UNIA-ACL CENTENARY LECTURE
“We did not give up our citizenship when we were taken from Afrika.” - Hon Senghor Jawara Baye, President General of the UNIA-ACL
The Alkebulan Revivalist Movement organised a speaking tour by Hon Senghor Jawara Baye, President General of the UNIA-ACL, as part of their Mosiah Month celebrations of the centenary of the founding of the UNIA-ACL. Senghor Baye passionately outlined some of the lesser known aspects of the 100 year history of the UNIA-ACL. He displayed some of the convention documents stretching back across the history of the organisation since the initial conference attended by 25,000 delegates in Madison Square Gardens in New York in 1920. A Centenary Convention will be held in Harlem in the autumn which will be followed by a convention on Afrikan soil in Ghana in November.
One of the topics in the talk was the split with another faction of ex-members who were calling themselves UNIA Inc, a name originally registered by Marcus Garvey for his work in the state of New York. After a court case the UNIA-ACL has since reclaimed that name and resisted their attempts to take over control of a land concession left to the UNIA since Belize in 1924.
Hon Senghor Baye attended the Reparations and Repatriation March of over 2,000 Afrikans and solidarity activists in London on Fri 1 Aug from Brixton to Westminster where a petition was handed in at Downing Street and then back to Brixton for a rally. The petition demanded just reparations for the imperial and colonial madness that unjustly enriched the British Empire and dehumanised over half the world’s population.
In July Bro Leader Mbandaka of the Alkebulan Revivalist Movement was appointed the UNIA-ACL Ambassador to Britain. Other UNIA-ACL Ambassadors include: Prof Tony Browder, director of the ASA Restoration Project, who is ambassador to Kemet / Egypt. His daughter was the first to go into the 25th dynasty tomb of Karakhamun in Luxor; Bilal Sunni Ali, a Garifuna who was Gil Scott Heron’s sax player, is Ambassador to Belize. His wife Fulani Sunni Ali is in charge of Health and Wellness for the organisation across the whole of Central America.
Other groups with strong links to the UNIA-ACL is the Shrine of the Black Madonna which owns 4,700 acres of land in South Carolina and the Collective Black People’s Movement (www.CBPM.org) whose mission is to gather, document, and organize the skills, talents and intelligence (education) of Black (Afrikan) people for the purpose of self-help and collective development.
Hon Senghor Baye recommended David Imhotep’s ‘Africans Were the First Americans’ as essential reading and closed with the rousing message: “Stop being content with the food of chickens when we can raise our wings and fly…For true Garveyism in the 21st century you need to use your Blackafricity.”
For full details of Mosiah Month events see the forthcoming issue of the Alkebulan Revivalist Movement’s paper, The Whirlwind, or check the websites: www.alkebulan.org or www.uniaacl.org
WHO ARE THE SEMITES AND WHAT IS ANTI-SEMITISM?
For the purposes of clarification we include information below on Semitic languages, religious and cultural groups. Much of the information can be found in the Afrikan Scientist of Truth pamphlet of the above title published in 2001 as well as other widely available sources. In order not to overconfuse matters in this context we will not outline a further alternative Bukongo history of the Semites but those wishing to pursue further research in that area would do well to start with the name of the spiritual leader of Bundu dia Kongo, Ne Muanda Nsemi.
The word Semitic is connected to Shem, the name of one of Noah’s three sons – the others being Japheth and Ham – in the Hebrew creation mythology which has been most widely distributed globally through the texts of the Talmud, Torah, Bible and Koran. Although chronologically and genetically incomprehensible to us the Hebrews and their fellow travelers claim Japheth is the father ancestor of Europeans, Ham is the father ancestor of Afrikans (and their colonies) and Shem is the father ancestor of some other cultural groups based in what is now called the Middle East who may or may not be a mix of the descendants of Japheth and Ham. The Semitic culture, religious, language group arose in Arabia in approx. 3,750 BC and travelled to Afrika in about 800 BC when Ethiopian Semitic was first acknowledged. By comparison the oldest immediately traceable Afrikan cultural group include those who claim to have built the Sphinx at any time up to 9,500 BC and have a calendar dating back over 26,000 years. While our phenotypical and cultural family in the Melanesia / Micronesia / Polynesia / Oceania axis claim they reached there over 40,000 years ago.
Semitic has six nodes: East Semitic, Northwest Semitic, Arabic, Old South Arabian, Modern South Arabian and Ethiopic. Syro-Arabian is an alternative name. The language has a core alphabet of 22 letters and the vowels are usually left out or indicated by diacritic marks. The Akkadians, Assyrians and Eblaites were the first Semites to use writing. The original Semitic religions would today be classed as polytheist in common with most indigenous spiritual systems where even if they have a concept of a supreme creator it is to the deities in the next layer down - in Yoruba the orishas – and to the ancestors which have a more closer physical and historical relation to humans that most supplication is made.
The largest Semitic religious group today is Islam with approx 1.6 billion adherents of varying degrees of devotion. The largest Semitic language group is Arabic of whom there are over 300 million core language speakers which as well as including most of the Muslims in north and east Afrika and the Middle East also includes groups such as Arab Christians, Mizrahi Yehudi and Iraqi Mandaeans. Arabic is the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and French however when you include Arabic influences in languages such as Swahili, Hausa-Fulani, etc used for religion and trade the number of speakers can rise to over 1 billion. The country with the largest Muslim population is Indonesia with 202 million adherents out of 240 million people. India has approx 150 million Muslims in a population of over 1 billion. Nigeria with a population of 170 million has a large Muslim cohort of approx half the country. All Muslims, regardless of their language and cultural or racial origin, can usually speak some form of limited religious Arabic connected to their prayer traditions even if they cannot use the language in everyday speech.
The Afrikan country with the largest number of Arabic speakers is Egypt with a population of 85 million people. The Afrikan country with the largest number of Semitic language speakers is Ethiopia with a population of 90 million and the largest Semitic language group spoken there is Amharic with 22 million core speakers. Amharic is also widely understood in countries across the Horn of Afrika and in southern Arabia. The only Semitic language officially spoken in Europe is Maltese. Hebrew, mainly spoken in Israel by Yehudi and Palestinians - and outside the colony by Ashkenazi and Sephardic Yehudi and Beta Israel - has 7 million speakers. This is just above another Semitic language, Tigrinya, which has 6.7 million speakers mainly in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Eastern Orthodox Christianity is the other main religious expression in these two neighbouring countries. The Hebrew / Yehudi / Israelite / Israeli / Jewish claim to be the only Semites thus has no basis in fact and is a strong indicator of their imperial exceptionalist mentality and arrogance reflected in the speech and actions of the current prime genocidaire Binyamin Netanyahu that denies and denigrates the rights, religion, culture, property and humanity of all others including those who have a longer tradition of being in the region than they do. To claim that Muslims and Arabs are anti-Semitic when they are the largest Semitic religious and linguistic groups respectively is an absurdity and such mental gymnastics will not be tolerated by this editor.
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~ ‘FINDING FELA: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK’ - Fela Kuti & Africa 70 / Nigeria 70 / Egypt 80, Koola Lobitos and the Fela! Band with Femi Kuti [Knitting Factory Records – Released 1 Sep 2014] A 16-track double CD of the music used by Alex Gibney in his forthcoming feature film ‘Finding Fela’. The documentary follows the rehearsals and performances of the cast of theatre production of ‘Fela – The Musical’ as well as additional material of recordings and interviews with Fela. It includes a triumphant show at The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos where they were welcomed by Fela’s family, original band members and those who were inspired by his music and vision. All except two of the tracks are from the great man himself although some are in edited form but that just means you get straight to the message and the groove. Tracks include: ‘Jeun Ko Ku (Chop and Quench)’, ‘Lover’, Viva Nigeria’, ‘Upside Down’, ‘VIP Pt 2’, ‘Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense’, ‘Go Slow’, ‘Beasts of No Nation’, ‘Suffering and Shmiling’ and from the Koola Lobitos days ‘Highlife Time’ which never fails to hit the spot. The Fela Band tracks are ‘Zombie’ and with Femi Kuti the previously unreleased ‘Colonial Mentality’. Following on from the CD release of all Fela’s albums last year some of the classic vinyl is also being rereleased. The film, ‘Finding Fela’ will be in British cinemas from Fri 5 Sep.
~ ‘70S SOUL!’ – Slim Ali and the Hodi Boys [AI Music / ARC Music – Out Now] A 15-track compilation CD of one of East Afrika’s 70’s soul and funk pioneers. This CD has the slower ballads from their repertoire and is the companion to ‘70s Pop’ which contains the more uptempo sides. Some of the standout tracks on this set include the soulful ‘Something Good’ and ‘We Need A Little Time’, the funky sax-led ‘Gimme Something Love’, ‘Peace’ and ‘This World’, which rounds off the disc with a plea for co-operation. This album is well worth checking out as Slim Ali is a perfect example of one of those artists that is little known in Europe and the Americas yet have cultivated a massive following across East Afrika and the Middle East over four decades.
NUBIART LIBRARY – AUG MEDIA
We will only review books we have read and DVDs we have seen and that are available at reasonable prices online or in shops or libraries. However, given the nature and current state of Afrikan publishing and film production there may be books and films on this list that are worth the extra effort to track down.
~ ‘HOW TO SPELL NAIJA IN 100 SHORT STORIES VOL 1’ – Chuma Nwokolo [Gwandustan. ISBN: 978-978-2190-15-4]
“Yet, ‘Naija’ stubbornly persists on the urban street, where it fits more snugly into a Pidgin English sentence than the starchy ‘Nigeria’. The rebellious nicknaming of nation is in a sense an act of ownership by a people who had no part, either in the architecture of their country’s borders or its christening.” – Chuma Nwokolo, (p9)
This edition is the first 50 stories of a two-parter marking the centenary of the amalgamation of the entity christened Nigeria by the then British imperial overlord Lord Lugard and his future wife Flora Shaw. We were lucky and privileged to catch lawyer and author Chuma Nwokolo at a book launch on his recent visit to London when he held a rapt audience at the British Library in the palm of his hand with his deft use of language, audience participation and reflections on the absurdities of daily life in Nigeria.
In a country with Afrika’s largest population and that most recently declared itself to be the biggest economy on the continent the nation’s discussion is dominated by the stark poverty, alienation, religious hustling, sexual infidelities, lack of infrastructure, political incompetence and corruption. As attempts, however insincere and disingenuous, were made to address the demands of the people of the oil-rich Niger Delta a brutal Islamist insurgency was spreading across the northern regions. This year over 2,000 people have been killed in attacks by Boko Haram, who are well supported by those in the political, military and business establishment allowing them to wreak havoc both internally and across the porous borders of Nigeria’s north and east. Nearly 300 schoolchildren were abducted as they waited to sit exams in Chibok and the Nigerian government for all its wealth and political posturing is unable to locate their whereabouts or resolve the situation.
Such is the background that is addressed in this wide-ranging compilation some of which were written a few years ago and not originally intended to be published in this format. Chuma Nwokolo, who was recently appointed editor of the Nigerian Writers Series – founded by the Association of Nigerian Authors – describes ‘How to Spell Naija’ as a commemorative anthology published to coincide with the centenary of the amalgamation of Lagos and the Northern and Southern Protectorates into an artificial entity.
‘The Ten Commandments of Nigerian Politics’ although fictional is so spot on in terms of how the political class and their wannabes treat the rest of the populace you would think it was a genuine operating document for a ‘club’ seeking to exert influence and gain affluence. “I know your second question: what’s the point? After all, little people have no money. Wrong. Last year, 19 billion dollars entered the federal account of 140 million Nigerians. Go and multiply that. That is not a small amount of money…Most of these godfathers have a dozen or more official children, so within six months there will be many birthdays, naming ceremonies, burials (god forbid), graduations and what have you. On each special day, if there’s no party, drop your carton of champagne and envelope of money at the gate and go. Remember the golden rule for donations: If you cannot be among the top five donors, don’t waste your money.” (p150-151)
During the launch Nwokolo had an interesting solution to the problem of large scale corruption – if a company is guilty of corruption of more than $20,000 then after 45 days the company is wound up and the whistleblower would get 1% of the amount. That should act as an incentive to encourage Nigerians to clean up their act and start displaying some genuine national pride and retrieve Nigeria’s name on the international stage but as Nwokolo said during the session: “If you are into anti-corruption you will die with no change…There are so many candidates for mugudom that the blame is enough to go around.”
Power cuts, love of food, relationship advice, prison life and the ‘correct’ way to exercise your one-upmanship and supposed superiority are the staff of life here. ‘Facebookland’ explores who is genuinely a friend in social media and does that situation suit many people’s egos and their inability to genuinely engage with other people on a human level? The worlds of the arts and literature come under Nwokolo’s gaze in ‘Bloody Benjy’ where the value of an artist’s work varies as the discussants reflect on the name rather than the quality of the work, while ‘Poetic Justice’ explores the world of the awarding literary prizes and authentic expression. The heartrending ‘Ancestral Stone’ highlights the deliberate crippling and scarification of children by adults in some communities to make them less attractive and valuable to slave raiders. This is a powerful, thought-provoking and often humorous anthology touching all Nigerians and those concerned about how the country as a whole and the population individually will emerge from the crises which nowadays are often self-inflicted.
~ ALKEBU-LAN REVIVALIST MOVEMENT PRESENT THE MOSIAH MONTH
- ‘Mosiah Tuesdays’ at 7-10pm at 282 High Road Leyton, London, E10 5PW.
- ‘Mosiah Storm: A Nite of Conscious Entertainment’. On Fri 29 Aug at 7-11pm at the Karibu Centre, 7 Gresham Road, Brixton, SW9 7PH.
For all info tel: 020 8539 2154 / 07908 814 152. E-mail: arm6227@yahoo.co.uk
~ BLACK HISTORY KNOWLEDGE PRESENT ‘THE AFRICAN ORIGIN OF MATHEMATICS’ LECTURE, DISCUSSION AND BOOK LAUNCH WITH ROBIN WALKER. Robin Walker will deliver a lecture on the origin and evolution of mathematics in Africa and launch his new book ‘African Mathematics: History, Textbook and Study Guide’, co-written by Mr John Matthews. They show that Afrikan women in Southern Africa produced the first mathematical artefact in human history 37,000 years ago. Robin will discuss the mathematical contributions of the Ancient Egyptians, the Moors, the scholars of Timbuktu, and the geometrical contributions of Central Africans. On Tues 5 Aug at 7.30pm at Simply the Best Barbers, 365 Willesden High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2JR. Adm: £5. Tel: 020 8830 1363. E-mail: healthtruths4u@hotmail.co.uk to confirm your attendance
~ ‘AQFM VOL 2: TRASH’. With Grace Ndiritu. Curated by Carolina Magnin. For the second edition of A Quest For Meaning (AQFM), Ndiritu continues to play with ideas of what the printed photograph means in the 21st century, in a world saturated by global images. As biological citizens, humans have begun to experience a type of sensory overload as never before and, as we attempt to navigate our shared history by trying to locate each image within a linear historical narrative, AQFM Vol.2: Trash asks: what value does the printed (still) image have within the Googlesphere that we inhabit? By creating a photographic installation made entirely out of disposal photocopied material from the growing digital AQFM encyclopedia, this edition explores notions of time, democracy, spectacle, mass production, environment and ecology and the dirty side of technology i.e. the cloud. It asks with a certain uneasiness and inevitability. What happens if we as humans have reached our limits in being able to create and process a new visual culture? What happens after History ends? Opening party on Thurs 7 Aug at 7pm. Exhibition runs from Fri 8 Aug–Fri 12 Sep at La Ira De Dios, Aguirre 1153, 2 A, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Web: http://lairadedios.com.ar/exhibiciones/aqfm-vol-2-trash/
~ PASCF WORKSHOPS
- ‘Reparations and Extrajudicial Killings. An Anti-Systemic Understanding’. With Bro Kevin Cobham (iNAPP). On Fri 8 Aug.
- PASCF in collaboration with Marikana Miners Solidarity Campaign UK, (MMSC UK) Caribbean Labour Solidarity (CLS) present the 2nd Anniversary Memorial Tribute to the fallen heroes of Marikana. On Fri 15 Aug.
- Picket outside the South Afrikan Embassy in solidarity with the murdered Marikana miners. On
Sat 16 Aug at 2-5pm at Trafalgar Square, London, WC2.
- Haiti Memorial Lecture: ‘Afrikan Cultural and Military Factors in the Haitian Revolution’. On Fri 22 Aug.
For full venue details and times e-mail: pascfevents@gmail.com
~ BLACK HISTORY STUDIES UNIA-ACL CENTENARY EVENTS
- On Fri 8 August at 7pm at Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, Tottenham, London, N17 6QN. Adm: £7. Web: http://hiddencolors2tottenham.eventbrite.co.uk
- On Mon 11 Aug at 7pm at PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. Adm: £7. Web: www.hiddencolors3pcs.eventbrite.co.uk
- On Sat 16 August at 7pm at Soho Community Centre, Chapel Street, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0PA. Adm: £5 adv / £8 – OTD. Web: https://hc3birmingham.eventbrite.co.uk
For all events tel / Fax: 020 8881 0660. Mobile: 07951 234 233. E-mail: info@blackhistorystudies.com Web: http://www.blackhistorystudies.com
~ NATURALLY YOU DAY. A family focussed day to motivate, inform and inspire your natural health journey. With a free goody bag for the first 100 people. On Sat 9 Aug at 12-6pm at The Deptford Lounge, Giffin Street, London, SE8 4RJ. Adm: £7 – adv / £9 – OTD / U-16 - free. Tel: 01582 615 196. Web: TheNaturallyYouDay.com
~ ‘MIND THE GAP - WHERE IS THE LOVE?’ FAMILY SHOWCASE. On Sat 9 August at 4-10pm at Roundwood Youth Centre, 49 Longstone Ave, London, NW10 3UN.
~ UK CHAGOS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. On Sun 10 Aug at 2pm at Pizza Express, 48 Moreton Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 2PB.
~ THE GREAT AFRIKAN BOOK SALE! Every book and CD is on sale at 50% off or more! There are over 5000 titles in the sale - never before have so many Afrikan interest books been offered on this scale in a sale. The finances raised will go towards the development of the MAA MAAT Project. On Fri & Sat at 5-10pm, Sat 12-8pm and Sun 12-5pm at Maa Maat Centre, 366a High Road, Tottenham, London, N17 9HT. Tel 07956 052 821.
~ PEPUKAYI BOOKS DISTRIBUTION PRESENTS ‘DEMYSTIFYING CANCER’. Author Devon Morgan the ‘Philosopher’ is telling it like it is demystifying cancer and exposing the facts surrounding what causes cancer. People have reversed and eliminated cancer without ever using surgery, drugs, or damaging treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Gain understanding of how to avoid the disease. On Sun 10 Aug at 2pm at Maa Ma’at Centre, 366a High Rd, Tottenham, London, N17. Tel: 07956 052 821.
~ KISKIRINE EVENTS PRESENT AFRICAN SHOWCASE MARKET & FESTIVAL. The market promises to have on display the best of Afrikan artifacts, music, food, dance and other cultural memorabilia. There will be live performances by artistes from across Afrika. There will be drum workshops, acoustic, Kente workshop, choreographer, head-gear wrapping seminar, drumming workshop crash course and many other Afrikan cultural classes. There will be over 40 market stalls all displaying authentic Afrikan products and services. On Wed 13 Aug at 10am-7pm at Market Square, Town Centre, Barking, IG11 8DQ. Adm: Free. Tel: 020 8904 4514 / 07956 675 412. E-mail: info@kiskirineevents.org Web: www.kiskirineevents.org / www.africanshowcasemarket.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9097817831
~ AFRICA IN MOTION SLAVERY ON FILM FESTIVAL
- ‘Tango Negro’. On Thurs 14 Aug. Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the expression of the tango’s African-ness and the contribution of African cultures to the creation of the tango. The film reveals the depth of the footprints of African music on the tango, a reflection of the social life of the slaves who were taken to South America.
- ‘The Price of Memory’. On Fri 15 Aug. ‘The Price of Memory’ is a poetic documentary that explores the enduring legacy of slavery in Jamaica and the decades-long movement for slavery reparations. It follows The Queen’s visit to Jamaica in 2002 when she was petitioned by a group of Rastafari for slavery reparations.
- ‘They Are We’. On Sat 16 Aug. Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade for 170 years sing and dance its way back together? ‘They Are We’ tells the story of survival against the odds and how determination and shared humanity can triumph over the bleakest of histories.
All screenings at 8-10pm at Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. Adm: £6 / Concs - £4. [£15 / £10 - Concs for all three screenings]
~ BFI AFRICAN ODYSSEYS PRESENT ‘WE LOVE CARNIVAL’. Films being screened: ‘Looking for Claudia Jones’; Mas in the Ghetto: Notting Hill Carnival 1973’; ‘Interview with Leslie Palmer’; ‘Summer ‘76 Carnival’; and ‘Panorama: Festival of the Pans Part 1’. Plus talks by Alex Pascal, Nia Reynolds, Donald Hinds, Anthony Perry, Dalton Narine, Leslie Palmer and Corinne Skinner-Carter. On Sat 16 Aug at 11am-5.30pm in NFT3 at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT. Adm: £8. Box Office: 020 7928 3232.
~ SAVANNAH VIEW DIRECTOR MICHAEL LA ROSE CURATES A WEEKEND OF CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL ON FILM AS PART OF THE BFI AFRICAN ODYSSEYS PROGRAMME (SEE ABOVE) AND THE CARNIVAL VILLAGE. The second year of the ground-breaking film screening event explores the art, history and struggle for the Caribbean Carnival in Britain. The second day of screenings will be in the heart of the Notting Hill Carnival area. Films to be screened will be ‘Part 2 of Panorama: Festival of the Pans’ directed by Dalton Narine; ‘Mas in the Ghetto; Notting Hill Carnival 1973’ directed by Anthony Perry; and finally the film that everyone interested in the art and culture of the Caribbean Carnival should see the brilliant 1973 ‘King Carnival’ directed by Horace Ove. There will be a panel discussion after the screenings chaired by Alex Pascal with Dalton Narine, Leslie Palmer and Nestor Sullivan. On Sun 17 Aug at 7-10pm at Tabernacle, Powis Square, London, W11. Adm: Donation. E-mail: 020 7221 9700. E-mail: savannahviewinfo@gmail.com Web: carnivalvillage.org.uk
~ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS WEEK 2014. Theme: ‘Health, Nutrition and Medicine’. On Mon 18–Sat 23 Aug at Birkbeck University, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1. E-mail: info@nabss.org.uk Web: http://www.nabss.org.uk/donations-sponsorship/4584048150
~ SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING OF ‘FINDING FELA!’ Dir Alex Gibney. Legendary Nigerian musician and pan African political activist, Fela Kuti in his words and original Afro-beat sound. With footage filmed on the theatrical tour of ‘Fela – The Musical’, including the homecoming to The New Afrikan Shrine in Lagos. On Thu 4 Sept at 8.20 NFT1, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT. Adm: £8. Box Office: 020 7928 3232. Adm: £11.50 / concs - £9.
~ CHI CREATIONS EVENTS
- The Rise of Feminine Energy Retreat’. Female-only weekend retreat which draws upon ancient Afrakan practice, utilizing ancestral knowledge to heal body, mind and spirit with Griot Chinyere, Eileen Bellot and Spiritual Chef Matanah. On Fri 5–Mon 8 Sep at Swan Barn Cottage, Collards Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2HU.
- ‘The Griot Way Storytelling Training’. On 17-19 Oct, 13-15 Feb 2015 and 15-17 May 2015 at Etherly Farm, Dorking, RH5 6PA.
For all events e-mail: Info@shanti-chi.com Web: www.shanti-chi.com
~ INAPP GENERAL MEETING AND INDUCTION DAY. On Sat 27 Sep at 4.30pm at Queen Mother Moore School, Clapham Methodist Church Hall, Nelson’s Row, London, SW4 7JR. Tel: 020 8539 2154 / 07908 814 152. Web: inapp.org.uk
~ BUNDU DIA KONGO (BDK). Afrikan cultural and spiritual group working towards the spiritual and psychological growth and development of Afrikans all over the world. Let us make a positive change now. Learn about Afrikan prophets, Afrikan history and Afrikan spiritual practices at our weekly Zikua.
- Sun at 1.30–4.30pm at Chestnuts Community & Arts Centre, 280 St Ann’s Road, Tottenham, London, N15 5BN. Tel: Makaba - 07951 059 853.
- Sun at 12.30–3.15pm at Malika House, 81 George Street, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1Sl. Tel: Mbuta Mayala – 07404 789 329.
~ THE AUSAR AUSET SOCIETY GI GONG CLASSES. Every Monday at 7.30–9pm at Hazel Road Community Centre, Hazel Road, Kensal Green, London, NW10 5PP. Adm: £5 per class. Tel: 07951- 252-427. E-mail: Tauinetwork.europe@gmail.com
Contact: Kubara Zamani, Afrikan Quest International, PO Box 35165, London, SE5 8WU. Tel: 07811 494 969. E-mail: afrikanquest@hotmail.com NB: Nubiart Diary can also be read at www.ligali.org
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“We did not give up our citizenship when we were taken from Afrika.” - Hon Senghor Jawara Baye, President General of the UNIA-ACL
The Alkebulan Revivalist Movement organised a speaking tour by Hon Senghor Jawara Baye, President General of the UNIA-ACL, as part of their Mosiah Month celebrations of the centenary of the founding of the UNIA-ACL. Senghor Baye passionately outlined some of the lesser known aspects of the 100 year history of the UNIA-ACL. He displayed some of the convention documents stretching back across the history of the organisation since the initial conference attended by 25,000 delegates in Madison Square Gardens in New York in 1920. A Centenary Convention will be held in Harlem in the autumn which will be followed by a convention on Afrikan soil in Ghana in November.
One of the topics in the talk was the split with another faction of ex-members who were calling themselves UNIA Inc, a name originally registered by Marcus Garvey for his work in the state of New York. After a court case the UNIA-ACL has since reclaimed that name and resisted their attempts to take over control of a land concession left to the UNIA since Belize in 1924.
Hon Senghor Baye attended the Reparations and Repatriation March of over 2,000 Afrikans and solidarity activists in London on Fri 1 Aug from Brixton to Westminster where a petition was handed in at Downing Street and then back to Brixton for a rally. The petition demanded just reparations for the imperial and colonial madness that unjustly enriched the British Empire and dehumanised over half the world’s population.
In July Bro Leader Mbandaka of the Alkebulan Revivalist Movement was appointed the UNIA-ACL Ambassador to Britain. Other UNIA-ACL Ambassadors include: Prof Tony Browder, director of the ASA Restoration Project, who is ambassador to Kemet / Egypt. His daughter was the first to go into the 25th dynasty tomb of Karakhamun in Luxor; Bilal Sunni Ali, a Garifuna who was Gil Scott Heron’s sax player, is Ambassador to Belize. His wife Fulani Sunni Ali is in charge of Health and Wellness for the organisation across the whole of Central America.
Other groups with strong links to the UNIA-ACL is the Shrine of the Black Madonna which owns 4,700 acres of land in South Carolina and the Collective Black People’s Movement (www.CBPM.org) whose mission is to gather, document, and organize the skills, talents and intelligence (education) of Black (Afrikan) people for the purpose of self-help and collective development.
Hon Senghor Baye recommended David Imhotep’s ‘Africans Were the First Americans’ as essential reading and closed with the rousing message: “Stop being content with the food of chickens when we can raise our wings and fly…For true Garveyism in the 21st century you need to use your Blackafricity.”
For full details of Mosiah Month events see the forthcoming issue of the Alkebulan Revivalist Movement’s paper, The Whirlwind, or check the websites: www.alkebulan.org or www.uniaacl.org
WHO ARE THE SEMITES AND WHAT IS ANTI-SEMITISM?
For the purposes of clarification we include information below on Semitic languages, religious and cultural groups. Much of the information can be found in the Afrikan Scientist of Truth pamphlet of the above title published in 2001 as well as other widely available sources. In order not to overconfuse matters in this context we will not outline a further alternative Bukongo history of the Semites but those wishing to pursue further research in that area would do well to start with the name of the spiritual leader of Bundu dia Kongo, Ne Muanda Nsemi.
The word Semitic is connected to Shem, the name of one of Noah’s three sons – the others being Japheth and Ham – in the Hebrew creation mythology which has been most widely distributed globally through the texts of the Talmud, Torah, Bible and Koran. Although chronologically and genetically incomprehensible to us the Hebrews and their fellow travelers claim Japheth is the father ancestor of Europeans, Ham is the father ancestor of Afrikans (and their colonies) and Shem is the father ancestor of some other cultural groups based in what is now called the Middle East who may or may not be a mix of the descendants of Japheth and Ham. The Semitic culture, religious, language group arose in Arabia in approx. 3,750 BC and travelled to Afrika in about 800 BC when Ethiopian Semitic was first acknowledged. By comparison the oldest immediately traceable Afrikan cultural group include those who claim to have built the Sphinx at any time up to 9,500 BC and have a calendar dating back over 26,000 years. While our phenotypical and cultural family in the Melanesia / Micronesia / Polynesia / Oceania axis claim they reached there over 40,000 years ago.
Semitic has six nodes: East Semitic, Northwest Semitic, Arabic, Old South Arabian, Modern South Arabian and Ethiopic. Syro-Arabian is an alternative name. The language has a core alphabet of 22 letters and the vowels are usually left out or indicated by diacritic marks. The Akkadians, Assyrians and Eblaites were the first Semites to use writing. The original Semitic religions would today be classed as polytheist in common with most indigenous spiritual systems where even if they have a concept of a supreme creator it is to the deities in the next layer down - in Yoruba the orishas – and to the ancestors which have a more closer physical and historical relation to humans that most supplication is made.
The largest Semitic religious group today is Islam with approx 1.6 billion adherents of varying degrees of devotion. The largest Semitic language group is Arabic of whom there are over 300 million core language speakers which as well as including most of the Muslims in north and east Afrika and the Middle East also includes groups such as Arab Christians, Mizrahi Yehudi and Iraqi Mandaeans. Arabic is the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and French however when you include Arabic influences in languages such as Swahili, Hausa-Fulani, etc used for religion and trade the number of speakers can rise to over 1 billion. The country with the largest Muslim population is Indonesia with 202 million adherents out of 240 million people. India has approx 150 million Muslims in a population of over 1 billion. Nigeria with a population of 170 million has a large Muslim cohort of approx half the country. All Muslims, regardless of their language and cultural or racial origin, can usually speak some form of limited religious Arabic connected to their prayer traditions even if they cannot use the language in everyday speech.
The Afrikan country with the largest number of Arabic speakers is Egypt with a population of 85 million people. The Afrikan country with the largest number of Semitic language speakers is Ethiopia with a population of 90 million and the largest Semitic language group spoken there is Amharic with 22 million core speakers. Amharic is also widely understood in countries across the Horn of Afrika and in southern Arabia. The only Semitic language officially spoken in Europe is Maltese. Hebrew, mainly spoken in Israel by Yehudi and Palestinians - and outside the colony by Ashkenazi and Sephardic Yehudi and Beta Israel - has 7 million speakers. This is just above another Semitic language, Tigrinya, which has 6.7 million speakers mainly in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Eastern Orthodox Christianity is the other main religious expression in these two neighbouring countries. The Hebrew / Yehudi / Israelite / Israeli / Jewish claim to be the only Semites thus has no basis in fact and is a strong indicator of their imperial exceptionalist mentality and arrogance reflected in the speech and actions of the current prime genocidaire Binyamin Netanyahu that denies and denigrates the rights, religion, culture, property and humanity of all others including those who have a longer tradition of being in the region than they do. To claim that Muslims and Arabs are anti-Semitic when they are the largest Semitic religious and linguistic groups respectively is an absurdity and such mental gymnastics will not be tolerated by this editor.
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~ ‘FINDING FELA: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK’ - Fela Kuti & Africa 70 / Nigeria 70 / Egypt 80, Koola Lobitos and the Fela! Band with Femi Kuti [Knitting Factory Records – Released 1 Sep 2014] A 16-track double CD of the music used by Alex Gibney in his forthcoming feature film ‘Finding Fela’. The documentary follows the rehearsals and performances of the cast of theatre production of ‘Fela – The Musical’ as well as additional material of recordings and interviews with Fela. It includes a triumphant show at The New Afrika Shrine in Lagos where they were welcomed by Fela’s family, original band members and those who were inspired by his music and vision. All except two of the tracks are from the great man himself although some are in edited form but that just means you get straight to the message and the groove. Tracks include: ‘Jeun Ko Ku (Chop and Quench)’, ‘Lover’, Viva Nigeria’, ‘Upside Down’, ‘VIP Pt 2’, ‘Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense’, ‘Go Slow’, ‘Beasts of No Nation’, ‘Suffering and Shmiling’ and from the Koola Lobitos days ‘Highlife Time’ which never fails to hit the spot. The Fela Band tracks are ‘Zombie’ and with Femi Kuti the previously unreleased ‘Colonial Mentality’. Following on from the CD release of all Fela’s albums last year some of the classic vinyl is also being rereleased. The film, ‘Finding Fela’ will be in British cinemas from Fri 5 Sep.
~ ‘70S SOUL!’ – Slim Ali and the Hodi Boys [AI Music / ARC Music – Out Now] A 15-track compilation CD of one of East Afrika’s 70’s soul and funk pioneers. This CD has the slower ballads from their repertoire and is the companion to ‘70s Pop’ which contains the more uptempo sides. Some of the standout tracks on this set include the soulful ‘Something Good’ and ‘We Need A Little Time’, the funky sax-led ‘Gimme Something Love’, ‘Peace’ and ‘This World’, which rounds off the disc with a plea for co-operation. This album is well worth checking out as Slim Ali is a perfect example of one of those artists that is little known in Europe and the Americas yet have cultivated a massive following across East Afrika and the Middle East over four decades.
NUBIART LIBRARY – AUG MEDIA
We will only review books we have read and DVDs we have seen and that are available at reasonable prices online or in shops or libraries. However, given the nature and current state of Afrikan publishing and film production there may be books and films on this list that are worth the extra effort to track down.
~ ‘HOW TO SPELL NAIJA IN 100 SHORT STORIES VOL 1’ – Chuma Nwokolo [Gwandustan. ISBN: 978-978-2190-15-4]
“Yet, ‘Naija’ stubbornly persists on the urban street, where it fits more snugly into a Pidgin English sentence than the starchy ‘Nigeria’. The rebellious nicknaming of nation is in a sense an act of ownership by a people who had no part, either in the architecture of their country’s borders or its christening.” – Chuma Nwokolo, (p9)
This edition is the first 50 stories of a two-parter marking the centenary of the amalgamation of the entity christened Nigeria by the then British imperial overlord Lord Lugard and his future wife Flora Shaw. We were lucky and privileged to catch lawyer and author Chuma Nwokolo at a book launch on his recent visit to London when he held a rapt audience at the British Library in the palm of his hand with his deft use of language, audience participation and reflections on the absurdities of daily life in Nigeria.
In a country with Afrika’s largest population and that most recently declared itself to be the biggest economy on the continent the nation’s discussion is dominated by the stark poverty, alienation, religious hustling, sexual infidelities, lack of infrastructure, political incompetence and corruption. As attempts, however insincere and disingenuous, were made to address the demands of the people of the oil-rich Niger Delta a brutal Islamist insurgency was spreading across the northern regions. This year over 2,000 people have been killed in attacks by Boko Haram, who are well supported by those in the political, military and business establishment allowing them to wreak havoc both internally and across the porous borders of Nigeria’s north and east. Nearly 300 schoolchildren were abducted as they waited to sit exams in Chibok and the Nigerian government for all its wealth and political posturing is unable to locate their whereabouts or resolve the situation.
Such is the background that is addressed in this wide-ranging compilation some of which were written a few years ago and not originally intended to be published in this format. Chuma Nwokolo, who was recently appointed editor of the Nigerian Writers Series – founded by the Association of Nigerian Authors – describes ‘How to Spell Naija’ as a commemorative anthology published to coincide with the centenary of the amalgamation of Lagos and the Northern and Southern Protectorates into an artificial entity.
‘The Ten Commandments of Nigerian Politics’ although fictional is so spot on in terms of how the political class and their wannabes treat the rest of the populace you would think it was a genuine operating document for a ‘club’ seeking to exert influence and gain affluence. “I know your second question: what’s the point? After all, little people have no money. Wrong. Last year, 19 billion dollars entered the federal account of 140 million Nigerians. Go and multiply that. That is not a small amount of money…Most of these godfathers have a dozen or more official children, so within six months there will be many birthdays, naming ceremonies, burials (god forbid), graduations and what have you. On each special day, if there’s no party, drop your carton of champagne and envelope of money at the gate and go. Remember the golden rule for donations: If you cannot be among the top five donors, don’t waste your money.” (p150-151)
During the launch Nwokolo had an interesting solution to the problem of large scale corruption – if a company is guilty of corruption of more than $20,000 then after 45 days the company is wound up and the whistleblower would get 1% of the amount. That should act as an incentive to encourage Nigerians to clean up their act and start displaying some genuine national pride and retrieve Nigeria’s name on the international stage but as Nwokolo said during the session: “If you are into anti-corruption you will die with no change…There are so many candidates for mugudom that the blame is enough to go around.”
Power cuts, love of food, relationship advice, prison life and the ‘correct’ way to exercise your one-upmanship and supposed superiority are the staff of life here. ‘Facebookland’ explores who is genuinely a friend in social media and does that situation suit many people’s egos and their inability to genuinely engage with other people on a human level? The worlds of the arts and literature come under Nwokolo’s gaze in ‘Bloody Benjy’ where the value of an artist’s work varies as the discussants reflect on the name rather than the quality of the work, while ‘Poetic Justice’ explores the world of the awarding literary prizes and authentic expression. The heartrending ‘Ancestral Stone’ highlights the deliberate crippling and scarification of children by adults in some communities to make them less attractive and valuable to slave raiders. This is a powerful, thought-provoking and often humorous anthology touching all Nigerians and those concerned about how the country as a whole and the population individually will emerge from the crises which nowadays are often self-inflicted.
Nubiart Diary
~ ALKEBU-LAN REVIVALIST MOVEMENT PRESENT THE MOSIAH MONTH - ‘Mosiah Tuesdays’ at 7-10pm at 282 High Road Leyton, London, E10 5PW.
- ‘Mosiah Storm: A Nite of Conscious Entertainment’. On Fri 29 Aug at 7-11pm at the Karibu Centre, 7 Gresham Road, Brixton, SW9 7PH.
For all info tel: 020 8539 2154 / 07908 814 152. E-mail: arm6227@yahoo.co.uk
~ BLACK HISTORY KNOWLEDGE PRESENT ‘THE AFRICAN ORIGIN OF MATHEMATICS’ LECTURE, DISCUSSION AND BOOK LAUNCH WITH ROBIN WALKER. Robin Walker will deliver a lecture on the origin and evolution of mathematics in Africa and launch his new book ‘African Mathematics: History, Textbook and Study Guide’, co-written by Mr John Matthews. They show that Afrikan women in Southern Africa produced the first mathematical artefact in human history 37,000 years ago. Robin will discuss the mathematical contributions of the Ancient Egyptians, the Moors, the scholars of Timbuktu, and the geometrical contributions of Central Africans. On Tues 5 Aug at 7.30pm at Simply the Best Barbers, 365 Willesden High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2JR. Adm: £5. Tel: 020 8830 1363. E-mail: healthtruths4u@hotmail.co.uk to confirm your attendance
~ ‘AQFM VOL 2: TRASH’. With Grace Ndiritu. Curated by Carolina Magnin. For the second edition of A Quest For Meaning (AQFM), Ndiritu continues to play with ideas of what the printed photograph means in the 21st century, in a world saturated by global images. As biological citizens, humans have begun to experience a type of sensory overload as never before and, as we attempt to navigate our shared history by trying to locate each image within a linear historical narrative, AQFM Vol.2: Trash asks: what value does the printed (still) image have within the Googlesphere that we inhabit? By creating a photographic installation made entirely out of disposal photocopied material from the growing digital AQFM encyclopedia, this edition explores notions of time, democracy, spectacle, mass production, environment and ecology and the dirty side of technology i.e. the cloud. It asks with a certain uneasiness and inevitability. What happens if we as humans have reached our limits in being able to create and process a new visual culture? What happens after History ends? Opening party on Thurs 7 Aug at 7pm. Exhibition runs from Fri 8 Aug–Fri 12 Sep at La Ira De Dios, Aguirre 1153, 2 A, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Web: http://lairadedios.com.ar/exhibiciones/aqfm-vol-2-trash/
~ PASCF WORKSHOPS
- ‘Reparations and Extrajudicial Killings. An Anti-Systemic Understanding’. With Bro Kevin Cobham (iNAPP). On Fri 8 Aug.
- PASCF in collaboration with Marikana Miners Solidarity Campaign UK, (MMSC UK) Caribbean Labour Solidarity (CLS) present the 2nd Anniversary Memorial Tribute to the fallen heroes of Marikana. On Fri 15 Aug.
- Picket outside the South Afrikan Embassy in solidarity with the murdered Marikana miners. On
Sat 16 Aug at 2-5pm at Trafalgar Square, London, WC2.
- Haiti Memorial Lecture: ‘Afrikan Cultural and Military Factors in the Haitian Revolution’. On Fri 22 Aug.
For full venue details and times e-mail: pascfevents@gmail.com
~ BLACK HISTORY STUDIES UNIA-ACL CENTENARY EVENTS
- On Fri 8 August at 7pm at Tottenham Chances, 399 High Road, Tottenham, London, N17 6QN. Adm: £7. Web: http://hiddencolors2tottenham.eventbrite.co.uk
- On Mon 11 Aug at 7pm at PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. Adm: £7. Web: www.hiddencolors3pcs.eventbrite.co.uk
- On Sat 16 August at 7pm at Soho Community Centre, Chapel Street, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0PA. Adm: £5 adv / £8 – OTD. Web: https://hc3birmingham.eventbrite.co.uk
For all events tel / Fax: 020 8881 0660. Mobile: 07951 234 233. E-mail: info@blackhistorystudies.com Web: http://www.blackhistorystudies.com
~ NATURALLY YOU DAY. A family focussed day to motivate, inform and inspire your natural health journey. With a free goody bag for the first 100 people. On Sat 9 Aug at 12-6pm at The Deptford Lounge, Giffin Street, London, SE8 4RJ. Adm: £7 – adv / £9 – OTD / U-16 - free. Tel: 01582 615 196. Web: TheNaturallyYouDay.com
~ ‘MIND THE GAP - WHERE IS THE LOVE?’ FAMILY SHOWCASE. On Sat 9 August at 4-10pm at Roundwood Youth Centre, 49 Longstone Ave, London, NW10 3UN.
~ UK CHAGOS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. On Sun 10 Aug at 2pm at Pizza Express, 48 Moreton Street, Pimlico, London, SW1V 2PB.
~ THE GREAT AFRIKAN BOOK SALE! Every book and CD is on sale at 50% off or more! There are over 5000 titles in the sale - never before have so many Afrikan interest books been offered on this scale in a sale. The finances raised will go towards the development of the MAA MAAT Project. On Fri & Sat at 5-10pm, Sat 12-8pm and Sun 12-5pm at Maa Maat Centre, 366a High Road, Tottenham, London, N17 9HT. Tel 07956 052 821.
~ PEPUKAYI BOOKS DISTRIBUTION PRESENTS ‘DEMYSTIFYING CANCER’. Author Devon Morgan the ‘Philosopher’ is telling it like it is demystifying cancer and exposing the facts surrounding what causes cancer. People have reversed and eliminated cancer without ever using surgery, drugs, or damaging treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Gain understanding of how to avoid the disease. On Sun 10 Aug at 2pm at Maa Ma’at Centre, 366a High Rd, Tottenham, London, N17. Tel: 07956 052 821.
~ KISKIRINE EVENTS PRESENT AFRICAN SHOWCASE MARKET & FESTIVAL. The market promises to have on display the best of Afrikan artifacts, music, food, dance and other cultural memorabilia. There will be live performances by artistes from across Afrika. There will be drum workshops, acoustic, Kente workshop, choreographer, head-gear wrapping seminar, drumming workshop crash course and many other Afrikan cultural classes. There will be over 40 market stalls all displaying authentic Afrikan products and services. On Wed 13 Aug at 10am-7pm at Market Square, Town Centre, Barking, IG11 8DQ. Adm: Free. Tel: 020 8904 4514 / 07956 675 412. E-mail: info@kiskirineevents.org Web: www.kiskirineevents.org / www.africanshowcasemarket.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9097817831
~ AFRICA IN MOTION SLAVERY ON FILM FESTIVAL
- ‘Tango Negro’. On Thurs 14 Aug. Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro explores the expression of the tango’s African-ness and the contribution of African cultures to the creation of the tango. The film reveals the depth of the footprints of African music on the tango, a reflection of the social life of the slaves who were taken to South America.
- ‘The Price of Memory’. On Fri 15 Aug. ‘The Price of Memory’ is a poetic documentary that explores the enduring legacy of slavery in Jamaica and the decades-long movement for slavery reparations. It follows The Queen’s visit to Jamaica in 2002 when she was petitioned by a group of Rastafari for slavery reparations.
- ‘They Are We’. On Sat 16 Aug. Can a family separated by the transatlantic slave trade for 170 years sing and dance its way back together? ‘They Are We’ tells the story of survival against the odds and how determination and shared humanity can triumph over the bleakest of histories.
All screenings at 8-10pm at Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL. Adm: £6 / Concs - £4. [£15 / £10 - Concs for all three screenings]
~ BFI AFRICAN ODYSSEYS PRESENT ‘WE LOVE CARNIVAL’. Films being screened: ‘Looking for Claudia Jones’; Mas in the Ghetto: Notting Hill Carnival 1973’; ‘Interview with Leslie Palmer’; ‘Summer ‘76 Carnival’; and ‘Panorama: Festival of the Pans Part 1’. Plus talks by Alex Pascal, Nia Reynolds, Donald Hinds, Anthony Perry, Dalton Narine, Leslie Palmer and Corinne Skinner-Carter. On Sat 16 Aug at 11am-5.30pm in NFT3 at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT. Adm: £8. Box Office: 020 7928 3232.
~ SAVANNAH VIEW DIRECTOR MICHAEL LA ROSE CURATES A WEEKEND OF CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL ON FILM AS PART OF THE BFI AFRICAN ODYSSEYS PROGRAMME (SEE ABOVE) AND THE CARNIVAL VILLAGE. The second year of the ground-breaking film screening event explores the art, history and struggle for the Caribbean Carnival in Britain. The second day of screenings will be in the heart of the Notting Hill Carnival area. Films to be screened will be ‘Part 2 of Panorama: Festival of the Pans’ directed by Dalton Narine; ‘Mas in the Ghetto; Notting Hill Carnival 1973’ directed by Anthony Perry; and finally the film that everyone interested in the art and culture of the Caribbean Carnival should see the brilliant 1973 ‘King Carnival’ directed by Horace Ove. There will be a panel discussion after the screenings chaired by Alex Pascal with Dalton Narine, Leslie Palmer and Nestor Sullivan. On Sun 17 Aug at 7-10pm at Tabernacle, Powis Square, London, W11. Adm: Donation. E-mail: 020 7221 9700. E-mail: savannahviewinfo@gmail.com Web: carnivalvillage.org.uk
~ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS WEEK 2014. Theme: ‘Health, Nutrition and Medicine’. On Mon 18–Sat 23 Aug at Birkbeck University, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1. E-mail: info@nabss.org.uk Web: http://www.nabss.org.uk/donations-sponsorship/4584048150
~ SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING OF ‘FINDING FELA!’ Dir Alex Gibney. Legendary Nigerian musician and pan African political activist, Fela Kuti in his words and original Afro-beat sound. With footage filmed on the theatrical tour of ‘Fela – The Musical’, including the homecoming to The New Afrikan Shrine in Lagos. On Thu 4 Sept at 8.20 NFT1, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT. Adm: £8. Box Office: 020 7928 3232. Adm: £11.50 / concs - £9.
~ CHI CREATIONS EVENTS
- The Rise of Feminine Energy Retreat’. Female-only weekend retreat which draws upon ancient Afrakan practice, utilizing ancestral knowledge to heal body, mind and spirit with Griot Chinyere, Eileen Bellot and Spiritual Chef Matanah. On Fri 5–Mon 8 Sep at Swan Barn Cottage, Collards Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2HU.
- ‘The Griot Way Storytelling Training’. On 17-19 Oct, 13-15 Feb 2015 and 15-17 May 2015 at Etherly Farm, Dorking, RH5 6PA.
For all events e-mail: Info@shanti-chi.com Web: www.shanti-chi.com
~ INAPP GENERAL MEETING AND INDUCTION DAY. On Sat 27 Sep at 4.30pm at Queen Mother Moore School, Clapham Methodist Church Hall, Nelson’s Row, London, SW4 7JR. Tel: 020 8539 2154 / 07908 814 152. Web: inapp.org.uk
~ BUNDU DIA KONGO (BDK). Afrikan cultural and spiritual group working towards the spiritual and psychological growth and development of Afrikans all over the world. Let us make a positive change now. Learn about Afrikan prophets, Afrikan history and Afrikan spiritual practices at our weekly Zikua.
- Sun at 1.30–4.30pm at Chestnuts Community & Arts Centre, 280 St Ann’s Road, Tottenham, London, N15 5BN. Tel: Makaba - 07951 059 853.
- Sun at 12.30–3.15pm at Malika House, 81 George Street, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1Sl. Tel: Mbuta Mayala – 07404 789 329.
~ THE AUSAR AUSET SOCIETY GI GONG CLASSES. Every Monday at 7.30–9pm at Hazel Road Community Centre, Hazel Road, Kensal Green, London, NW10 5PP. Adm: £5 per class. Tel: 07951- 252-427. E-mail: Tauinetwork.europe@gmail.com
Contact: Kubara Zamani, Afrikan Quest International, PO Box 35165, London, SE5 8WU. Tel: 07811 494 969. E-mail: afrikanquest@hotmail.com NB: Nubiart Diary can also be read at www.ligali.org
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