35 Africa-Related Events Londoners can look forward to in November 2022
Happy New Month to all! Here are some of the notable Afrocentric events Londoners can look forward to this month!
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1. Thurs 03.11.22 * Women Who Do: Photography Launch & Panel
Date: Thurs 03.11.22 * Time: 18:30pm – 20:30pm * Venue: Good Growth Hub East Bay Lane #Units 1-28 London E15 2SJ * Hosts: Good Growth Hub * Event link: here
Good Growth Hub are very excited to launch this new photography series. Good Growth Hub will be hearing from other East London women creatives who are thriving within the arts and cultural sector, enriching their communities, and paving the way for those to come.
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2. Thurs 03.11.11 * TNB BHM 2022 | THE WOMAN KING + PANEL + PERFORMANCE
Date: Thu, 3 November 2022 Time: 19:00pm – 22:00pm * Location: Stratford East Picturehouse Salway Road Stratford London E15 1BX * Hosts: The New Black Film Collective * Event link: here
The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca (Oscar®-winner Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for....
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3. Wed, 02.11.22 * Shackles, The Whip and The Drum Dance Workshop
Date: 02.11.22 * Time: 18:00pm – 19:30pm * Venue: Canning Town Library 18 Rathbone Market Barking Road London E16 1EH * Hosts: Newham Black History Month * Event link: here
Come and join this great event hosted by Newham and learn how the tools of enslavement shaped aspects of Caribbean dance such as spinal undulation, and pelvic articulation .
You will doing:
*Working Dances - showing how the motions of slave labour can be found in the vocabulary of traditional dance.
* Social Dance - how dances such as the quadrille were adapted by the Africans
* Ritual Dance - how African spirituality survived through dance.
*Celebratory Expression - how carnival ,helped to liberate the body.
Let the rhythm of dance and its connection to the drum liberate your body. While you are doing that you are educating your self and having fun.
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4. Fri 04.11.22 * African Cultural Gala Night
Date: Fri, 04.11.22 * Time: 17:00 – 23:00pm * Location: Hilton London Croydon 101 Purley Way Croydon CR9 4HH * Host: Ayan De First & Oduduwa Talking Drummers * Event link: here
Cultural Entertainment by Performers from around Africa including Drummers; Dancers; Musicians; Jugglers and Acrobats. * There will be : Red carpet, Food and drinks, Gift bags, Music and dance, dance, dance.
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5. Sat 05.11.22 * Black Legacies: Westminster Trail
Date: Sat 05.11.22 * Time: 10.00am - 13.00pm * Venue: Piccadilly Circus, London W1B * Hosts: Guyana Speaks * Event link: here
There is evidence of the African presence in London, England, from Roman times to the present day. We will walk along some of the most famous streets in the capital.
This Trail has come about as a result the extensive research conducted by the University College London (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/) on the Legacies of Slave-Ownership. This added to my obsession with discovering more about the substantial Black history that literally ran throughout the streets of London.
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6. Sat 05.11.22 * Human Stories: The Satirists (Saturday Bookings)
Date: Sat 05.11.22 * Time: 10.00am - 17.00pm * Venue: NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavillions
London SE10 0SQ * Hosts: NOW Gallery * Event link: here
Taking place at London’s NOW Gallery in Greenwich Peninsula from 13 October-13 November 2022, The Satirists brings together six rising stars in the field of photography and film, including Bubi Canal, Leonard Suryajaya, Nyugen Smith, Thandiwe Muriu, Thy Tran and Stephen Tayo.
The show brings together a diverse body of work that challenges historical and culturally biased tropes and stereotypes by presenting an alternative world view. Using satire as a tool to wield a bold irreverence and flair that transcends archetypal social constructs, the artists are using the medium of photography to develop new dialogues within the society.
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7. Sat 05.11.22 * Festival; of African Caribbean Entrepreneurship
Date: Sat 05.11.22 * Time: 11am - 14.00pm * Location: 2 Acklam Road, London W10 5QZ * Host: Westway Trust * Event link: here
Book to view micro units for Festival of African & Caribbean Entrepreneurship
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8. Sat 05.11.22 * Annual UK - African Diaspora Conference and Expo 2022
Date: Sat 05.11.22 * Time: 10am - 16.00pm * Location: TBC * Host: One Africa Network * Event link: here
One Africa Network (OAN) Annual UK - African Diaspora Conference and Expo 2022 on Saturday 05 November 2022 to learn and hear for global speakers and industry experts. The conference and exhibition will be both Hybrid - In person (London) and Virtual (Online).
Theme: Unlocking Economic Opportunities, Enhanced Participation, Empowerment, Inclusion, Contribution, SME Business Growth, Investment, Financing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the UK and African economies.
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9. Mon 07.11.22 * WOMEN ONLY- LONGO DANCE OF ANCHORING CLASS
Date: 07.11.22 * Time: 18.30pm - 20.00pm * Location: Islington Arts Factory, 2 Parkhurst Road, London N7 0SF * Hosts: Dunya Ntinizi * Event link: here
Longo Dance of Anchoring is a sacred healing dance that draws its roots from three traditional initiation dance of the people Bantu (Congo). In Lingala Longo means “anchor”. It is a practice that brings balance, harmonises energies in the body and creates a deep sense of rooting and belonging. In a Longo session, you will be connecting to your breath, your body, your lineage and Nature.
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10. Mon 07.11.22 * Black migrant and refugee solidarity evening
Date: 07.11.22 * Time: 16.00pm - 18.30pm * Venue: SOAS University of London 10 Thornhaugh Street London WC1H 0XG * Hosts: Kinfolk Network * Event link: here
Are you a Black* migrant or refugee interested or active in organising and activism? Are you a Black person interested in or working on migrant and refugee justice?
Join KIN for a collective conversation on the concerns and visions for Black migrants and refugees in activism/organising and how we can build better solidarity and understanding in our organising towards Black liberation.
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11. Tues 08.11.12 How to Start an African Fashion business in 4 simple steps
Date: Tues 08.11.22 * Time: 15.00pm - 16.30pm * Location: British Library Business & IP Centre 96 Euston Road London London NW1 2DB * Host: British Library IP Centre * Event link: here
If you are a creative individual, you will understand the importance of building your foundation business skills along with your talents to grow your business.
Benefits to you
- The know-how and strategy to audit your business concept
- A strategy to position your business from its model to the market
- To build an African made/inspired product collection with the customer in mind
- The secrets within marketing to grow your audience
Workshop Agenda
- What the market is like today and the best business models that are working
- Insights and ways to grow a loyal audience
- W4 formula tool to audit your business
- And most importantly how to get started with African textiles with insights into how to manufacturer in Africa
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12. Thurs 10.11.22 * The Voices Film Programme | Nina Mdwaba (aka Boldie)
Date: Thu 10.11.22 * Time: 19:00pm – 21:00pm * Venue: Bermondsey Project Space 185 Bermondsey Street #183 London SE1 3UW * Hosts: The Voices Film Programme * Event link: here
Come along to Bermondsey Project Space on Thursday the 10th of November for a selection of short films by Nina Mdwaba (aka Boldie) followed by a live Spoken Word Performance and Q&A with the artist Nina Mdwaba (aka Boldie) is a South African-born Spoken-word artist, writer, performance artist, and HCPC registered Drama and Movement Therapist / Creative Arts psychotherapist based in London, UK. Since moving to London 2 years ago they have graduated from a Masters program at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama as a Drama and Movement therapist.
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13. Thurs 10.11.22 * Diaspora, Innovative and Development Finance
Date: 10.11.22 * Time: 18.00pm - 20.00pm * Location: Pankhurst House, G.01 Clement's Inn London WC2A 2AZ * Hosts: Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa * Event link: here
Public lecture to discuss Diaspora and Innovative Finance: Implementation of the African Diaspora Finance Corporation
The public lecture is an open event and is part of the ongoing ADFC stakeholder and public engagement process. It will be live-streamed and open to all registrants, including students from LSE and other institutions in the UK, Africa and other parts of the world.
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14. Fri 11.11.22 * Barby Asante: On-doing Undoing – Private View
Date: Fri 11.11.22 * Time: 18.00pm - 21.00pm * Venue: Ambika P3 35 Marylebone Road London NW1 5LS * Host: Ambika p3 * Event link: here
he Ecological Futurism collective supports striking workers and recognises that fair wages as well as functioning public transport systems are crucial aspects of sustainable futures.
On-doing Undoing brings together Asante’s ongoing works Declaration of Independence and The Queen and the Black-Eyed Squint. Both works explore the legacies of coloniality, through performative actions that include reflecting on family histories, relationships to place, museum and archival practices and propositions for the future.
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15. Sat 12.11.22 * Human Stories: The Satirists (Saturday Bookings)
Date: Sat 12.11.22 * Time: 10.00am - 17.00pm * Venue: NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavillions
London SE10 0SQ * Hosts: NOW Gallery * Event link: here
Taking place at London’s NOW Gallery in Greenwich Peninsula from 13 October-13 November 2022, The Satirists brings together six rising stars in the field of photography and film, including Bubi Canal, Leonard Suryajaya, Nyugen Smith, Thandiwe Muriu, Thy Tran and Stephen Tayo.
The show brings together a diverse body of work that challenges historical and culturally biased tropes and stereotypes by presenting an alternative world view. Using satire as a tool to wield a bold irreverence and flair that transcends archetypal social constructs, the artists are using the medium of photography to develop new dialogues within the society.
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16. Sat 12.11.22 * Black Legacies: Westminster Trail
Date: Sat 12.11.22 * Time: 10.00am - 13.00pm * Venue: Piccadilly Circus, London W1B * Hosts: Guyana Speaks * Event link: here
There is evidence of the African presence in London, England, from Roman times to the present day. We will walk along some of the most famous streets in the capital.
This Trail has come about as a result the extensive research conducted by the University College London (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/) on the Legacies of Slave-Ownership. This added to my obsession with discovering more about the substantial Black history that literally ran throughout the streets of London.
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17. Sat 12.11.22 * JGAA Launch Event
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 * Time: 18.30pm - 00:30am * Venue: Bread Street Kitchen & Bar - The City 14 South Place 11, 13 London EC2M 7EB * Hosts: JGAA. Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa * Event Link: here
The Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa requests the pleasure of your company on Saturday, 12th November 2022, at our official launch.
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18. Sat 12.11.22 * Made in Africa
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 * Time: 22:00 - late * Location: Lit Clapham 15-16 Lendal Terrace London SW4 7UX * Hosts: What’s the Motive UK * Event link: here
Made in Africa, Delivered by the Diaspora
Welcome to the UK's biggest celebration of African heritage, music and culture.
Hosting the best cultural festivities from concerts and destination trips to day parties and club nights, MADE IN AFRICA is changing the landscape for African culture in the United Kingdom
Get ready to join 100s of Afrobeats lovers and discover something brand new and exciting as we deliver the ULTIMATE Afrobeats party celebrating three of the continents best artists Burna Boy, Davido & WizKid.
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19. Sat 12.11.22 * AC Hack (Imperial College ACS)
Date: Sat 12.11.22 * Time: 11am - 15.00pm * Location: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus 180 Queen's Gate London SW7 2AZ * Host: Imperial College ACS * Event link: here
This is an event to celebrate African Caribbean Computer Scientists and showcase African Caribbean talent and culture through a 24hr Hackathon. Imperial College London African Caribbean Society and Imperial College London Department of Computing have teamed up to host the African Caribbean Hackathon (AC-HACK), an event to celebrate African Caribbean Computer Scientists and showcase African Caribbean talent and culture.
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20. Sun 13.11.22 * Confunktion presents CiniBrunch Wakanda Forever screening music & Brunch
Date: 13.11.22 * Time: 15.30pm - 21.00pm * Venue: Genesis Cinema 93-95 Mile End Road London E1 4UJ * Host: ConfunctionDJs * Event link: here
Come and join us at CiniBrunch! Choose your tasty meal from the caribbean set food menu. Along with great food, you can dance the afternoon away, with music from Confunktion, Chris Baxter, Mello DJ & Chilli Source, plus your invite for a private screening of the widely anticipated film for 2022 Wakanda Forever .
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21. Mon 14.11.22 * The Restitution Debate - Where Are We Now?
Date: 14.11.22 * Time: 18.00pm - 22.00pm * Venue: SOAS University of London Alumni Lecture Theatre Senate House London WC1E 7HU * Hosts: AFFORD * Event Link: here
Join AFFORD as they discuss with museum professionals and restitution advocates, the meaning of the recent developments within the restitution debates. Exploring how these recent changes can provide practical tools for museum professionals and claimants to mobilise and progress claims of restitution.
Chaired by Onyekachi Wambu, Return of the Icons Programme, AFFORD
Speakers:
Monica Hanna, Dean at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt and Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, Senior Curator of Anthropology and works on the African collections, Horniman Museum.
This event has been created in partnership with SOAS University
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22. Thurs 17.11.22 * Settlers with Jimi Famurewa
Date: Thurs 17.11.22 * Time:, 7:00 PM - late * Venue: Rye Books 47 North Cross Road London SE22 9ET * Hosts: Rye Books * Event link: here
Jimi Famurewa is a British-Nigerian author, broadcaster and freelance journalist. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Wired, GQ, Empire and Time Out London.
He is the chief restaurant critic for the Evening Standard, a regular guest judge on the BBC One series MasterChef and was also one of the judges on Channel 4’s The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver.
Jimi investigates the troublesome practice of 'farming' in which young Black Nigerians were sent to live with White British foster parents, examines historic interaction with the police, and reveals the friction between traditional Black African customs and the stresses of modern life in diaspora. This is a vivid new portrait of London, and of modern Britain.
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23. 15.11.22 * Psychedelics in Africa: The Untold Story with Darren Le Baron
Date: Sat 15.11.22 * Time: 19.00pm - 21.00pm * Location: Juju's Bar and Stage 15 Hanbury Street London E1 6QR * Host: Seed Talks * Event link: here
Fungi and plants have been used by indigenous Africans for spiritual and community development for millennia. Several communities use these sacred plants in their rites of passage, initiation ceremonies and daily ritual.
There is a wealth of knowledge on the continent which can help people globally use psychedelics consciously and supercharge this already powerful experience.
Darren Le Baron will share his knowledge and experience through the lenses of ancient history and mythology. Darren is known for his Shroomshops and his extensive research on the indigenous usage of psychedelic plants used in ritual and ceremony on the African continent.
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24. Fri 18.11.22 * Data Driven Africa
The Summit which is scheduled for 18th of November, 2022 at the Royal Over-Seas League Over-Seas House Park Place, St James's Street London SW1A 1LR, is targeted at bringing major stakeholders in the justice system together on a roundtable to discuss the functionality of our Case Management System with the aim of making it robust and comprehensive.
The Case Management System will be offered to African Countries and relevant agencies for free and Virtusync Limited is spearheading this task with the support of A Child’s Path Foundation. We know that every client is unique and we strive to deliver an individual, innovative and affordable solution every time and to follow it through with an outstanding delivery.
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25. Fri 18.11.22 * Taking the Mic: Black British Spoken Word Poetry Since 1965
Fri 18.11.22 * Time: 08:30pm – 20:30pm * Location: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Eton Avenue London NW3 3HY * Hosts: Poetry off the Page * Event link: here
This landmark one-day conference invites participants to ‘take the mic’ and explore Black British poetry in performance, tracing its aesthetics, activisms, and auralities. You will hear keynote addresses from Jay Bernard, the 2018 Ted Hughes award and 2020 Young Writer of the Year award winner (in person), and Kayo Chingonyi, poetry editor at Bloomsbury and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, whose most recent collection A Blood Condition was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Costa Poetry Award (in person).
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26. Sat 19.11.22 * Chef SiA’s London Roundtable
Date: 19.11.22 * Time: 19.30pm - 22.00pm * Location: M'Nuchah - A Resting Place 392 Camden Road London N7 0SJ * Host: Chef SiA * Event link: here
Chef SiA’s London Roundtable is now in session. On Saturday 19th November, I shall bring to life a beautiful blend of fresh and local produce that will do more than just excite your tastebuds, we will spark conversation that push boundaries whilst creating great memories.
For One Night Only, come and indulge in a 7 Course Tasting Menu and a few glasses of African Heritage Wine.
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27. Sat 19.11.22 * PIANO NATION - London’s Biggest Amapiano Party
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 * Time: 22:00 - late * Location: Lit Clapham 15-16 Lendal Terrace London SW4 7UX * Hosts: What’s the Motive UK * Event link: here
A story of Africa, told by the Diaspora!
Welcome to the UK’s biggest celebration of African heritage, music, dance and culture.
Join us on a global journey as we transcended the borders of South Africa to deliver historic, landscape-changing Amapiano events in the United Kingdom.
Discover something brand new and exciting celebrating some of Africa’s best sounds from Amapiano, Kwaito, Afro-House, Afrobeats + much more.
You can expect to hear: Kabza De Small, DJ Melzi, Mavuthela, DJ Maphorisa, Major League, Musa Keys, WizKid, Burna Boy, Davido, Kamo Mphela + many, many more.
TICKETS 🎫🎫
Early bird from £10!
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28. Mon 21.11.22 * WOMEN ONLY- LONGO DANCE OF ANCHORING CLASS
Date: 21.11.22 * Time: 18.30pm - 20.00pm * Location: Islington Arts Factory, 2 Parkhurst Road, London N7 0SF * Hosts: Dunya Ntinizi * Event link: here
Longo Dance of Anchoring is a sacred healing dance that draws its roots from three traditional initiation dance of the people Bantu (Congo). In Lingala Longo means “anchor”. It is a practice that brings balance, harmonises energies in the body and creates a deep sense of rooting and belonging. In a Longo session, you will be connecting to your breath, your body, your lineage and Nature.
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29. Mon 21.11.22 * Decolonial Performance with Patrice Naiambana
Date: 21.11.22 * Time: 18:00 – 20:00pm * Location: Lewisham Youth Theatre 142-144 Lewisham High Street London SE13 6JG * Hosts: Lewisham Youth Centre * Event linke: here
Patrice Naiambana is an African performing artist who has spent the last 30 years exploring African performance aesthetic alongside a successful career in theatre, TV and film. He has performed and toured internationally with companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Complicité, the Young Vic and the National Theatre, and has recenlty been seen in BBC's Death in Paradise and Channel 4's It's A Sin.
In this workshop, Patrice will explore the African performance aesthetic, approaching creative storytelling through music, movement and stories of resistance.
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30. Thurs 24.11.22 * DIASPORAS NOW X REFERENCE POINT 180 PERFORMANCE LATES
Date: 24.11.22 * Time: 18.30pm - late * venue: Reference Point 2 Arundel Street London WC2R 3DA * Hosts: Diasporas Now * Event Link: here
Diasporas Now and Reference Point 180 present “Performance Lates,” an event series exploring the power of storytelling through expanded performance. The first iteration features live performances by sound artist Nexcyia (Adam Dove), filmmaker and performance artist River Cao, and movement artist Chantel Foo, interwoven between a line-up of guest DJs Eres (Sere Zhang), Genesys (Rain and Paritos) and Toyé [SevenTimes].
The performances will coincide with a pop-up exhibition in the space, showcasing physical artworks that reference the immersive worlds behind each participating artist’s practice.
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31. Sun 27.11.22 * OKHA , the queer + Black book club
Date: 27.11.22 * Time: 16.30pm – 19.00pm * Venue: Not Just Another Store, 8- 13 New Inn Street, London EC2A 3PY * Host: Prim.Black * Insta: /Prim.Black * Twitter: /Prim_Black * FB: /PrimStoryTelling * RSVP: here
Brief: PRIM is a digital platform for storytelling and focus on making stories by African, Caribbean and Afro-Latinx fam available and readily accessible. It was born out of not seeing enough queer stories and generally stories of people of Black ancestry. The Monthly OKHA Bookclub seeks to analyse, educate and build community one tale at a time. For each session they will provide the read, have an exhibition by a queer + black artist and usually another component such as a panel discussion, author Q+A or screening.
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32. Weds 30.11.22 * Hawa Ladies Night
Date: 30.11.22 * Time: 19.00pm - 22.00pm * Location: Mayfield Wellbeing Hub, 202 Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9LJ * Hosts: Women Inclusive Team * Event link: here
As a non for-profit charity organisation, ‘Women Inclusive’ are organising a ladies only charity event on 30th June 2021 at 7pm to raise money to sustain our community Kitchen, which will enable us to support those most in need within our community. Women Inclusive are inviting friends and professionals from across London to support them by attending and sharing this event with their networks, The funds raised from the tickets, will cover the basic cost of the community KitchenSo as well as tasting delicious East African Somali Cuisine and enjoying a full and entertaining evening. “You will support WIT to continue supporting those in need, last year we have served over 28000 meals/food parcels.”
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