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JULY 2008
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Wednesday July 2
6:00 pm
PAN Community Dialogue on Zimbabwe
Speaker: Phillip Machingura
Moderator: Nunu Kidane, Priority Africa Network
The aftermath of the March 29th elections in Zimbabwe have shaken the country to the core. The violence that has erupted,
repression of opposition party members & activists and ensuring debates on who’s won by what margin continue to destabilize
the country.
In mid April, Priority Africa Network held a community briefing on Zimbabwe – with Phillip Machingura, PAN founding member
and native of Zimbabwe, and facilitated by Nesbit Cruchfield. Phillip Machingura, gave a comprehensive report of what is happening
in the current political battles to gain the parliamentary and presidential powers and prospects for moving forward in the months ahead.
This dialogue will be held three days after the re-run elections scheduled for June 27, 2008. The format is informative and education,
starting from basic overview of the history of Zimbabwe and current situation.
The regular PAN community dialogues bring together diverse Africa-interested activists to gain common understanding from sound
analysis and resources for engagement.
This event is sponsored by Priority Africa Network, it is free and open to the public but donations gladly accepted.
Light refreshments will be served
Saturday July 5
10:00am-4:00pm
Soccer Tournament and Fundraiser for African Children's Groups
Drive in Oakland
A group of current and former UC Berkeley students is hosting a
soccer tournament on July 5 as a fundraiser for children's primary
education programs in Africa. It should be a fun day of high quality
soccer. Many of the players are African, and the style of soccer will
be faced-paced and spirited.
your name and phone number if you are interested in participating as
a player or volunteer.
Saturday, July 5
1:00 pm
Accinelli Park, 4461 Niland St. (Off Lowry) in Union City
Tel: 510 862 0733 or 510 8628797
The Council of Ghanians in Northern California invites ou to a potluck picnic.
Feedback reaching us indicates that these functions have brought Ghanaians together
by promoting friendship and alliances and we wish this to continue. Please bring your
family, friends and members of your groups
and be ready to join the fun. We hope to
see you all and to enjoy each others company.
Please remember this is a potluck style of
picnic, therefore, we recommend people to
bring some of the best Ghanaian dishes as
well as snacks and drinks to share with
others. You can also bring any sporting
game of your choice including but not
limited to Oware, Ludo, Draft, Cards,
Soccer ball, Volley Ball, Table Tennis,
etc. (Bring an umbrella or canopy if you
have one)
For more information contact
Dr. Ago B. Ahene (510) 862-0733 Atta Yiadom (510) 669-9214
Dr. Boamah (510) 524-8053 Jonathan Okorley (925) 754-2401
Saturday, July 5th
3:00 pm to 1:00 am
Congolese Annual Cultural Awareness and
Independence Day Celebration
at
8945 Golf Link Road in Oakland
Congolese Cultural Awareness Symposium
Youth & Children for Art Activities/Games
Congolese Music/Drums/Dances/Foods
48th Independence Anniversary of D.R.Congo
Various community-based discussion topics
Free Foods and Drinks!
Free Parking and Kids enter free!
Food & Drinks
Tickets: $25
Wednesday, July 16
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Never Again—Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect
Lane Montgomery Author & Photographer
Lane Montgomery has traveled as a photographer with the International Rescue Committee, Americares and
other humanitarian groups in such places as Rwanda, Liberia, Haiti, Kosovo, Ethiopia and the Congo.
Never Again, Again, Again is a photographic essay with text on the major genocides in the 20th and 21st
centuries including Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Darfur.
Admission Costs: Council Members: Free, Students: $5, Nonmembers: $15
For more information, please visit our website, call us at 415-293-4600, or email info@wacsf.org.
Thursday, July 17
8:30 pm
Celebration of NELSON MANDELA's
90th Birthday!
A Cappella South African Harmonies
Plus Special Guests
at the Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue in Berkele
Tel: 510 525 5054
Tickets $12 Students $10
For more info. contact Vukani @ 510 444 5009
or email: admin@vukani.com
COME SING HAPPY BIRTHDA TO NELSON MANDELA !!
Tuesday & Wednesday July 29 & 30
8:00 pm and 10:00 pm
510 Embarcadero West in Oakland
Trumpet icon Hugh Masekela has had a brilliant career, from his early
days in the Huddleston Jazz Band in his native South Africa to music
school in London and New York and then to his mid-1960s U.S. recording
debut, facilitated by Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte. In 1968, his “Grazing
in the Grass” became a mega-hit, selling millions of copies worldwide and launching
him as an international superstar. Masekela’s musical adventures have found him
working with Fela Kuti, the Ghanaian Afropop band Hedzoleh Soundz, the Kalahari
Band, Paul Simon, and Herb Alpert. Having divided his time between Africa and the
U.S., he is thoroughly fluent in myriad styles from jazz to pop and everything in between,
and he’s synthesized them into his own unique, rhythmically compelling, spiritually
uplifting music, which he brings to Yoshi’s Oakland and San Francisco for a
not-to-be-missed six-night engagement.
Read more about Hugh Masekela:
P.S. A number of people from the PAN community will be there, join us for some fun !
