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African History Speaks/Portal To African History
Black History Month event highlighting African history and achievements before trans-Atlantic enslav
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African History Speaks/Portal To African History
Start Time: Friday 31st October 2008.
06:00:PM
Council Chamber, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2ULBlack History Month event highlighting African history and achievements before trans-Atlantic enslav
Akoben Awards presents African History Speaks, which consists of presentations highlighting key African empires, discoveries, heritage pre-trans-Atlantic enslavement, plus representation of African melodies through a kora performance by Jojo Yates; and BTWSC’s Portal To African History will present prizes and honour winners of its The Contribution Of pre-trans-Atlantic Enslavement Africa To Mankind competition (covering the sciences, architecture, arts, medicine or culture), written in not more than 500 words and emailed to info@btwsc.com by October 29 2008, plus the screening of a short DVD produced with a Harrow school on Africa before the trans-Atlantic enslavement. WHAT: African History Speaks/Portal To African History WHEN: Friday October 31 2008, 6-9pm WHERE: Council Chamber, Harrow Civic Centre, Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2UL (buses 140, 182, 258, 340; train: Harrow & Wealdstone, or Harrow On The Hill) COST: £Free Features Ms Sewah (BTWSC), Kwaku (Black Music Congress), Paui Obinna (Hogarth Blake), Onyeka (Narrative Eye), Toumani Diabate (via video), Hatchet End School students (via video), and Jojo Yates (live kora performance) FOR MORE INFO: info@btwsc.com, akobenawards@gmail.com, 020 8450 5987, www.bstop.net, www.btwsc.com, www.britishblackmusic.com |
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