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SEPTEMBER 2010
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Wednesday, September 1st
Wo'Se Community House of Amen Ra of the Sacred African Way
8924 Holly Street in Oakland
"I am a vehicle of the Spirits and no more than that. Whatever I do, is done through me by the Ancestors"
Mandaza is a spirit medium and medicine man from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. In Shona, he is known as
Mhondoro, Svikiro and Gombwa. He is known internationally for his loving presence and preservation
of the old ways.
RSVP Requested Tel: (510) 654 2620 Donations appreciated
For more information on his other Oakland appearances
Friday, September 3
7:00 - 9:00 pm
NIGERIA - 50 Years of film industry in Nigeria - State of the Movie Industry
Nigerian Actor/Film producer Paul Obazele, National President of the Association
of Movie Producers (AMP), Nigeria visits San Francisco Bay Area
Nollywood is (Nigeria’s answer to Hollywood and the third largest movie industry in the world.)
Paul Obazele is one of it's biggest stars, he is also the first Independent Producer to organize
a reality show Legends of Nollywood, in Nigeria. Some of the movies he has acted in and
directed are Shadows of Death, Blind Justice, Black Friday, 14th of February, Douglas my
love and OH Woman.
Dinner Served
$30 per person, please RSVP to place your food order to edodevelopment@gmail.com or
This event is organized by ROAD – Registry of Africans Diaspora, DNA – Database of Nigerians Abroad (DNA) & EDO.
Saturday, September 4th
8:00 pm - till....
Join Eritrean Youth for Change (EYC)
Anniversary Celebration and Commemoration of Bahti Meskerem
Reggae artist Paolos, Ishu Dube, Daddy Tundda with DJ Yonas
Also performing Artist Yonas Moringa-Traditional and Modern Eritrean beat
Oasis Bar and Restaurant , at 135 12th Street Oakland, CA
EYC is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan civic and human rights organization
founded by Eritreans residing in the Bay Area. It aims to utilize and employ all legitimate
and peaceful means of public empowerment and awareness in order to support and advocate
among other issues the implementation of the Constitution of Eritrea as a means of promoting
human rights. Furthermore, EYC tries to provide the necessary support to assist Eritreans who
have recently immigrated to the United States and more specifically to our community here in the
Bay Area.
Saturday, September 4th
9:30 pm
at
1710 Mission Street in San Francisco
Hosted by Emmanuel Nado (KKUP’s “Echoes of Africa”; KALW’s “Africa Mix”), the event features art by
Githinji Wa Mbire, an Oakland-based painter and installation artist whose mixed-media creations revolve
around an African theme. Githinji’s works, using wood, paper, canvas, oil paint, and other materials, all
have one thing in common: the iconic, familiar shape of the African continent.
The evening also features a very special musical performance by Pope Flyne, a Ghanaian native best
known as the lead vocalist of legendary ‘70s highlife band the Sweet Talks. Since emigrating to theUnited
States in the 1980s, Flyne has become a cultural ambassador, teaching African drumming and roots music
to inner-city children, while releasing two solo albums, One Race and Rhythm of Life, along with Sankofa
Groove’s The Africans Are Coming, an all-star highlife album featuring Flyne, Sammy Suchie
Norteye, and Nii Amah Nat Hammond.
Sunday, September 5th
11:00 am - 7:00 pm
&
Ethiopian Community Services of San Jose invite you to
at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Parkb
2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley
Visual art, culture, cuisine, dance, language, music and education
Tuesday, September 7th
12 noon
2017 Mission Street in San Francisco Tel: (415) 255-7296
SEE DETAILS BELOW 9/14
Saturday, September 11
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
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On September 11, the African Library Project will celebrate 5 years of amazing accomplishments with an elegant, all-out party! Our first
major fundraiser dinner will bring together our volunteers, fans, and donors for a festive, memorable event -- great food and drink, an African
music and dance performance, and live and silent auctions for some one-of-a-kind treats.
Our team of volunteers is working hard to make this a night you'll remember as we raise $40,000 for African literacy. So let's all pull together
-- "Harambee" -- to keep up the great work of the African Library Project! Please join us or consider making a tax-deductible donation to help
sponsor our September 11th event!
Tuesdays, September 14
6:30 pm
2017 Mission Street in San Francisco Tel: (415) 255-7296
312 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Rick Rowden, PhD student in economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, and former senior policy analyst for the
Washington DC office of the international development NGO, ActionAid
UC-Berkeley Department of Geography.
Bay Area local and anti-IMF activist, Rick Rowden, returns to SF to discuss his new book (London, Zed Books), and to answer your questions about
the IMF, the global economic recession and how citizens are mobilizing with a rights-based approach for alternative economic policies.
Rick is an expert on the IMF, a former senior policy analyst for the Washington DC office of the international advocacy NGO, ActionAid,
which works with women’s rights organizations, small farmers and health and education activists in 45 countries around Africa, Asia and Latin America.
During the recent global financial meltdown, the IMF launched a public relations offensive in which it tried to re-invent itself, promising to change its
unpopular economic policies that are attached as conditions on the loans it gives to developing countries during economic crises. But Rowden will
dispel these myths, show what the IMF is really up to, and explain how its policies impact the economies of developing countries and in particular,
how they undermine the financing which is desperately needed for public health services and the fight against HIV/AIDS.
He will also discuss the many ways in which networks of activists throughout the Global South are using a human rights-based approach to challenge
these economic policies and open public spaces for a broader discussion of possible alternative economic policies for creating jobs and increasing
public investment.
A graduate of SF State, Rick Rowden taught Political Science at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay before
moving to Washington DC, where he spent nearly a decade working with activists around the world against the policies of the IMF, World Bank and WTO. Recently, he worked for the
United Nations in Geneva and is currently doing his PhD in economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India.
Saturday, September 18 & Sunday 19
Saturday
8pm & 10pm shows $30
Sunday
2pm kids matinee $5 Kids, $18 Adults (with kid), $30 Adults (general)
7pm show $30
Les Nubians
Phone: 510.238.9200
Grammy Nominated international recording artists Les Nubians have intrigued audiences for almost a decade with their inventive and
glamorous Afropean style. This distinctive sound embodies the timeless vibrations of Miriam Makeba, Ella Fitzgerald, Doudou N’diaye Rose,
Fela Kuti, Edith Piaf, The Fugees, and Soul II Soul. Recognized for their colorful auras, Les Nubians’ vogue is a fusion of Funkin’ Fashion and
Modern Amazon. Adoring fans pay tribute to the French/Cameroonian sister duo for their continuous flow of jazzy nuances, hard hitting drum ‘n’
bass lines, harmonious melodies, conscious proclamations and humanitarian endeavors. Les Nubians continue their journey, igniting the stage
with their vibrant presence.
Sunday, September 19
11:00am – 5:00pm
Live Oak Park, Berkeley, 1301 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Like many African countries, for long, Sudan has been portrayed in the media for its poverty, disease, political turbulence and war. And
while all these do sadly exist, there is indeed much more that isn’t portrayed. Americans traditionally haven’t been exposed to the beauty
that Africa’s largest country has to offer- its rich culture, hundreds of spoken dialects, religious and ethnic diversity, flavors of food, colorful
traditional costumes and dress, and beats and rhythms born and bred in Sudan.
Wednesday, September 22
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Got Africa?: UC Berkeley Information Fair
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for African Studies & the Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad, BPSA
Learn about opportunities in Africa for:
* Study * Work * Fellowships * Activism * Careers
Ten information tables. Mini language lessons. Knowledgeable folks with lots of information. Light snacks with African Flair. Live music!
Wednesday, September 22nd
6:30 pm
A community dialogue on what Kenya and the geo politics of East Africa.
Introduction: Nunu Kidane, Priority Africa Network
There is food and drinks to buy but no cover charge; please come early and join us for lively informal discussions.
What does the recent adoption of a new constitution in Kenya mean for the rest of Africa? While the violence that marked the 2007 Kenyan elections
were widely portrayed an example of typical African ethnic barbarism, for some the new constitution and the process that led to its ratification represents
an argument to the opposite. How can we understand the substance and context of this recently adopted document? Is the new constitution robust
enough to reconstruct Kenyan society in more equitable ways or does it merely redistribute the poverty of the masses?
Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg is an assistant professor in the Politics department at the University of San Francisco. Her research and teaching interests center on issues of
democratization, political economy, Philanthropy and international development, gender, ethnic politics, and human rights. One of her current research projects looks at
challenges to meaningful philanthropy towards Africa.
Sunday, September 26
1:00 pm
This West African dance company, Diamano Couras ("those who bring
the message" in the Senegalese Wolof language), was founded by
Zak Diouf and Naomi Washington Diouf in 1975 for the preservation,
education, and appreciation of traditional West African music, dance,
theater, and culture. Naomi Diouf is well-loved for her eight years of
teaching African Dance at Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp Cal
Performances and many years at Berkeley High School. The company
will perform Kumba, the Orphaned Child, a Cinderella story told through
song, dance and percussion (www.diamanocoura.org)
This event is FREE & open to the public
Ticket Office: 510.642.9988
