Excerpt from ‘Can The Devil Bind Gods And Goddesses?: No’ by Marguerite Laurent, Haitian Perspectives, Mar 7, 2006 - “let it be known, that the people of Haiti are a sovereign people, who have been fighting for their liberty since before 1791 and Bwa Kayiman. We were the first kidnapped captives to be brought to the New World and the first and only African captives to win our independence, in combat, against the white settlers and Euro / US slave owning countries. The first also to actually PAY, in hard cash, to the tune of more than $21.7 billion dollars in today’s currency, for that independence. The final, of that slave-trade payment, made to powerful and richest, United States of America, by Haiti, in 1947.”
BOUKMAN'S PRAYER - (The Bwa Kayiman Play)
Conch Blows
“It's night. August 14, 1791. Slavery is everywhere. Whites are killing Africans. Whites are killing Africans. Whites are killing Africans. This is how they entertain themselves: they bury us alive in the hot sun, so the ants will slowly devour our heads. Either they beat us until we're red in blood or until we faint. They have the habit of driving the knife of their bayonet into the stomach of a pregnant Haitian woman disemboweling her - killing both the child and the mother. These, are their pleasures, ordained by their God, they say.
“It's the heart of every African that's beating the rhythm the drummers are playing, calling the Ancestors to come help them get rid of the Europeans and their slavery.
“Everybody, the drummers today, like the drummers at Bwa Kayiman, stand. Covering the four corners of the earth - the Great Crossroads where the earth meets sky. The visible meets the invisible.
“We stand at the four cardinal points calling on all creation - Zanset e Ti Moun yo - to come help us remember what happened, on that faithful night, at that sacred and secret wood clearing in the mountain forest called, Bwa Kayiman.
“Koute, listen to the drum calling the African captives to leave behind their plantation worries, calling on the runaway to leave their hiding places, calling on the Mulatto, the Affranchi, to all, come and gather. Koute vwa la libète kap pale lan kè nou.”
Chorus:
Dancers / Drummers / all Fey Kayiman, respond: “Koute vwa la libète kap pale lan kè nou.”
2nd Drum Call With Boukman:
“Lenglensou, oohhh, Lenglensou, oohhh.” ...(Boukmann pours libation at four cardinal points)
CECILE FATIMAN: Sound -12 chime gong for midnight.
E Boukmann komanse lapriye pou nou tout.
BOUKMANN: "The god who created the earth; who created the sun that gives us light. The god who holds up the ocean; who makes the thunder roar. Our God who has ears to hear. You who are hidden in the clouds; who watch us from where you are. You see all that the white has made us suffer. The white man's god asks him to commit crimes. But the god within us wants to do good. Our god, who is so good, so just, He orders us to revenge our wrongs. It's He who will direct our arms and bring us the victory. It's He who will assist us. We all should throw away the image of the white men's god who is so pitiless. Listen to the voice for liberty that speaks in all our hearts." - Boukman's Righteous Prayer at the Bwa Kayiman Vodun ceremony, the call to action that launched the Haitian Revolution, on August 14, 1791.
For more info contact Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network - http://www.margueritelaurent.com/law/lawpress.html or www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/gods_goddesses.html
OBITUARY
Joseph Msika [Dec 6 1923 – Aug 5 2009]
Zimbabwean Vice-President Joseph Wilfred Msika has passed away at the age of 85. He represented the former liberation movement ZAPU, which merged with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU party in 1987. Msika attended the Lancaster House talks in 1980 which paved the way for Zimbabwe's independence. He became one of two vice-presidents after Zimbabwe's first major political merger in the late 1980s when Mr Mugabe became president with ZAPU guaranteed a vice-presidential position. For decades Mr Msika served as ZAPU's number two under Joshua Nkomo and then when Mr Nkomo passed in 1999 took his place as vice-president. He was one of only two people to keep their positions after Zanu-PF formed a coalition with the Movement for Democratic Change. Joseph Msika will be buried on Aug 10, Zimbabwean Heroes Day in his home area of Chiweshe. A fitting tribute for a fervent, loyal nationalist and Zimbabwean patriot who joined the liberation struggle at 19 and endured many hardships including several stints in the jails of the racist settler Smith regime.
FORTHCOMING NUBIART PROFILES
NUBIART: Focus on arts, business, education, health, political developments and the media.
AUG PROMOS
~ ‘No Longer At Ease’ – Nneka [Yo Mama’s – Out Now] Second album from a daughter of Warri mixing neo-soul, hip-hop, Afrobeat, reggae and acoustic grooves. The political commitment is clearly focused on tracks such as ‘Suffri’, ‘Streets Lack Love’, Niger Delta’ and ‘From Africa 2 U’. These sit well alongside more personal tunes such as ‘Halfcast’ and those dealing with relationships. Nneka also did some of the artwork for the cover and lyrics booklet. With her inspirations being Fela Kuti and Chinua Achebe the future looks bright for this sister now based up in Germany.
~ ‘Yelela’ – Maalesh [Marabi Productions – Out Now] Third album of mainly acoustic tunes from Comorian artist. Maalesh was the winner of the 2007 Indian Ocean Music Award.
NUBIART LIBRARY – AUG MEDIA:
We will try to recommend books we have read and DVD / videos we have seen and that are available in shops or libraries. However, given the nature and current state of Afrikan publishing and production there may be books, games and films on this list that are worth the extra effort to track down.
~ ‘A Wife For My Son’ – Ali Ghalem [Zed Books ISBN: 0-86232-400-3] An award-winning novel describing the conditions of women in contemporary Algeria. The central character is Fatiha, a young woman who is forced to submit to an arranged marriage with a man she has never met. Her husband, an Algerian worker who has emigrated to France, returns home to obtain a wife in order to please his parents. ‘A Wife For My Son’ evokes the universal experience of women everywhere who confront the daily barriers that block the achievement of their own aspirations and the determination of their own lives. The novel was made into a film that won a prize in Cannes.
~ ‘Class Struggle in Africa’ – Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah [Panaf Books] First published in 1970 during Nkrumah’s enforced exile after the coup, ‘Class Struggle in Africa’ finds him outlining how the different indigenous forces line up internally and in their relations with foreigners both of the exploiter and migrant worker class. The chapter headings are worth reciting in a time when many struggle to comprehend what the term left-wing means and the promotion of Afrikan identity has been subsumed by an anti-life obsession with faux celebrity culture: ‘Origins of Class in Africa’; ‘Class Concept’; ‘Class Characteristics and Ideologies’; ‘Class and Race’; ‘Elitism’; ‘Intelligentsia and Intellectuals’; ‘Reactionary Cliques Among Armed Forces and Police’; ‘Coups d’etat’; ‘Bourgeoisie’; ‘Proletariat’; ‘Peasantry’; and ‘Socialist Revolution’. Of especially potent impact is p59-60 on the distinction between clan ‘tribes’ and divisive ‘tribalism’. When was the last time a book came out ‘dedicated to the workers and peasants of Africa’?
~ ‘The Brotherhood of the Unicorn’ – Wilfred LB Fraser [Hibiscus Publishing ISBN: 978-0-955-26650-8] Account of life for a young boy and his family and friends in 1940s Grenada. The writing is lively and evocative. Surprisingly, given that the author is now a pensioner, it is his first published work and an excellent companion piece to Jacob Ross’s ‘Pynter Bender’ that we recommended a few months ago.
NUBIART DIARY:
~ ALKEBULAN REVIVALIST MOVEMENT MOSIAH MONTH CELEBRATIONS:
- Wed 12 Aug (Mosiah) at 7-10pm: ‘Garvey vs Du Bois: Treachery or Ideological Differences’
- Mon 17 Aug (Mosiah) at 12-3pm: Mosiah Day prayers and fasting
- Wed 19 Aug (Mosiah) at 7-10pm: ‘Gadaffi: Pan-Afrikanist or Arab Expansionist: A Garveyite Analysis’
All events at Mama Afrika Kulcha Shap, 282 High Road Leyton, London, E10 5PW. Adm: Free. For more info tel: 020 8539 2154 / 07957 376 328.
~ PAN AFRIKAN SOCIETY COMMUNITY FORUM presents the 2009 annual theme and series of workshop ‘Afrikan Freedom means Defeating Neo-colonialism: Nkrumah @ 100 (1909-2009)’
- Fri 14 Aug at 6.30pm: ‘How Garvey Responded During Capitalism’s Economic Crisis in His Time’
- Fri 21 Aug at 6.30pm: ‘Remembering the Haitian Revolution Our Role in the Abolition of Slavery’
At 44-46 Offley Road, The Oval, London SW9 0LS. For more info tel: 07940 005 907. E-mail: Panascf@yahoo.co.uk Webs: www.pascf.org.uk
~ BLACK STAR LINE AND NU-BEYOND invites one and all to their ‘Power Of Film’ screening of Nu-Beyond's ‘Resisting the System: Reggae in the 21st Century’, an insightful, uncompromising and thought-provoking film by Dr Lez Henry exploring sexism, homophobia and shadism in Reggae culture today. On Fri 14 Aug at 7.30-10.30pm at Unit 9 Eurolink Business Centre, 49 Effra Road, Brixton, London, SW2 1BZ. Adm: £5. For info check: http://www.nubeyond.com/eventsx.htm
~ MARCUS GARVEY FAMILY DAY. On Sat 15 Aug at 12-8pm at Max Roach Park, Brixton Road, London, SW9 7ND. Adm: Free.
~ KABU DIA MAYALA MA KONGO with Chief Black Eagle from the Ancient Kongo: Ne Mpanzu a Nzinga II Mfumu Ngozulu a Ndombe. Topics: 1) The Year 2012; 2) Nutrition. On Sat 15 Aug at 2–7pm at The Ma’at Centre, 129 Rushey Green, Catford, London, SE6 4AA. Adm: £5. Contact: Yaya Mbila Muela: 07508 405 658 or 020 8697 2387. E-mail: mbilamuela@googlemail.com
~ BUFFALO-SAN BLACK & ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL present a screening of Dr Joy DeGruy-Leary’s ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome’. On Sat 15 Aug at 3-6pm at African Caribbean Library, 265 Lavender Hill, Battersea, London, SW11. Adm: Free. To register phone: 020 8871 7456. E-mail: wadebuffalo@yahoo.co.uk
~ YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, WOMAN! 2009. Two workshops: Finding the perfect Man with Des O'Connor & Financial Prudence with Lisa Newton; Market area - with arts, crafts, fashion, beauty & jewellery stalls; Treatment rooms includes mini-makeovers, make up advice, mini massages, facials, pedicures, manicures, hair consultations; and reception area with networking sessions. This year You're Beautiful, Woman! will donate a percentage of its proceeds to Southall Black Sisters Charity (against Domestic Abuse in Ethnic Minority communities) and The Down Syndrome Association of Nigeria. On 15 Aug at 10am-6pm at The Highgate Newtown Centre, Highgate, London. Adm: £5 (website ticket registration is ESSENTIAL). Free raffle ticket with entry. For info e-mail: urbeautifulwoman@gmail.com or log on to: www.yourebeautifulwoman.com
~ ANCIENT FUTURE & MUATTA BOOKS present…Kaba Hiawatha Kamene (Booker T Coleman Jr) speaking on the ‘Dogon Mysteries Revealed’. On Sun 16 August at 3pm at Happy People Restaurant - 160 Page Green Terrace, High Rd Tottenham, London, N15 4NU. Adm: £10. For more info contact Ancient Future: Tel: 07983 442 876 / 07956 134 370. E-mail: info@ancientfuture.org.uk
~ ‘SLAVERY’ REMEMBRANCE DAY FESTIVAL. A weekend of events to commemorate the lives of millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants.
- Slavery Remembrance Day memorial lecture with Diane Nash - US civil rights activist on Fri 21 Aug at 6pm at Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool L2 3SW . Tickets for the lecture are free but places are limited so please call 0151 478 4543 to book in advance.
- Family events: cultural festival, including live music, performances and talks, celebrating Black culture and heritage. On 22-23 August 2009, 10am-4pm at International Slavery Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ
~ AFRICAN ANCESTORS DAY: Launch of 'Equiano’s Epigrams, The Interesting Narrative In Poetry' by John Agard. The Guyanese Poet is at his very best as he puts words into Olaudah Equiano's mouth, and the book becomes a 21st century Narrative - in Poetry. Presentations by John Agard, Burt Caesar and Arthur Torrington; Drumming and Dance by Nyanome. On Sun 23 Aug at 1.30pm at Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London, E14 4AL. Adm: Free. Contact: 0870 444 3855
~ AUTOGRAPH ABP TOURING EXHIBITION: ‘Disposable People: Contemporary Global Slavery’. Until 13 Sep at New Art Exchange, Nottingham.
Kubara Zamani, Afrikan Quest International, PO Box 35165, London, SE5 8WU. Tel: 07811 494 969. E-mail: afrikanquest@hotmail.com Web: www.southwark.tv/quest/aqhome.asp
BOUKMAN'S PRAYER - (The Bwa Kayiman Play)
Conch Blows
“It's night. August 14, 1791. Slavery is everywhere. Whites are killing Africans. Whites are killing Africans. Whites are killing Africans. This is how they entertain themselves: they bury us alive in the hot sun, so the ants will slowly devour our heads. Either they beat us until we're red in blood or until we faint. They have the habit of driving the knife of their bayonet into the stomach of a pregnant Haitian woman disemboweling her - killing both the child and the mother. These, are their pleasures, ordained by their God, they say.
“It's the heart of every African that's beating the rhythm the drummers are playing, calling the Ancestors to come help them get rid of the Europeans and their slavery.
“Everybody, the drummers today, like the drummers at Bwa Kayiman, stand. Covering the four corners of the earth - the Great Crossroads where the earth meets sky. The visible meets the invisible.
“We stand at the four cardinal points calling on all creation - Zanset e Ti Moun yo - to come help us remember what happened, on that faithful night, at that sacred and secret wood clearing in the mountain forest called, Bwa Kayiman.
“Koute, listen to the drum calling the African captives to leave behind their plantation worries, calling on the runaway to leave their hiding places, calling on the Mulatto, the Affranchi, to all, come and gather. Koute vwa la libète kap pale lan kè nou.”
Chorus:
Dancers / Drummers / all Fey Kayiman, respond: “Koute vwa la libète kap pale lan kè nou.”
2nd Drum Call With Boukman:
“Lenglensou, oohhh, Lenglensou, oohhh.” ...(Boukmann pours libation at four cardinal points)
CECILE FATIMAN: Sound -12 chime gong for midnight.
E Boukmann komanse lapriye pou nou tout.
BOUKMANN: "The god who created the earth; who created the sun that gives us light. The god who holds up the ocean; who makes the thunder roar. Our God who has ears to hear. You who are hidden in the clouds; who watch us from where you are. You see all that the white has made us suffer. The white man's god asks him to commit crimes. But the god within us wants to do good. Our god, who is so good, so just, He orders us to revenge our wrongs. It's He who will direct our arms and bring us the victory. It's He who will assist us. We all should throw away the image of the white men's god who is so pitiless. Listen to the voice for liberty that speaks in all our hearts." - Boukman's Righteous Prayer at the Bwa Kayiman Vodun ceremony, the call to action that launched the Haitian Revolution, on August 14, 1791.
For more info contact Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network - http://www.margueritelaurent.com/law/lawpress.html or www.margueritelaurent.com/pressclips/gods_goddesses.html
OBITUARY
Joseph Msika [Dec 6 1923 – Aug 5 2009]
Zimbabwean Vice-President Joseph Wilfred Msika has passed away at the age of 85. He represented the former liberation movement ZAPU, which merged with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU party in 1987. Msika attended the Lancaster House talks in 1980 which paved the way for Zimbabwe's independence. He became one of two vice-presidents after Zimbabwe's first major political merger in the late 1980s when Mr Mugabe became president with ZAPU guaranteed a vice-presidential position. For decades Mr Msika served as ZAPU's number two under Joshua Nkomo and then when Mr Nkomo passed in 1999 took his place as vice-president. He was one of only two people to keep their positions after Zanu-PF formed a coalition with the Movement for Democratic Change. Joseph Msika will be buried on Aug 10, Zimbabwean Heroes Day in his home area of Chiweshe. A fitting tribute for a fervent, loyal nationalist and Zimbabwean patriot who joined the liberation struggle at 19 and endured many hardships including several stints in the jails of the racist settler Smith regime.
FORTHCOMING NUBIART PROFILES
NUBIART: Focus on arts, business, education, health, political developments and the media.
AUG PROMOS
~ ‘No Longer At Ease’ – Nneka [Yo Mama’s – Out Now] Second album from a daughter of Warri mixing neo-soul, hip-hop, Afrobeat, reggae and acoustic grooves. The political commitment is clearly focused on tracks such as ‘Suffri’, ‘Streets Lack Love’, Niger Delta’ and ‘From Africa 2 U’. These sit well alongside more personal tunes such as ‘Halfcast’ and those dealing with relationships. Nneka also did some of the artwork for the cover and lyrics booklet. With her inspirations being Fela Kuti and Chinua Achebe the future looks bright for this sister now based up in Germany.
~ ‘Yelela’ – Maalesh [Marabi Productions – Out Now] Third album of mainly acoustic tunes from Comorian artist. Maalesh was the winner of the 2007 Indian Ocean Music Award.
NUBIART LIBRARY – AUG MEDIA:
We will try to recommend books we have read and DVD / videos we have seen and that are available in shops or libraries. However, given the nature and current state of Afrikan publishing and production there may be books, games and films on this list that are worth the extra effort to track down.
~ ‘A Wife For My Son’ – Ali Ghalem [Zed Books ISBN: 0-86232-400-3] An award-winning novel describing the conditions of women in contemporary Algeria. The central character is Fatiha, a young woman who is forced to submit to an arranged marriage with a man she has never met. Her husband, an Algerian worker who has emigrated to France, returns home to obtain a wife in order to please his parents. ‘A Wife For My Son’ evokes the universal experience of women everywhere who confront the daily barriers that block the achievement of their own aspirations and the determination of their own lives. The novel was made into a film that won a prize in Cannes.
~ ‘Class Struggle in Africa’ – Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah [Panaf Books] First published in 1970 during Nkrumah’s enforced exile after the coup, ‘Class Struggle in Africa’ finds him outlining how the different indigenous forces line up internally and in their relations with foreigners both of the exploiter and migrant worker class. The chapter headings are worth reciting in a time when many struggle to comprehend what the term left-wing means and the promotion of Afrikan identity has been subsumed by an anti-life obsession with faux celebrity culture: ‘Origins of Class in Africa’; ‘Class Concept’; ‘Class Characteristics and Ideologies’; ‘Class and Race’; ‘Elitism’; ‘Intelligentsia and Intellectuals’; ‘Reactionary Cliques Among Armed Forces and Police’; ‘Coups d’etat’; ‘Bourgeoisie’; ‘Proletariat’; ‘Peasantry’; and ‘Socialist Revolution’. Of especially potent impact is p59-60 on the distinction between clan ‘tribes’ and divisive ‘tribalism’. When was the last time a book came out ‘dedicated to the workers and peasants of Africa’?
~ ‘The Brotherhood of the Unicorn’ – Wilfred LB Fraser [Hibiscus Publishing ISBN: 978-0-955-26650-8] Account of life for a young boy and his family and friends in 1940s Grenada. The writing is lively and evocative. Surprisingly, given that the author is now a pensioner, it is his first published work and an excellent companion piece to Jacob Ross’s ‘Pynter Bender’ that we recommended a few months ago.
NUBIART DIARY:
~ ALKEBULAN REVIVALIST MOVEMENT MOSIAH MONTH CELEBRATIONS:
- Wed 12 Aug (Mosiah) at 7-10pm: ‘Garvey vs Du Bois: Treachery or Ideological Differences’
- Mon 17 Aug (Mosiah) at 12-3pm: Mosiah Day prayers and fasting
- Wed 19 Aug (Mosiah) at 7-10pm: ‘Gadaffi: Pan-Afrikanist or Arab Expansionist: A Garveyite Analysis’
All events at Mama Afrika Kulcha Shap, 282 High Road Leyton, London, E10 5PW. Adm: Free. For more info tel: 020 8539 2154 / 07957 376 328.
~ PAN AFRIKAN SOCIETY COMMUNITY FORUM presents the 2009 annual theme and series of workshop ‘Afrikan Freedom means Defeating Neo-colonialism: Nkrumah @ 100 (1909-2009)’
- Fri 14 Aug at 6.30pm: ‘How Garvey Responded During Capitalism’s Economic Crisis in His Time’
- Fri 21 Aug at 6.30pm: ‘Remembering the Haitian Revolution Our Role in the Abolition of Slavery’
At 44-46 Offley Road, The Oval, London SW9 0LS. For more info tel: 07940 005 907. E-mail: Panascf@yahoo.co.uk Webs: www.pascf.org.uk
~ BLACK STAR LINE AND NU-BEYOND invites one and all to their ‘Power Of Film’ screening of Nu-Beyond's ‘Resisting the System: Reggae in the 21st Century’, an insightful, uncompromising and thought-provoking film by Dr Lez Henry exploring sexism, homophobia and shadism in Reggae culture today. On Fri 14 Aug at 7.30-10.30pm at Unit 9 Eurolink Business Centre, 49 Effra Road, Brixton, London, SW2 1BZ. Adm: £5. For info check: http://www.nubeyond.com/eventsx.htm
~ MARCUS GARVEY FAMILY DAY. On Sat 15 Aug at 12-8pm at Max Roach Park, Brixton Road, London, SW9 7ND. Adm: Free.
~ KABU DIA MAYALA MA KONGO with Chief Black Eagle from the Ancient Kongo: Ne Mpanzu a Nzinga II Mfumu Ngozulu a Ndombe. Topics: 1) The Year 2012; 2) Nutrition. On Sat 15 Aug at 2–7pm at The Ma’at Centre, 129 Rushey Green, Catford, London, SE6 4AA. Adm: £5. Contact: Yaya Mbila Muela: 07508 405 658 or 020 8697 2387. E-mail: mbilamuela@googlemail.com
~ BUFFALO-SAN BLACK & ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL present a screening of Dr Joy DeGruy-Leary’s ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome’. On Sat 15 Aug at 3-6pm at African Caribbean Library, 265 Lavender Hill, Battersea, London, SW11. Adm: Free. To register phone: 020 8871 7456. E-mail: wadebuffalo@yahoo.co.uk
~ YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, WOMAN! 2009. Two workshops: Finding the perfect Man with Des O'Connor & Financial Prudence with Lisa Newton; Market area - with arts, crafts, fashion, beauty & jewellery stalls; Treatment rooms includes mini-makeovers, make up advice, mini massages, facials, pedicures, manicures, hair consultations; and reception area with networking sessions. This year You're Beautiful, Woman! will donate a percentage of its proceeds to Southall Black Sisters Charity (against Domestic Abuse in Ethnic Minority communities) and The Down Syndrome Association of Nigeria. On 15 Aug at 10am-6pm at The Highgate Newtown Centre, Highgate, London. Adm: £5 (website ticket registration is ESSENTIAL). Free raffle ticket with entry. For info e-mail: urbeautifulwoman@gmail.com or log on to: www.yourebeautifulwoman.com
~ ANCIENT FUTURE & MUATTA BOOKS present…Kaba Hiawatha Kamene (Booker T Coleman Jr) speaking on the ‘Dogon Mysteries Revealed’. On Sun 16 August at 3pm at Happy People Restaurant - 160 Page Green Terrace, High Rd Tottenham, London, N15 4NU. Adm: £10. For more info contact Ancient Future: Tel: 07983 442 876 / 07956 134 370. E-mail: info@ancientfuture.org.uk
~ ‘SLAVERY’ REMEMBRANCE DAY FESTIVAL. A weekend of events to commemorate the lives of millions of enslaved Africans and their descendants.
- Slavery Remembrance Day memorial lecture with Diane Nash - US civil rights activist on Fri 21 Aug at 6pm at Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool L2 3SW . Tickets for the lecture are free but places are limited so please call 0151 478 4543 to book in advance.
- Family events: cultural festival, including live music, performances and talks, celebrating Black culture and heritage. On 22-23 August 2009, 10am-4pm at International Slavery Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ
~ AFRICAN ANCESTORS DAY: Launch of 'Equiano’s Epigrams, The Interesting Narrative In Poetry' by John Agard. The Guyanese Poet is at his very best as he puts words into Olaudah Equiano's mouth, and the book becomes a 21st century Narrative - in Poetry. Presentations by John Agard, Burt Caesar and Arthur Torrington; Drumming and Dance by Nyanome. On Sun 23 Aug at 1.30pm at Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, London, E14 4AL. Adm: Free. Contact: 0870 444 3855
~ AUTOGRAPH ABP TOURING EXHIBITION: ‘Disposable People: Contemporary Global Slavery’. Until 13 Sep at New Art Exchange, Nottingham.
Contact Details
Kubara Zamani, Afrikan Quest International, PO Box 35165, London, SE5 8WU. Tel: 07811 494 969. E-mail: afrikanquest@hotmail.com Web: www.southwark.tv/quest/aqhome.asp
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