head inspired by the
prison writings of Wole Soyinka is remixed with text by poet Zena Edwards.
Hosted by Funmi Adewole tickets are £15.00
from here.
Friday 12th September
At 9.30am is the Real Estate and Investment and Mortgage
Finance in Nigeria at The
Cumberland, Great Cumberland Place, W1H 7DL. This event seeks to create
awareness and present investment opportunities for real estate and mortgage
finance companies and create a niche networking platform for participants.
Guests include Namadi Sambo (Vice President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Coordinating Minister of the Economy and
Minister for Finance), Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Minister for
Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kano State Governor, MD Shelter Afrique,
Nigeria High Commissioner to the UK, President Mortgage Bankers Association of
Nigeria, Nigeria Mortgage RE-Finance Company Lagos State Governor and more. Register
for this FREE event here.
At 10.00am Autograph
ABP presents Black Chronicles II at Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA, this
exhibition explores the Black presence in 19th and 20th
century Britain through the prism of photographic studio portraiture. This FREE exhibition runs until 14th November.
At 6.30pm is the
Opening Night of The Sierra Leone Photo
Exhibition at The Printhouse
Gallery, 18 Ashwin Street, Hackney, E8 3DL. In which East London
photographer Aubrey Wade explored the ways in which people access justice with
diverse judicial systems in an exhibition of colour photos. Running till 29th
October, this is a FREE exhibition,
more details here.
At 8.00pm is Afrospot Live at The Forge Camden, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, NW1 7NL. Bassist Kodjovi Kush and the Afrospot All Stars will be playing highlife with a touch of reggae, jazz and traditional music. Admission is £5.00 before 9.00pm and £7.00 thereafter.
Africa Utopia
From 10.00am is Africa Calling: A Contemporary Design Showcase in the Level 2 Foyer, Royal
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At 1.00pm is Simply Soweto Encha in Central Bar, Level 2, Royal Festival Hall, this a capella five piece group celebrates South African oral and dance traditions mixing Zulu, Xhosa and Tswana songs singing. This is a FREE event.
At 6.00pm is Pete Churchill and Osk Choir Masterclass Sharing on the Festival Terrace, featuring the Kinshasha Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste perform groove and jazz music from their collaboration with composer Pete Churchill, this is a FREE event.
At 6.00pm is Homage to Magool in the Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall. Contemporary Somali singer Farxiya Fiska will be reworking and celebrating the legacy of Somalia’s most popular singer Magool on a UK tour, singing Qaraani music solo backed by the oud this is a FREE event.
At 7.30pm is This is Not Black (Ceci n’est pas Noire) in the Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, this journey of a mixed race woman down memory lane features dance, theatre, spoken word and song by Alesandra Seutin and live music by Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Followed by a Q&A with both performers hosted by Funmi Adewole, tickets are £15.00 from here.
Saturday 13th September
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From 9.30am to 1.00pm
is Day 2 of the Real Estate and
Investment and Mortgage Finance in Nigeria at The Cumberland. This event seeks to create awareness and present
investment opportunities for real estate and mortgage finance companies and
create a niche networking platform for participants. There will be no
presentations or speaker’s just exhibitions and networking. Register for this FREE event here.
From 10.30am to
5.30pm is the National African and
Caribbean Wedding Show at Central
Hall, Westminster, SW1H 9NH. Aiming to provide guests with fresh and bright
ideas for their wedding day with traditional clothes designers, cake designers,
caterer, wedding planners etc. Admission is £10.00 from here or £12.00
on the door
At 10.30am is 4 Corners: Design from the African
Diaspora at The Lyda and Manfred
Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, SWW7 2RL. This talk
by Jon Daniel introduces select work form the USA, Africa, Europe and the
Caribbean, this is a FREE event.
From 12.00pm to 5.00am
Kungadred presents Welcome to Busseywood
in The CLF Art Café, Bussey Building,
133 Rye Lane, Peckham, SE15 4ST. This 17 hour African film festival will feature short
films like Oya: Rise of the Superorishas
(Nigeria), Ackee and Saltfish
(UK), Jonah (Nigeria) followed by a Q&A with the directors, Abyss Boys (South Africa), La Radio (Cote d’Ivoire) and full
length feature films like Half of a
Yellow Sun (Nigeria) , Imani
(Uganda).
Live music from Asheber and the Afrikan Revolution featuring El Crisis, spoken word ffrom Tolu Agbelesi and Thale Leeto. There will also be market stalls, panel discussions, African language classes, poetry and pop art gallery. And all of this is absolutely FREE!!! Get full details and times here.
From 2.00pm to 7.00pm The East African Healthcare Forum presents Can the Diaspora Impact
Africa’s Health? From Brain Drain to Brain Gain at The Troxy. This event explores the
roles that the diaspora can play collectively and individually in building the
capacity of African Medical Associations, with 3 plenary sessions all followed
by Q&As on The World Medical Association’s Africa Medical Initiative with
Dr Margaret Mungherera, Time Banking- Tapping the Potential of African Medical
Professionals in the Diaspora with Ronald Lutaaya, Telemedicine by Dr Joseph
Vuni and the Kings Sierra Leone Partnership with Dr Sakib Rokadia (Kings
College London). There will be facilitated workshops on Lecturing and CPD in
Africa, Time Banking-Investing professional time in Africa, Medical Approach to
Long term conditions and Medical approach to Infectious Diseases. Register for
this FREE event here.
Live music from Asheber and the Afrikan Revolution featuring El Crisis, spoken word ffrom Tolu Agbelesi and Thale Leeto. There will also be market stalls, panel discussions, African language classes, poetry and pop art gallery. And all of this is absolutely FREE!!! Get full details and times here.
From 2.00pm to 7.00pm The East African Healthcare Forum presents Can the Diaspora Impact
At 6.00pm is Wahala Comedy Clash and After Party at
the Indigo2 Super Club, O2 Complex Millennium
Walk, Greenwich, SE10 0DX. This event features live comedy from Slim, Kevin
J, Curtis Walker, Quincy, Sound Clash and Richard Blackwood and then a 3 round,
8 comedian comedy clash with Jamie Howard, Shabba, Aurie Styla, Dizzle, Junior
Booker, Kae Kurd, Ade and Limz. Round 1 is an Anything goes cussing battle,
Round 2 Chat up lines and Round 3 Joke Punch Lines. Followed by an After party
with live DJs tickets start from £5.00
Africa Utopia
At 7.00am is Day two of Africa Gathering Special Edition 2014 at The Southbank Centre, with speakers presenting their ideas and businesses. More details here.
At 10.00am is Come and Play! Africa Utopia Scratch
Orchestra in The Clore Ballroom,
Royal Festival Hall, where you can bring your own instruments and try out
some of the pieces the Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste will be performing in
concert, sign up from 10.00am, rehearsals from 10.30am, performance at 12.30am.
At 2.30pm is Africa on the Catwalk in the Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall. Ola Shobowale (Infinite Beauty Factory) and Sharma-Marie Francis present a selection of works originating from or inspired by Africa’s cultural heritage, featuring Bestow Elan, Soboye, Sindiso Khumalo, AAKS, Hassan Hajjaj, Adele Dejak, Sarah Duah, Haus of Hercules and Mifani Shoes. This is a FREE event
At 5.00pm is Club Africa in The Clore Ballroom, Royal Festival Hall where you can learn kizomba and kuduro dan styles and party to African and Afro Fusion music. This is a FREE event
At 7.30pm is Mulatu
Astatke at the Royal Festival Hall, the
father of Ethio jazz will play his distinctive compositions fusing funk, soul,
jazz and contemporary jazz. Tickets from
£20.00 from here.
At 7.30pm Gina Yashere will be performing in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, performing for
one night only, after performing on US TV shows, Udderbelly and returning to
Nigeria the London born Nigerian comedienne. Tickets are £15.00 from here.
Sunday 14th September
At 6.00pm the Igbo Culture and Support Network hosts its General House Meeting at The
Score Centre, 100 Oliver Road, E10 5JY. Themed Business and Networking more
details here. At 8.00pm is Africa Unplugged at The O2 Academy Brixton, 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, SW9 9SL. Featuring afrobeats stars Davido, Tiwa Savage and Diamond Platinumz, supported by the CEO Dancers, Afrika, D3 and Project G and hosted by DJ Abass, DJ Unbeatable and DJ Abrantee. Tickets from £22.50 from here.
Africa Utopia
From 10.30am to 4.00pm is the Upcycling Chair Workshop: The Art of Storytelling in The Sunley Pavilion, Royal Festival Hall. This workshop by Yinka Ilori meshes African fabric, accessories and postcards with vintage European modernist furniture, accompanied by African curated DJ sets and a Yoruba talking drum, bring your own chair and work clothes. Tickets are £30.00 from here.
From 10.30am to 4.00pm is the Upcycling Chair Workshop: The Art of Storytelling in The Sunley Pavilion, Royal Festival Hall. This workshop by Yinka Ilori meshes African fabric, accessories and postcards with vintage European modernist furniture, accompanied by African curated DJ sets and a Yoruba talking drum, bring your own chair and work clothes. Tickets are £30.00 from here.
At 1.00pm is Say it through Breakdancing in The Clore Balllroom with a group of
break dancers from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya supported by Impact
Dance UK, in addition to performances there will be workshops with the
performers, all of which is FREE.
At 3.30pm is Day two of Africa Gathering Special Edition 2014 at The Southbank Centre, special guests
include Wayne Sutton, with plenary sessions on Education in Africa, Reporting
on Africa, Food Hackathon, African Leadership Decoded, How to build the next
generation of African Entrepreneurs, Disruptive innovation, China loves Africa
and Women and Leadership in Africa with speakers presenting their ideas and
businesses. Register here.
At 5.00pm The Kinshasa Symphony will be
performing in The Royal Festival Hall.
This extraordinary orchestra and choir will perform an eclectic mix of music
from Finlandia, Congolese Choral works, Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare Congolese
Orchestral works, Berliozs Marche s and Beethovens 9th Symphony. Tickets
are £20.00 from here.
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