Event (London, UK based): BBC's "Africa Beyond" Newsletter

Africa Beyond e-newsletter (15 August 2007) Sorry readers, seems like some info was missing from the last newsletter, but rest assured it’s all in this one and more! If you’re a fan of myspace come and visit us and add us to your friends list – http://www.myspace.com/africabeyond – Africa Beyond Africa Beyond welcomes any information about events and news relating to African Diasporic art forms. Please send details marked AB Arts plus the name of your organisation to http://uk.f232.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Africabeyond@bbc.co.uk Join us to build a network of support for African arts in the UK – pass this on to your networks! www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond - Arts and culture www.bbc.co.uk/africaonyourstreet - Music FEATURES Financial Times Sylvia Arthur reports on Godfried Donkor’s slavery exhibition, which has been given an extended run at the Hackney Museum London till 27 October 2007. More Transcending Shakespeare: from South Africa to Stratford Aspiring South African actor and playwright, Omphile Molusi, talks to Uchenna Izundu. More AOYS - Hip-Life festival and fundraising concert Check out Africa On Your Street for information on the upcoming Hip-Life festival (London, 25 August) featuring Tic Tac, as well as a fundraising concert for Rwandan refugees featuring Samputu and Jose Chameleone (London, 7 September) AOYS The Zawose Family Tanzania's Zawose Family carry on the legacy of the late Hukwe Zawose with a new CD release, a documentary film and a string of UK dates. More Events For your guide to what’s on in African Arts and music visit our Gigs and event section - More African Showcase Market - Friday 17 August An outdoor event with cultural and artistic representations from eight participating African countries; cutting across the continent. The market promises to have on display the best ofAfrican artefacts, music, food, dance and other cultural memorabilia. Venue: Market square, Town Centre Barking, Barking 1G11 8DQ Time: 10am-7pm Admission free Further information: http://www.africanshowcasemarket.com/ Call for submissions Writing for Africa On Your Street If you are knowledgeable about African music and interested in contributing to Africa On Your Street please email http://uk.f232.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=AfricaOnYourStreet@bbc.co.uk. Please include your particular area of interest/expertise and any information on past writing you may have done. Call for Applications - Residencies in Africa Africa Beyond aims to keep African culture in a central position within the modern UK landscape, through its website and other media, lively public events, and now through a series of residencies in Africa for contemporary artists beginning in January 2008.Three UK-based artists will be hosted on two- and three-months residencies by Kuona Trust (Nairobi, Kenya), Bag Factory (Johannesburg, South Africa) or Greatmore Studios (Cape Town, South Africa).Established and emerging contemporary visual artists from UK, who have not worked in Kenya or South Africa before, are invited to apply for this programme.Applications must state which residency/institution the artist would like to become involved in.Please click here to read further information, details of eligibility, and application procedure.Application deadline: 1st October 2007 Call for Applications - Residencies in UK for African based Artists Africa Beyond aims to keep African culture in a central position within the modern UK landscape, through its website and other media, lively public events, and now through a series of residencies in Africa for contemporary artists beginning in January 2008.Gasworks International Residency Programme will play host to three visiting artists for three months from Africa who will be supported in developing a project with InIVA, Photographers' Gallery, or the Southbank Centre. Established contemporary visual artists from Africa, who have not spent extensive time working in Europe, are invited to apply for this programme Please click here to read further information, details of eligibility, and application procedure.Application deadline: 1st October 2007 Volunteers wanted - Passion for Africa? How much do you know about Sundiata, Munsa Mansa and Sonni Ali? Whether your answer is nothing, a little or a lot, welcome to THE GRIOT, a non-profit organisation and web site dedicated to educating today's children and young adults about Africa's great historical legacy before the commencement of the transatlantic slave trade. Awareness and understanding of Africa's history, as well as interaction with its current cultural heritage are the core goals of the organisation. The hope is that with the aid of the website and London-wide workshops orientated at children and young adults, Africa's long and glorious history can be brought to the fore front of education and aid in the encouragement and character building of Africa's descendants. As a new and developing initiative, we call for passionate team members available and willing to help in all related fields. This includes web developers, project planners, historians, teachers, and anyone with a passion for Africa. Should you fit any of these roles or would simply like more information, please email the project organiser Yolande Mbappe at http://uk.f232.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=yolande@the-griot.com or visit http://www.the-griot.com/ Call for stalls - Christmas art, craft & design market, Stoke Newington Arts company, OGGLE EVERYTHING are looking for makers of high quality, original, fun, unusual or quirky items, to take part in the Christmas Art, Craft & Design Market at Abney Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December, 2007. We are interested in everything high-quality and hand-made by independent makers including toys, jewellery, clothes, accessories, body pampering products, small artworks, prints, decorations, portable furniture, textiles, shoes, bags etc. We also have space for fair-trade goods. For more info email: http://uk.f232.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mellymango@googlemail.com EXILED INK MAGAZINE Our feature for the next issue will focus on: Exiled writers' relationship to their new British space and the British relationship to them: How do you express this in poetry, prose and drama? We are particularly interested in work by exiled writers living outside London. Please send to: lhttp://uk.f232.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=lynette.craig@btinternet.com Please send all other articles, poetry, prose, drama and images to: http://uk.f232.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk Deadline: End of September FEEDBACK Have you been to an event listed on the site? Do you have something to say about African arts? Or do you have a comment about the site? If, so we’d like to hear from you, please leave your comments on our new look site - click here to leave us a message. We will reply via email or on the site. Africa Beyond is a non-funding organisation supported by the Arts Council of England The project is hosted at inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts)