Kedu, Sannu,
Eka ro, Jambo,
My people I
greet you.
Waka too
plenty. In essence if you leave your house on Monday there is a risk you might
not make it home till next week.
What is
there not to do?
2 book launches; Nadia Denton will be launching ‘The Nigerian Filmmakers Guide to Success’ at the BFI Southbank on Saturday running with Beyond Nollywood with quality Nigerian movies . 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 Tuesday. The London African Music Festival is just overdosing on sublime African music, with verything from the kora to the afrobeat to the oud to desert rock.
We have investment events, property events, 3 Igbo Cultural
events on Saturday (you will eat a lot of kola nut), South African movies,
StartUp Africa, Mwalimu Express returns. African ballet and music with
Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Sadlers Wells, Congolese Macbeth, Ghana Youth Day,
markets
I fact I’m tired just thinking about it, better call the
boss, the baby sitter and start planning your week.
Have a groovy week (I know I intend to!!)
Monday 15th September
At 7.00pm The
South African Film Festival screens Beyond the Rainbow at The Vue
Cinema Wood Green, 180 High Road, Hollywood Green, N22 6EJ. This
documentary explores the transition of thee ANC from a liberation movement into
South Africa's ruling party by examining thee evolution off the relationship
between its to most prominent leaders Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Followed by a
Q&A, admission is £5.00 from
here.
Tuesday 16th
September
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At 7.00pm The
Royal African Society will be launching Barnaby Phillips ‘Another Man’s War- The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain’s Forgotten
African Army’ at the Khalili Lecture
Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG. Chaired by Richard Dowden and
respondent Dr Ike Anya, author and Senior Al Jazeera English correspondent
Barnaby Philips will discuss his new book a true story of Isaac Fadoyebo who at
16 defied his family and went to serve in the Royal West African Frontier
Force. Weeks after arriving in Burma, his unit was ambushed and Isaac left for
dead, until nursed back to health by a local family. Register for this FREE event here.
At 7.45pm Third World Bunfight presents Macbeth at The Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS. This
production transposes Verdi’s classic opera to war torn Congo, with refugee
performers telling their own story through the composers musical adaptation of
Shakespeare, performed in Italian with English subtitles sung by a South Africa
ensemble. Running till 20th September tickets start from £16.00 from here.
Wednesday 17th September
From 10.00am to
5.00pm the Nigerian London Business Forum presents The Greater London Business Conference on Nigeria at Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, Russell
Square, WC1H 0DG. Oyo and Niger States are exploring direct links with
prospective UK business partners. Speakers at the 2 day conference Sam
Ohuabunwa (Nigeria Economic Summit), Professor Pat Utomi, Engineer Emeka
Unachukwu (Morflex Energy & Power Ltd), Jennifer Obaseki (Obaseki
Solicitors), Ray Ekpu (Newswatch Magazine), John Momoh (Channels Television),
Ali Sherwani (ECGD UK) and Simon Brown (UKTI), Tickets start from £15.00 from here.
Thursday 18th September
From 10.00am to
5.00pm is Day 2 of The Greater London Business Conference on
Nigeria at Royal National Hotel.
Tickets start from £15.00 from here.
At 6.00pm the
Africa Research Institute presents Aid
under the Microscope at The Africa
Research Institute, 55 Tufton Street, SW1P 3QL. Graham Ward CBE (Independent
Commission for Aid Impact), will present a review of DfiDs aid programmes,
evaluating the UKs development assistance and take questions. Register for this
FREE event by email or phone 0207
222 4006.
At 7.00pm Magenta
Dating presents the Black Singles Social
Event at All Bar One Houndsditch, 106-107 Houndsditch, EC3A 7BD. This event
is fully hosted for the first 2 hours to encourage people to mix and mingle.
Tickets are £10.00 from here.
At 7.30pm is
Nollywood Babylon at Hotel Elephant, Unit A, behind 40-42 Newington Causeway,
Elephant and Castle, SE1 6DR This documentary drops viewers into the
bustling Idumota market where Nollywood films are sold and stars are born. Tickets
are £5.00 from here.
Friday 19th September
From 8.30am to 5.30pm
is the Property Investor Africa Summit
2014 at Grange Tower Bridge
Hotel,
45 Prescott Street, E1 8GP. Themed Investing
in Africa Property, this conference will highlight the opportunities an
challenges of property investment on the continent. Keynote speakers include
Yweri Museveni (President of Uganda), Tutu Agyare (Tullow Oil), Tidjane Thiam
(Prudential plc), Bob Diamond (former CEO Barclays), Lord Sheikh, Lord Boateng,
Samuel Esson Jonah (Jonah Capital) and more. Tickets start from £15.00 from here.
At 1.00pm
the Black Cultural Archives presents Re-Imagine:
Black Women in Britain Lunchtime Talks at Black Cultural Archives. This is series of lunchtime talks by and
about inspirational women. Tickets start from £5.00 (£3.00 concs) from here.
At 6.30pm BBM/BMC
presents Black British Writers in
Conversation at George Woods Theatre, Goldsmiths University of London, New
Cross, SE14 6NW. Dr Deirdre Osborne and Professor Joan Anim-Addo host this programme
of special events in the run up to the launch of the MA in Black British
Writing with authors such as Bernadine Evaristo and Andrea Stuart, both of whom
will read from their works and take part in a Q&A. RSVP this FREE event here.
At 7.00pm Zoes
Ghana Kitchen presents Totally
Ghanalicious London at Zoë’s Ghana
Kitchen, 56 Dace Road, E3 2NQ. Bring your own bottle to this 4 course meal,
with two sittings one at 7.00pm and one at 9.00pm, admission is £25.00 from here.
At 7.30pm is Inala featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Sadlers Wells Theatre, Roseberry
Avenue,
EC1R 4TN. Celebrating 20 years of democracy in South Africa, musical legends
Ladysmith Black Mambazo blends Zulu traditions with pianos, live percussion and
stings with award winning choreographer Mark Baldwin and world class dancers in
this fusion of South African and Western cultures. Running till 20th
September tickets start from £12.00
from here.
At 7.30pm Feel
the Rhythm Productions presents Afro
Dance Xplosion 2014 at Hampstead
Town Hall Centre, 213 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4QP. Themed ‘Moving with the Rhythms’
this weekend of dance classes and workshops will feature Chantal Loial, Allison
Ray Dance Company, GOP, Akosua Boakye, Syxx Issac, Sheila Attah, Bafana Soloman
Matea Running till 21st September, tickets start from £5.00 from here.
London African Music Festival
Running from Friday 19th to Sunday
28th September across 12 venues, full line up here
At 7.00pm
Afri- Kokoa presents Direction Africa
with DJ Voodoo Funk at The Forge
Camden, 3-7 Delancey Street, NW1 7NL, featuring DJ Frank Gossner playing
Arobeat and Highlife, with a film and visuals followed by a discussion on Frank
Gossners travels to unearth post independence African music and Q&A led by Peter
Adjaye. Tickets are £8.00 in advance
from here and £10.00 on the door.
At 7.00pm is Yaaba Funk at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA, Yaaba Funk
mixes horns, bass and guitars to produce a unique Ghanaian sound, playing from
their new album My vote dey count supported
by DJs Chief Commander Yaaba, Mr Brett and The Outlaw Clive Wales. Tickets are £12.50 (£10.00 concs) from here.
At 7.00pm is The Rhythms and Afunja at Charlton House Charlton Road, Charlton,
SE7 8RE. The Rhythms are a 7 piece Nigerian Afrobeat band from Lagos, while
Afunja is a 10 piece Afrobeat band led by bassist Afolabi Lipede. Tickets are £10.00 from here.
At 7.00pm is Karama and M.O.O.K Ensemble at The Flyover Portobello, 3-5 Thorpe Close,
W10 5XL, led by Moroccan oud master Soufan Saihi with Japanese, Venezuelan,
Moroccan, British and Spanish members this is a Moroccan themed global sound.
M.O.O.K Ensemble led by guitarist Giovanni Cacioppo features an Ethiopian
singer Haymanot Tesfa, Dutch oboist, Spanish violist, English double bassist
and Danish percussionist. Tickets are £12.50
(£10.00 conc) from here.
At 8.00pm is Kad Achouri
at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett
Square, Dalston, N1 8AZ. Algerian Pianist and vocalist Kad Achouri plays
music that is a fusion of French chanson, Basque pop and world jazz over
seductive and poetic vocals. Tickets are £12.50
(£10.00 conc) from here.
At 8.00pm
is Harare, London Zulu and DJ Jamie
Renton at the Hackney Attic, Hackney
Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street,
Hackney, E8 1HE. The South African singer Ingrid Webster fronts London Zulu
and will be followed by Zimbabwean quartet Harare fronted by Kuda Matimba.
Tickets are £6.00 in advance from
here, £8.00 on the door.
Saturday 20th
September
From 9.00am to 4.00pm Africa 2.0 hosts StartUp Africa: London at Level 39, One Canada
Square, Canary Wharf, E14 5AB. This interactive day will be split into 4 parts, Demo, Showcase, Panel of Experts and Networking and is for dynamic entrepreneurs to pitch and demo their business to a panel of influential judges such as Arnold Ekpe (Forer CEO Ecobank) Geetha Tharmaratnam (Abraaj Performance Acceleration Group), Gail Mwamba (Private Equity Africa), Jean-Paul Melaga (Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFG) and Daniel Makoua (Bwamanga Sustainable Investments Advisers) concluding with a cocktail reception. Tickets are £30.00 from here.
At 10.30am is Day 2 of Afro Dance Xplosion 2014 at Hampstead Town Hall Centre. Themed ‘Moving with the Rhythms’ this weekend of dance classes and workshops will feature, Contemporary Dance with Akosua Boakye, Street Dance with Brandan Syxx Issac, Sheila Attah, Acogny Technique with Alessandra Seutin and Congolese Chantal Loial Bafana Soloman Matea Running till 21st September, tickets start from £5.00 from here.
From 10.00am to 7.00pm is Ghana Youth Day 2014 at The Berne Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall, Approach Road, Tottenham, N15 4RX. Held in conjunction with the Ghana High Commission and Tullow Oil the day will consist of a series of workshops for young people, careers advice and workshops, cultural displays and performances by Fuse ODG and Simply Andy. This is a FREE event, register here.
At 11.00am is CATIL’s Guided Tour off Pangaea: New Art from Africa and Latin America at the Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, SW3 4RY, in which Victoria Mendryzk will guide visitors through the exhibition and explain contemporary artworks from Latin America and Africa. Admission is £16.00 from here.
From 12.00pm to 9.00pm is The Black Market and Film Festival at Platanos College, Clapham Road, Stockwell, SW9 0AL. Showcasing and exposing black cultural and creative entrepreneurs to sell their products and skills. There will be films, economic presentations and workshops. Admission is £9.00 from here.
At 2.00pm is B for Boy at the NFT3, BFI Southbank, part of the Beyond Nollywood season, is about a Nigerian woman who at almost 40 is expecting her second child and resorts to extreme measures to guarantee a male successor. Tickets are £6.50 from here
At 3.00pm is Gallery Talk: Owusu-Ankomah at October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street,
Bloomsbury, WC1N 3AL, accompanying his new solo exhibition Microcron Begins Owusu-Ankromah speaks to Gerard Houghton about his creative process and his interest in adinkra symbols. RSVP this FREE event here.
At 3.00pm is Caribbean Evening with Positive Network at St Boniface Church, 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting, SW17 9PG. Featuring world class comedy, live music including steel bands, singers, fashion show and delicious Caribbean cuisine. Tickets are £15.00 from here.
At 3.00pm
Anioma UK celebrates Anioma Day at Cambridge House, 1 Addington Square,
Camberwell, SE5 0HF, this dinner and dance celebrates the culture and
traditions of the Anioma peoples. Tickets are £30.00 from here.
At
6.00pm is The Onitsha Ado Family and
Friends at The African Community
Centre, Unit 2, Lyndean Industrial Estate, Felixstowe Road, Abbey Wood, SE2 9SG.
Tickets for this celebration of Onitsha culture and traditions with dinner and
dancing are £20.00 in advance and £30.00 on the door.
At 8.00pm
Otu Obi Nde Owerre UK presents Owerri
Day 2014 at Broadwater Farm
Community Centre, Adams Road, Tottenham, N17 6HE. With food, dancing,
culture and fine fine Owerri boys and girls. For more details call 0787 776
6907 or 0795 635 1912
London African Music Festival
At 1.00pm Abdul
Tee-Jay at The Green Note Club, 106
Parkway, Camden, NW1 7AN. The veteran Sierra Leonean guitarist and singer/
songwriter plays solo and looks back over his recordings featuring new versions
and arrangements of his palm wine classics. Tickets are £7.00 from here.
At 7.30pm is Seeds of Creation and Sabbey Drummers,
Upstairs at the Ritzy, The Ritzy
Picturehuse, Brixton Oval, SW2 1JG. Featuring legendary Algerian Mandolin
player Seddik Zebiri and his group Seeds of Creation and Ghanaian Sabbey
Drummers led by percussionist and vocalist Alfa Sackey. Tickets are £10.00 from here.
At 7.30pm is Diabel Cissokho at The Forge
the kora maesto will play rich mandinka melodies on the kora and nggoni with an
upbeat groove followed by DJ Freestyle playing African grooves til late.
Tickets are £6.00 in advance and £8.00 on the door.
At 8.00pm is Samy Bishai at The Vortex Jazz Club, the Egyptian violinist and composer and his
quartet fuse his Egyptian ancestry with western music to produce a unique
sound, tickets are £12.50 from here.
Sunday 21st September
At 10.30am is Day
3 of Afro Dance Xplosion 2014 at Hampstead Town Hall Centre. Themed
st
September, tickets start from £5.00 from here.
‘Moving with the Rhythms’ this weekend of dance classes and workshops will
feature; Horton with David Blake of Lion
King, Afro House with Sheila Attah, Afro
Zulu with Bafana Soloman Matea and Congolese Chantal Loial Running till 21
From 2.00pm
to 6.00pm Mwalimu Express returns
to Rich Mix, with live sets from
Simo Lagnawi, African films from Screen Station, stalls, Owari games, kids Yoga
with Lucy Angell Johnson and DJ sets from DJs Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt, tis
is FREE family friendly fun.
At 3.10pm
is Nigeria Through a Lens at BFI Southbank, part of the Beyond
Nollywood season this is a selection of documentaries about extraordinary
Nigerian artistes, including George
Osodi: Kings of Nigeria, Emeka Okereke: Invisible Borders and JD Okhai Ojeikere: Master Photographer, with
guest directors at the event tickets are £6.50
from here.
At 6.20pm is Mother of George, in NFT3, BFI Southbank, this movie
directed by Andrew Dosunmu is an enlightened look at immigrant life amongst the
New York, Yoruba immigrant community where a young woman is driven to great
lengths to have a baby. Tickets are £6.50
from here.
London African Music Festival
At 7.30pm
is Sousou and Maher Cissoko and
Ebenezer Oke at The Flyover
Portobello. Swedish/ Senegalese couple Sousou and Maher Cissoko combine a
variety of styles and influences as they perform from their new album Stockholm-Dakar. The show will be opened
by guitarist Ebenezer Oke and his 6 piece band. Tickets are £12.50 from here.
At 8.00pm
is Ben Audu at Hootananny Brixton, 95 Effra Road,
Brixton, SW2 1DF. The Nigerian jazz funk alto saxophonist makes his debut
with his unique African swing. This is a FREE
event.
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