Cultural events

African Market with stalls selling fashion, jewellery, natural health & beauty products, baby & kids clothing, dolls & instruments, books + Local & international charities promoting their actions and  selling goods + Homemade African Food

@Old Spitalfields, Horner Square, London E1 6EW UK.

Info: 11am - 5pm / http://openthegate.org.uk/market/

Opening ceremony April 15 with H.I.H. Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie

Co-curated by Rastafari Regal Livity (RRL) & the Black Cultural Archives (Brixton) - from Ethiopia to Jamaica and now to London UK

More infos: http://bcaheritage.org.uk/rastafari-in-motion/

African Market with Lots of stalls, Drumming and Dancing Circle, Arts & Crafts Workshop, Face painting & African Food

@North Yard - Camden Stables, Camden Lock, London NW1 8AH, UK.

Info: 12pm - 6pm / facebook /

Camden or Chalk Farm

Children’s Programme:  3:30pm 

3 short films from UK and Africa:

• A Lesson in History by Maybelle Peters (UK) -An animation film about black history
• Concrete Garden by Alrick Riley (UK) - A young girl arriving in 1950s London writes home to her Granny in Jamaica
• Mwansa the Great by Rungano Nyoni (Zambia), A young boy in Zambia takes his friends along with him on his superhero journey

Evening Progamme: 6:30pm
2 films from Portugese-speaking Africa: Mozambique and Angola:

• Gaze of the Stars/O Olhar Das Estrelas by Joao Ribero (Mozambique), A Short tender fiction film set in Maputo with a
  surprising moral tale
• Rostov Luanda by Abderrahman Sissako (Mauritania/Angola), A captivating documentary of a filmmaker who goes in search of the long lost Angolan friend he studied with in 1980s Russia. On his journey he discovers Angola and its past through a range of
  fascinating characters in the capital Luanda. But will he find his friend?

Free Films - Drinks - Popcorn!!
All are welcome to attend – Todos sâo bem-vindas para particapar!!
More Information at: junegivannifilmarchive.com

Collectors, originals, represses, auctions, new roots

Stalls by: Direct Impact, Sta Kulcha music distribution, Roots Hitek muzik

Refreshments on sale - Arts, crafts and fashion in the store

:: MANY STALLS :: fashion, jewellery, natural health & beauty products, baby & kids clothing, dolls & instruments, books

Local & international charities are also represented, promoting their actions and raising awareness but also funds by selling goods

Homemade African Food

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2084738461751378/

After the recent Living Histories session with former Black Panther Movement member and doctor Altheia Jones-Lecointe, history consultant Kwaku will be in conversation with activists, teasing out the little-known experiences of those who've been part of the African British radical history narrative.

Please note: there is a £5 non-refundable charge (£7 at the door, subject to availability).
This event will be video-ed and and photographs taken - attending implies giving permission to be recorded or photographed

More infos: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-histories-conversations-about-radical-african-british-histories-tickets-27367151888

Diversity Matters is proud to announce its first Black History Festival special guest lecture with acclaimed author Prince Asfa-Wossen Asserate - great-nephew of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I!

FREE event! Booking essential via Eventbrit > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-era-of-emperor-haile-selassie-i-his-role-as-founder-of-the-organisation-of-african-unity-oau-tickets-26433190384

More information on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1235252889848047/

Organised by BTWSC/African Histories Revisited

The UN Resolution 68/237 declared 2014-2025 as the International Decade For People Of African Descent (IDPAD) under the theme Recognition, Justice and Development.

But how aware are we in Ghana of this initiative by the UN? And how can we use it for our upliftment and development?

The resolution calls on member states, civil society and all other relevant actors to join together with people of African heritage and take effective measures for the implementation of the programme of activities. The Decade is an opportunity to push for the elimination of racism, racial and structural discrimination against Africans.

History consultant, community activist and former University of Westminster lecturer Kwaku is visiting Accra and will deliver a presentation on how to use IDPAD to empower ourselves, followed by a Question & Answer session. Introduction by Elder Statesman Dr KB Asante.

Admission: Free

To register, please visit www.AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com

Africa on the Square is organised by the Mayor of London for Black History Month.

The event is sponsored by Lebara and Air France, with media partner support from The Voice.
It is programmed by Open the Gate.

FREE - ALL AFTERNOON

FULL PROGRAMME & INFO:
www.london.gov.uk/africa

Ark T and African School present: WORD and the WARRIOR | Interactive workshop by Natty Mark Samuels | Celebrating Early Black Journalism | Plus workshop by Young Women Music Project and Food  for Black Lives Matter | Free and integenerational [for 11+]

Organised by BTWSC/African Histories Revisited

A play exploring Identity during African History Month 2016 & IDPAD 2015-24

Taking its starting point from Peter Tosh's 'African' song,  'As Long As You're Of African Heritage...' posits that anyone of African heritage is African,  irrespective of where they are born or based.

Using the format of a play with 5 actors set within the course of a management committee meeting of an African-led voluntary organisation, we witness the dynamics of the meeting change from congratulatory back-patting on account of a successful fundraising exercise, to putting plans for a Black History Month (BHM) event on hold, as tensions rise around the issues of identity within the African British community,  where there is often a disconnect from Africa, especially by those born in Britain or the Caribbean.

The play also questions what BHM should be about and whether it should be renamed, 30 years on from its introduction in the UK, the Race Relations Act @ 50,  and the start the UN's International Decade For People Of African Descent 2015-24 initiative.

The afternoon performance is targeted as an outing for youths, school children,  teachers and parents, whilst the evening performance is targeted at the wider community. A facilitated Q&A follows each performance, which provides the audience with an opportunity to engage with the issues raised in the play

Admission: Free

To register, please visit www.AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com

A recent permanent display at Brent Museum is a bust of Jamaican-born pan-Africanist icon Marcus Garvey. If you would like to find out more about him, there's the Marcus Garvey: An Overview Of His Life, Influence & Legacy presentation on Monday 31 October, 6.30pm to 8.30pm, at Brent Civic Centre (Meeting Rooms 4/5) Engineers Way, Wembley Middx HA9 0FJ.

It's organised by BTWSC/African Histories Revisited in association with Friends Of Marcus Garvey Bust and hosted by Cllr James Allie. For more details or to book: www.AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com
PRESENTATION
Marcus Garvey: An Overview Of His Life, Influence & Legacy

This is an updated version of the audio-visual presentation given by history consultant and FOMGB (Friends Of Marcus Garvey Bust) co-ordinator Kwaku at the unveilling of the Marcus Garvey bust at Brent Museum on August 17 2016.

Free

More info: http://rastaites.com/uk-premiere-shashamane-documentary-giulia-amati/

Meeting looking at a) how the Decade can enhance work African people and African-led organisations are doing, b) what we would like to come out of the UN's IDPAD 2015-24 Resolution by highlighting specific outcomes, and c) networking, and learning from what individual Africans and African-led organisations are doing.

Free

To register, please visit www.AfricanHistoryPlus.eventbrite.com