Saturday 20 July 2013
Z-Mirage Multimedia Ltd & partners present:
WS79 – Memoirs For Our Future: An Audience with Professor Wole Soyinka
3pm
Internationally-renowned playwright and Africa ’s first Nobel Laureate for Literature,Professor Wole Soyinka, will launch the publication of the Anthology Memoirs for Our Future, for which he has written the foreword. The anthology offers a series of essays showcasing young writing talent, as well as personal perspectives on culture, development, socio-politics and leadership. The Africa Centre is proud to be working in association with Zmirage Multimedia Ltd in producing this event.
Young talents Kayo Chingonyi, Jamal Msebele, Clarissa Pabi, Kabir Kareemand Tunde Garrison will be members of a panel sitting with Professor Wole Soyinka as part of a round table, as well as sharing some of their writing. Some of their achievements to date include:
Kayo Chingonyi is a poet who has had his poems published in The Best British Poetry 2011, The Salt Book of Younger Poets, and Out of Bounds and The World Record. He represented Zambia at Poetry Parnassus, the festival of world poets at the Southbank Centre last year.
Jamal Msebele aka Eklipse is a writer and MC from East London . He started writing from the age of 10 and is an award-winning poet and published author.
Clarissa Pabi is a writer from North London who last year completed a degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford University . She has an interest in Afrodiasporic literature and orature and is developing innovative projects in publishing.
Kabir Kareem is a first time author of a recently self-published book titled Memoirs of a Young African. He is currently working on his second book, writing short stories and developing a documentary focusing on young Africans in the diaspora.
Tunde Garrison is currently an undergraduate student studying a BA Degree in Stage Management. He is passionate about the arts and has toured with independent theatre companies and often works with local theatre groups.
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27 July 2013
Africa on Film: What's 'The New' in Film and Digital?
Screenings and Discussion
3pm- 5pm
Want to find out about what’s happening in film and online television in Africa ?
From ground-breaking films, to documentaries, to sitcoms and talk shows, to coverage of burning community issues, Africa is a continent to watch keenly in terms of its film and television output. This event will offer perspectives on some of the movers and shakers in African film and TV production and an insight into cutting-edge African online channels, through a mix of discussion, short presentations and screenings of short films and videos. Moving between the popular and the avant-garde it will offer talks by MTV Africa, online channel Millennium TV, and Go Getters who offer a bridge between international entrepreneurs and business opportunities in Africa .
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28 July 2013
Africa on Film Series
Karmen Gei
Doors 2pm Film 2.30pm Made famous in an opera by Georges Bizet, the story of Carmen gets a new and striking modern-dress adaptation in this provocative drama with music. Directed by Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Karmen Gei is an inmate in a women's prison in Senegal ; lusty, impulsive, and looking out for herself at all times. While inspired in part by Bizet's opera, Karmen Gai boats an all-new score by David Murray, Julien Jouga, and Doudou Ndiaye Rose that draws on elements of pop, jazz, and Afro-pop for its original themes.
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