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African Clothing introduces another week of music, movies, seminars, presentations,
conferences and events. Stay warm and enjoy the week
Monday 24th
November
From 9.00am to 6.00pm, CbI presents Africa Investment Exchange: Energy at RSA House, 8 John Adam Street, WC2N 6EZ.
This 2 day investment meeting is an opportunity for non-traditional investment
sources to meet Africa’s renewable and power sector developers, professional
service provider’s entrepreneurs and regional firms through a series of panel
discussions, full programme here, ticket are £1,600.00 from here.
From 9.00am to 6.00pm Women and Youth
Empowerment Network hosts Women Building
Communities at Holiday Inn,
Commercial Road, 5 Cavell Street, E1 2HP. This event sees to increase the
participation of African women in community development projects. Running till
28th November, registration is £550.00
from here.
At 8.00pm the East London Shakespeare Company
presents Romeo and Juliet at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre 53 Hoe
Street, Walthamstow, E17 4SA. This new production transposes William Shakespeare’s
play to modern day South Africa. Running till 29th November, tickets
are £15.00 from here.
Tuesday 25th November
At 6.00pm Africa Justice Foundation
presents Rule of Law: The Experience of
Rwanda 20 years after the Genocide at
Allen and Overy LLP, 1 Bishops Square, E1 6AD. Chaired by Chris Lane
(Africa Justice Foundation), a distinguished panel will discuss rule of law
with Rwanda as a case study with Williams Nkurunziza (Rwanda High Commissioner),
Professor Nick Jones (Institute of Legal Practice and Development, Nyanza), Catherine
Hinwood (AJF) and Douglas Wilson OBE (Foreign and Commonwealth Office).
Followed by a reception register for this FREE
event here.
Wednesday 26th
November
At 10.30am Chatham House presents The West African Ebola Crisis: Beyond
Short Term Consequences and Responses at Royal Institute of International
Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James SW1Y 4LE, chaired by Lord Crisp KCB
(All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health) with Professor Peter Piot
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) who will assess the wider
implications of the 2014 ebola outbreak. More details here.
At 7.30pm Total Insight Theatre hosts Olaudah Equiano-The Enslaved African at
Sutton House, 2-4 Homerton High Street E9 6JQ. This immersive theatre
performance portraying the life of Olaudah Equiano runs till 29h November,
tickets are £10.00 (£8.00 concs)
from here.
Thursday 27th
November
From 9.00am to 5.00pm is Finance for Growth Conference at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, 45 Prescott
Street, Tower Bridge, E1 8GP. This event weeks to connect venture capitalists,
private equity investors and business angels with Sub Saharan African entrepreneurs,
healthcare, infrastructure and other companies. Key note speakers include Dr
Tunde Lemo (Former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria), Lloyd West (Abraaj
Capital), David Easton (CDC Group), Guy Fraser-Sampson (Cass Business School),
Alexander McPherson (Octopus Investments) and Douglas Trafelet (Pitchbook). Delegate
tickets start from £250.00 from here.
At 6.00pm Save The Children hosts The Heights Drink Reception-Raising Money
for West Africa at The Heights Restaurant, St Georges Hotel, 15th
Floor, 14-15 Langham Place, Regent Street, W1B 2QS. With complementary
drinks and guest speakers such as Lord Dennis Stevenson and others who will help
explain how Save the Children is helping with the Ebola crisis. Tickets are £40.00 from here and 100%% of the ticket money goes to Save the
Children Ebola Relief.
At 6.00pm is Women Building Communities Award/ Networking Dinner at Hotel Novotel London, Greenwich, 173-185
Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA. This awards dinner and networking night
provides the platform for African women in the diaspora to form working
relationships and celebrate achievement. Tickets are £50.00 from here.
Friday 28th
November
At 6.00pm is The Beehive Phenomenon at The
War Memorial, 32 Borough High Street, SE1 1XU. Held at a secret location
(the participants will be taken there from the War Memorial) this pop up secret
theatre attempts to tell the untold story off the Great War in Africa. Running
till the 30th with a performance at 6.00pm and 7.45pm, admission is £8.00 from here.
At 6.00pm is the Imperial College Nigerian Society Symposium 2014 in Queens Tower Room Imperial College, South
Kensington, SW7 2AZ. Key note speakers include Igho Sanomi (Taleveras
Group), Ademola Adeyemi-Bero (First E&P), Eric Pietrac (Subsea7), Lanre
Oloniyi (Tranergy), Clive Carpenter (Business Council for Africa) and Dr
Popoola (Engineering Forum of Nigeria) will discuss th problem of aging
infrastructure in Nigeria. Followed by a Careers Fair and Networking Dinner.
Register for this FREE event here.
At 7.00pm is Nula’s Kitchen Dinner Lunch at The
Regent, 331 Regents Park Road, 331 Regents Park Road, N3 1DP. Served with
the best of Africa’s Spices and blend this 5 course meal wil launch Nula’s
Kitchen. Admission is £40.00 from
here.
At 7.30pm is Mosaiques Festival 2014 at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green, Road Shoreditch, E1 6LA. The 14th
edition French Arabic music features Malian griot Dedademba and singer Mohamed
Diaby, Algerian Gnawa and Chaabi band Temenik Electric and Acid Arab DJ set.
Admission is £12.00 (£10.00 concs).
Saturday 29th
November
From 10.00am to 6.00pm is the Styled by Africa Festive Takeover at Styled by Africa, 30-32 Calvert Avenue,
Shoreditch, E2 7JP. Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj’s will take over the
store with a special festive collection of handmade women’s wear and
accessories, RSVP this FREE event
here.
From 11.00am to 3.30pm is African Diaspora in Development of Africa
at London West Valley College, 218-220
Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ. This event is for members of the African diaspora
who seek information about opportunities and pathways to investment and
development. Admission is £30.00 from here.
From 12.00pm to 4.30pm is Black Book Swap 6 at Pancras Square Library, 5 Pancras Square,
N1C 4AG. The 6th instalment of this literary event sees the
opportunity to network, buy, sell or swap books and meet authors and publishing
professionals such as Valerie Brandes (Jacaranda
Books), Jennifer Makumbi (novelist and lecturer- The Kintu Saga), Dreda Say Mitchell (award winning novelist,
broadcaster and journalist), Steven Thompson (novelist-Toy Soldiers), Amanda Wilson (editor Letter to a Young Generation), and Desiree Reynolds (broadcaster,
journalist, novelist; Seduce).
Tickets are £12.00 from here.
At 2.00pm is An Oversimplification of her Beauty at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. Directed by Terence Nance,
this fractured futuristic love story I an alluring tapestry of live action,
home video and Afrofuturistic animation. Tickets are £10.45 from here.
Sunday 30th
November
From 12.00pm to 7.00pm is Open the Gates The African Market at Rich Mix. Featuring over 25 stalls of
African fashion, literature, skincare, hair care and beauty, literature, toys,
and much more. FREE entry all day
At 7.00pm is Afro Beats Live at Jazz
Café, 5 Parkway, Camden, NW1 7PG. Hosted by Abrantee headlining May7ven,
Mazi Chcks,AfroB, Shiikane, Delemusic, Bace, Zafi B, Legacy and Stunn,
SistasUnite, Sweetboyz, Mista silva, Moelogo, Dotstar, Mr 2Kay, Silvastone,
Sonaman, Dizzy Vc, Honey B, Vicky Sola and many more backed by Empire Sounds
Live Band, with a special appearance by Ghanaian superstar Atumpan. Tickets
start from £10.00 from here.
At 8.00pm is Prana and Mvula Mandondo in Concert at Rich Mix. Siemy Di and Afla Sackey bring together music and the
theatre around the rhythm of the drum along with flamenco dancer Lourdes
Fernandes and sarod player Ganga Thapa. Mvula Mandondo presents an original
concoction of Tanzanian Village Roots music, urban, rumba and other Afro
Caribbean influences. Tickets are £7.00
in advance from here and £10.00 on
the door.
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