Kedu,
Proud to be African Clothing has another excellent week of
education, careers, literature, movies, seminars and workshops, please arrange your
diary’s and get out there and support the films, performers and others out
there.
On Tuesday EDF Energy will be holding a Careers event, on
Saturday Imperial College will be holding a Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics event both are free.
Also on Saturday is the African Literary evening with
established and up and coming authors reading and discussing the publishing in
the UK for black authors.
A packed and fascinating week awaits, so enjoy and keep warm
with a Proud to be African hoody or sweatshirt!
Have a great week
Monday 3rd November
From 9.00am
to 4.30pm the Winihin Jemide Series presents Creating Big Business for Gender: Moving from Micro to Macro at Mayer
Brown International LLP, 201 Bishopsgate, EC2M 3AF. This seminar examines
gender issues and sustainable economic growth for women expanding the business
beyond the micro credit level and will host a youth debate. Register for this FREE event here.
At 5.30pm is The
African Business Group presents Cutting
Edge Community Based Tourism in East Africa in the Khalili Lecture Theatre,
SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG. Dr Mulugeta Feseha and
Professor Tom Selwyn will co headline a panel of 6 speakers celebrating new
routes and opportunities for tourism in Ethiopia and suggest new strategies for
tourism development throughout the country and region. RSVP this FREE event here.
At 6.00pm Chatham
House presents Supporting Policing in
Nigeria: What Role for Nigerian Diaspora Police at the House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, SW1A OAA. Chief
Superintendent Victor Olisa (Borough Commander Haringey) and PC Nsikak Etuk
(Nigerian Police Forum) will discuss how Nigerians in diaspora police forces
can work with the Nigeria Police Force in support of capacity building and
sharing of best practice. Register for this FREE event here.
At 7.30pm is the Shiwezwa Album Launch Celebration at The Old Queens Head 44 Essex Road, Angel N1 8LN. Zambian artist Namvula will launch her album Shiwezwa joined by bassist Liran Donin, saxophonist Chris Williams, percussionist Mamadou Sarr, guitarist Jack Ross, drummer Yuval Wetzler, kora player Kadialy Kouyate and guitarist Kari Bannerman. DJs Jamie Renton and Africathy will also be on the deck, tickets are £6.00 from here
Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
At 10.00am is the
Primary Schools Programme at the Phoenix Cinema, 52 High Road, N2 9PJ.
Admission is £2.50 per pupil. More
details here.
At 6.00pm is Life and Death in the 90’s: Insightful and
Affecting Award Winning Shorts at Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, E8 1HE,
tickets are £7.50 from here..
At 6.30pm is October 1 and Q&A with Director Kunle
Afolayan at the Ritzy Cinema,
Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG, tickets are £8.00 from
At 8.30pm is Protests and Revolutions: Civil society’s
Forgotten Stories at Hackney
Picturehouse, tickets are £12.00 from here.
Tuesday 4th November
At 1.00pm the
Black Cultural Archives presents Family Archive
Fun at Black Cultural Archives,
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At 6.30pm
Narrative Eye presents African Tudors:
Lessons from our Past at Wembley Library, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way,
Wembley, HA9 0FJ. Historian Onyeka investigates the presence of Africans in
Tudor England . RSVP this FREE event
here.
At 6.00pm is the
EDF Energy BAME Network Graduate/
University Students Careers Evening at The
Atrium, 2nd Floor, Cardinal Place, EDF Energy, 80 Victoria Street,
SW1E 5JL. This event will feature presentations on career opportunities
available in EDF Energy across various UK locations for graduates and undergraduates,
explaining the application and assessment process. RSVP for this FREE event here.
At 6.00pm is the Annual Equalities Conference 2014 at Lincolns Inn, Newmans Row, Holborn, WC2A 3TL. This event will cover advice on pupilage application forms, international opportunities for students, how to be successful in building a legal career and advice on scholarships. Speakers include Tunde Okewale (Doughty Street), Kerry Bretherton (Tanfiled Chambers), Oliver Connley (Barbri), Bobbie Cheema QC (2 Hare Court) and Narita Bahra (2 Hare Court). RSVP this FREE event by email.
At 7.00pm is Close Up With Hayley Cassidy at Notting Hill Arts Club, 21 Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill, W11 3JQ. Hosted by Nadina Ameen-McQuilkin with guest performers Alim Kamara (rapper), ShakaRa (spoken word), Michelle John (singer), Jmoe (singer), Rachel Huggins (singer). Silas Zephania (rapper), Asabi Hawah (singer) and Aurie Styla (comic) with DJ Rhodium. Tickets are £7.00 (£6.00 guest list) from here or £10.00 on the door.
At 7.00pm the
Mike Campbell Foundation presents Hope
For Zimbabwe at The Royal
Geographical Society , 1 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, SW7 2AR. This event
featuring Ben Freeth MBE (Mike Campbell Foundation), Christina Lamb OBE
(Channel 5), Dame Linda Dobbs DBE (High Court Judge) and Beatrice Mtetwa (Zimbabwean
Lawyer) will discuss land rights, conservation and judicial issues in Zimbabwe.
Admissions £15.00 more details here.
At 7.00pm
The Mosaic Rooms presents Exhibiting
Africa at the Goethe-Institut, 50
Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, SW7 2PH. Dr Tom Rice (University of St
Andrews) will chart and examine the varied use of film in early 20th
century colonial histories through a series of short archival film screenings.
RSVP this FREE event by email.
Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
At 10.00am is the
Primary Schools Programme at the Ritzy Brixton. Admission is £2.50 per pupil. More details here
At 6.30pm is 100%Dakar-More than Art & Des Etoiles
(Under the Starry Sky) at Hackney
Picturehouse. Tickets are £12.10
from here .
At 8.30pm is In
The Madness of Reason &
Homecoming at The Ritzy Brixton,
Followed by a Q&A with writer Ben Okri, tickets are £12.00 from here
Wednesday
5th November
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From 8.30am to 5.30pm is the BBC Welcome Back Event- Hands on Training
Sessions at BBC New Broadcasting
House, Portland Place, W1A 1AA. This event covers a wide range of workshops
on pitcing, digital storytelling, networking and more for BAME media
professionals seeking a return to the television industry. RSVP this FREE event here.
At 6.30pm The Embassy of Ethiopia presents
The Rise and Fall of the Aksumite
Kingdom at The Royal Geographical
Society. Archaeologist Professor David Phillipson will be exploring the
ancient world of Aksum and its place in ancient African world and beyond,
followed by a reception, tickets start from are £10.00 from here.
At 7.00pm Canary
Wharf Communications presents Debating
Workshop with Tony Koutsoumbos at Hotel Hilton Canary Wharf, South Quay, Marsh
Wall, E14 9SH. Tony will be leading a team of volunteer debate trainers to
Rwanda to run a 2 week debate camp for 300 students from East Africa, with the
proceeds of this night off impromptu and prepared debating going to that cause.
Tickets are £10.00 from here.
At 7.30pm Equator presents Kalakuta Millionaires in The Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall,
South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. This band sees members from
Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Malaysia, Italy and the UK, fronted by Kenyan/Tanzanian
vocalist they play a wide range of jazz, funk and soul with West African, Cuban
and Brazilian influences. Tickets are £16.00
from here.
Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
At 10.00am is the
Primary Schools Programme at the Hackney Picturehouse. Admission is £2.50 per pupil. More details here.
At 6.15pm is And Life Goes On: Beautifully Observed
Shorts Quietly reflecting on Contemporary Life at the Roxy, 128-132 Borough High Street, SE1 1LB tickets are £7.50 from here.
At 6.30pm is A
Doomed Generation (Ouled Anmar) + Spring Shoots + Virtual (Iftirady) at the Ritzy Brixton, tickets are £12.00
from here.
At 7.00pm is The Pan African History of Basil Davidson:
Episode 7 at Djam Lecture Theatre,
SOAS. This is the penultimate episode of the seminal series by Basil
Davidson looks at independence struggles across the African continent from
Kenya, Guinea Bissau to Zimbabwe to South Africa. RSVP this FREE event here.
At 8.00pm is the UK Premiere of The Desert Foxes at The
Roxy. This documentary about the first Algerian women’s team, will be
followed by a Q&A with director Sarah Tikanouine. Tickets are £7.50 (£5.00 concs) from here.
At 8.30pm is They
are the dogs (C’est eux leschiens) +El Bostan el Saeed Street at the Ritzy Brixton. Tickets are £12.00 from here.
At 9.30pm is the El Andaluz Quartet at The Roxy. Led by Algerian oud player
Yazid Fentazi, tickets are £7.50 (£5.00 concs)
from here.
At 8.30pm is the
UK Premiere of To The One I Love and Miners
Shot Down at the Hackney
Picturehouse. Tickets are £12.10 from here.
Thursday 6th November
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Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
At 6.30pm is Njingha,
Queen of Angola + Twaaga at Hackney
Picturehouse. Tickets are £12.10
from here.
At 6.30pm is Hear
me move + Dancing in a Nightmare at Hackney Picturehouse. Followed by a Q&A tickets are £12.10 from here.
At 6.30pm is The
Supreme Price at Hackney
Picturehouse. Followed by a Q&A with director Joanna Lipper and Hafsat
Abiola
At 6.30pm is White
Shadow at the Ritzy Brixton.
Followed by a Q&A tickets
At 6.45pm is The
Pan African Festial of Algiers 1969 at The Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, E1 4UJ. Tickets are £12.10 from here.
Friday 7th November
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From 8.30am to 6.00pm
is the GUBA Expo 2014 at Charlton
Athletic Football Club, The Valley, Floyd Road, Charlton Road, Charlton, SE7
8BL. This 2 day event showcasing Ghanaian small and medium sized businesses
based in the UK and Ghana. The first day features workshops on Business
planning, Going global on a budget, how to pitch and win contracts, expand your
brand with social media, with speakers Nick Raynsford MP, Mavis Amankwah, Kubi
Springer, Bradley Rood, John Fahey and Michael Nartey. Tickets are £20.00 from here.
From 10.00am to
3.30pm is the 3rd Annual
Women4Africa Business and Leadership Summit in The Canterbury Suite, Thistle Hotel Marble Arch, Bryanston Street, W1H
7EH. Hosted by Sam Onigbanjo with speakers Ekua Andrea Agha (Wednesday
66Productions), Elizabeth Uwaifo (Martineau LLP), Pooja Samani (IRN) and Dr
Yvonne Thompson CBE (ASAP Communications). Tickets from £25.00 from here.
At 1.00pm Black
Cultural Archives presents Re-Imagine:
Black Women in Britain Exhibition Tours at Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square Brixton, SW2 1EF. This
event takes you on a historic journey though the lives of a handful of women o
the frontline of making a difference, with Tina Fahm (Womankind Worldwide UK)
discussing Jessica Huntley. Admission is £5.00
(£3.00 concs) from here.
At 4.00pm is the 2014 Financial Review on Nigeria at London Stock Exchange, 10 Paternoster
Square, EC4M 7LS. This briefing will provide critical in-depth view of Nigeria’s
investment, financial and trading policies, with key note speaker Atiku
Abubakar (Former Vice President of Nigeria) and Ibukun Adebayo (London Stock
Exchange), Sam Foxman Developed Africa) and Tunde Alabi (African Partnership
Development UK). Register for this FREE
event here.
At 5.00pm the
UALACS hosts Beauty and the Beat at
the London College of Communication,
Street Lecture Theatre, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6SB. The evening will a
panel discussion on beauty, and then drinks and networking and discount beauty
products from the African market, followed by an open mic and DJ till 1.00am.
Tickets start from £3.00 for non
members from here
Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
At 6.30pm is Hear
me move + Dancing in a Nightmare at Hackney Picturehouse. Tickets are £12.10 from here.
At 6.30pm is Kadjike + Fish of the Land at the Ritzy Brixton. Tickets
At 7.30pm is Dakan+
The Other Woman at the South
London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Road, SE5 8UH. Tickets
At 8.30pm is Virgin
Margarida (Virgem Margarida) at the Ritzy Brixton. Followed by a Q&A with Executive producer Pedro
Pimenta, tickets are £12.10 from here. /
At 8.30pm is Four
Corners + Six at Hackney
Picturehouse. Tickets
Saturday 8th November
From 8.30am to 6.00pm
is the GUBA Expo 2014 at Charlton
Athletic Football Club, the second
of the event showcasing Ghanaian
small and medium sized businesses, products and services based in the UK and
Ghana. Tickets are £20.00 from here.
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From 10.00am to
7.00pm is Putting the Black in the
Union Jack? Black British History in Education at the Bloomsbury Theatre, UCL,
15 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AH. This event will feature readings from Black
British authors, performances by students alongside Akala and Anthony
Anaxagorou, interactive debates, presentations and a reception and live
performances. Register for this FREE
event here.
At 10.30am is STEM in the Community in The Blackett Laboratory, Lecture Theatre
1, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2BZ. Hosted by Dr
Mark Richards (Imperial College) this event seeks to encourage young students
particularly of African and Caribbean origin to pursue further studies in
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. With a keynote speech by
Professor Cardinal Warde (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), a Q&A
session and closing remarks by Elizabeth Mullings-Smith (BFUWI). Register for
this FREE event here.
At 5.00pm is The Glamour of Hollywood meets the Beauty
of Africa at Swiss Church London, 79
Endell Street, WC2H 9DY. This exclusive fashion show and networking event
by House of Esther is being held in aid of I
am somebodys child soldier. Tickets start from £7.00 from here
At 5.00pm is African Literary Evening at The Proud Archivist, 2-10 Hertford Road, N1 5ET. Hosted by David G. Balogun, this evening of reading, conversation and inspiration with a new generation of African writers such as Irenosen Okojie, Tolulope Popoola, Kemi Ogunniyi, Abimbola Dare, Adura Ojo, Ola Nubi, Tundun Adeyemo, Abidemi Sanusi, Amanda Epe, Kiru Taye, Nuzo Onoh and Sade Adeniran. Admission is £5.00 from here
At 5.30pm is the ZAFAA Global Awards at the Grange St Pauls, 10 Godliman Street, EC4V
5AJ. This awards show will feature film stars from across Africa and the
diaspora, with prizes and competitions. Tickets start from £50.00 from here
At 6.00pm Oyo
State Indigenes UK host Oyo State Day at Praba Banqueting Hall, 300-310 High Road,
Ilford, IG1 1QW. This debut event will showcase the best of Oyo State in
culture arts, fashion and industry, along with an Award Night to honour
outstanding Oyo indigenes. Tickets are £20.00
from here.
At 2.30pm
Nigerian Thinkers hosts Nigeria:
Independence and Post Independence and our role as Diaspora in Nigeria’s Future
at The Pullman Hotel, 101 Euston
Road, NW1 2AJ. Followed by a visit to the theatre and a restaurant, RSVP
this FREE event here
At 7.00pm Magenta
Dating presents Black Singles Night
at Be At One Monument, 228 King William
Street, EC4R 9AT. 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.
At 7.30pm is Africa Live at the Broadway Theatre, Catford Broadway, Catford, SE6 4RU. This one year anniversary show hosted by Slim features comedians A Dot Comedian and Funmbi, live performances by Mista Silva and LDNC and Soundclash and DJ Funkz. Tickets start from £15.00 from here..
Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
From 9.00am to 5.00pm
is Documenting Africa: Creating Fact or
Fiction through the Lens (Day One) at The
University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS. Registration is £150.00 (£75.00 concs) from here
At 1.00pm is the Documentary Film making Unveiled Workshop at
the BFI, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XT. Facilitated by Michael
Adeyemi for 13-19 year olds, this is a FREE
event, more details here
At 4.00pm is Fevers
(Fevres) + The Great Safae at
Cine Lumiere, 17 Queensbury Place, SW7 2DT. Tickets are £12.00 from here
At 4.00pm is Baobab Award Shorts at the Ritzy Brixton. Tickets for these 5
shorts are £12.10 from here
At 4.30pm is Asni:
Courage, passion and glamour in Ethiopia + Natsanat at Hackney Picturehouse. Tickets are £12.10 from here
At 6.30pm is The
Forgotten Kingdom + Ududeagu at The
Ritzy Brixton. Tickets £12.10 from here
At 6.30pm is Future
Sound of Mzansi at Hackney
Picturehouse. Tickets are £12.10 from here
At 8.00pm is I
Love Kuduro at Hackney Picturehouse,
followed by a Q&A with director Mario Patrocinio and then the Film Africa
Closing Party. Tickets are
At 8.30pm is Onye
Ozi (The Messenger) + The Line Up at the Ritzy Brixton, followed by a Q&A
with director Obi Emeleonye. Tickets
At 9.00pm is Film Africa 2014 Closing Party at Hackney Attic,Hackney Picturehouse, Tickets
Sunday 9th November
From 12.00pm to
8.00pm is Natural November 7 at Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW.
The 7th edition sees a selection of seminars, services, shows and
stalls with special guests Charmaine Simpson (Black History Studies), Dalian
Adofo (positiveimageproject) an dRichard Weeks (Chess Academy). Admission is £7.50 from here, £10.00 on the door
At 5.00pm is the West Indian Association of Service Personnel Annual Remembrance Event at St Peters Church, Prescott Place, Clapham, SW4 6BX. This event is for all African and Caribbean uniformed personnel, families, friends and supporters, Followed by refreshments at WASP HQ, 161-167 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DB. More details here.
Film Africa 2014
This 10 day Festival is London’s biggest celebration of
African Cinema, returning for its 4th year in venues across the
city.
From 9.00am to 5.00pm
is Documenting Africa: Creating Fact or
Fiction through the Lens (Day Two) at
At 6.15pm is Timbuktu
+ Baobab Award Announcement at Cine
Lumiere. Tickets are £12.00 from here
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