London
Wandsworth
11 Oct
Sing-along and poetry
Stories and Rhymes from the Caribbean and Africa. Suitable for children aged 4-10 years.
York Gardens Library, 1230pm - 130pm, free, tel: 020 8871 7471.
23 Oct
Levi Roots event
Levi Roots (of Dragons' Den fame) �Put a Little Music in your Food!�.
York Gardens Library, 6pm - 730pm, free but booking necessary, tel: 020 8871 7471.
25 Oct
Games hour
Play traditional African and Caribbean games, including mancala. For Teen Escape: our regular group for 10-14 years.
York Gardens Library, 3pm - 4pm, free, tel: 020 8871 7471.
28 Oct
Caribbean cooking
An opportunity to make traditional African and Carribbean food & drink, including vegetarian couscous and exotic fruit punch. For 7-13 years.
York Gardens Library, 330pm - 430pm, free, tel: 020 8871 7471.
30 Oct
Islamic Calligraphy
A family learning workshop: Islamic Style Calligraphy. Learn to write your name in Arabic and creatively explore ways of decorating this image.
York Gardens Library, 2pm - 4pm, free, tel: 020 8871 7471.
2 Oct
Dan Lyndon : Mainstreaming Black History into
The National Curriculum Dan Lyndon is an Advanced Skills Teacher with 15 years experience teaching history in schools in London. He is also the webmaster of www.blackhistory4schools.com the leading website in the UK for teaching Black and Asian British history.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 -8pm, free ,
tel: 020 8871 7466
3 Oct - 12 Oct
Wandsworth Artists� Open House 2009
Ken McCalla is one of over 200 local artists who will be opening their homes and studios to show and sell their work at 85 places across the borough.
Pick up a guide at your local library, various locations, free, tel: (020) 8871 8711 www.wandsworth.gov
3 Oct
Ubuntu!
Join in this annual celebration of African culture with Alex Pascall, OBE aka The Barry White of Broadcasting and friends.
York Gardens Library, 11.30am - 4pm, �4 - booking essential,
tel: 020 8871 7471
5 Oct
Salina Carty : Stonehenge and the Beaker People
Presented by Black History Studies Ltd The term �Beaker People� was coined by John Abercromby, based on their distinctive pottery drinking vessels. This civilisation existed around 2800 to 1900 BC and is the term for a widely scattered cultural phenomenon of Prehistoric western Europe starting in the late Neolithic or Chalcolithic running into the early Bronze Age.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, �4 - booking essential, (020) 8871 7466
www.blackhistorystudies.co.uk
6 Oct
Cliff Pereira African presence in Asia
This illustrated talk by Bombay-African specialist Cliff Pereira, seeks to demonstrate the African presence in Asia and
includes recently collected material.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, free,
tel: 020 8871 7466
6 Oct
Yaba Badoe
Yaba Badoe is a Ghanaian documentary maker and visiting scholar at the University of Ghana. Her first novel, True Murder, was inspired by work with women who are accused of witchcraft in Ghana and reflects a tragedy in her own childhood.
Balham Library Hall, 7 - 8pm, Free - booking essential,
tel: 020 8871 7195
7 Oct
Dr Kathleen Chater Untold histories
As author of the book Untold Histories, Dr Chater focused on Black people in England and Wales, during the period of the British Slave Trade, c.1660-1807.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, Free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
7 Oct - 9 Oct
FLOetic Lara "Jus Let It FLO" Tour
This EMERGING UNSIGNED ARTIST will take you through an energy filled tour with her theatrical and musical journey!!!! With vocals capabilities ranging from rich powerful explosions to beautiful dulcet tones, this Passionate Poet and Soulful Singer expresses herself without limitation, inspiring all who experience her touching gift.
8 Oct Ritzy Cafe, London, 18:30 at Night Life Screening Ritzy, Cost: �10, 20:00� at�� Ear Drum, Blend Bar, Wandsworth High Street, london,
Cost: �7
9 Oct 18:30 at� Spoken Word BHM special, Leytonestone Library, London
www.myspace.com/floeticlara
9 Oct
Von Mozar
With author Von Mozar.
African Caribbean Community LIbrary.
African Caribbean Community LIbrary, 7 - 8.30pm, free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
www.vonmozar.com
10 Oct
World Mental Health Day
An afternoon to showcase works from the Happy Soul Festival and to explore the mental, physical and spiritual well-being in London�s Black and Asian communities.
African Caribbean Community Library, 2 - 5pm, free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
12 Oct
Revd. Dr Vrej
Nerses Nersessian Ethiopian studies and manuscripts Our speaker is the Curator of Christian Middle East section of the British Library.Dr Nerses Nersessian will talk about the history of the collection illustrated with illuminations from the most important manuscripts.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
13 Oct - 21 Oct
Nadifa Mohamed
Nadifa Mohamed�s debut novel, Black Mamba Boy is to be published later this year. Set in 1930s Somalia, the novel charts one boy�s long walk to Freedom through dangerous, conflict- ridden East Africa, based on the true story of the author�s father�s life.
African Caribbean Community Library/Roehampton Library,
7 - 8.30pm/ 6 - 7.30pm Free
14 Oct
Hakim Adi
West Africans Students Union: a photographic history Dr Adi is Reader in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at Middlesex University.
His talk will be illustrated from his collection of photographs.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
16 Oct
Arriving in Wandsworth
Meet the exhibits! The exhibition from the Arriving
in Wandsworth project is about Wandsworth people: when they arrived, where they came from and what they have witnessed over the years..
African Caribbean Community Library, 11.30am - 1.30pm, free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
17 Oct - 31 Oct
Get published
Award winning black British novelist Alex Wheatle presents three creative writing workshops to build narrative and character.
He is joined by new author Nadifa Mohamed and at the last session there will also be advice from a top literary agent.
African Caribbean Community Library, 11am - 1pm, �5 per session booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
18 Oct
Saris, spice and splendour �
Asian walking tour of Tooting This repeat of the popular walking tour with Blue Badge Guide Rachel Kolsky, between Tooting Bec and Broadway, is a feast for the senses.
Meeting place provided on booking, 2.30pm, �5 - booking essential, tel: 020 8883 4169,
[email protected]
20 Oct
Dr Caroline Bressey
White women Black history Caroline Bressey�s research focuses on the presence of black women in Victorian Britain.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, Free - booking essential, 020 8871 7466
21 Oct
Katherine Bing
Multicultural chick-lit Katherine�s book Singleholic is the story is of mixed-race 30-year-old Sarah being dumped by her Muslim Boyfriend. Sarah learns to alter her game with hilarious consequences.
Southfields Library, 7.30 - 8.30pm, free � booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466, www.singleholic.com
23 Oct
Robin Walker : Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop
Cheikh Anta Diop (1923�1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician who studied the human race�s origins and pre- colonial African culture. Robin is a writer and teacher in African World studies, Egyptology and Black History.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, free � booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
24 Oct
Black History walk
Centred in and around Clapham Junction, Battersea plays an important role in the history of the London Afro-Caribbean community. Blue Badge Guide Rachel Kolsky leads a walking tour profiling the social development of the area.
Meeting place provided on booking. 11am - 1.15pm , �5 - booking essential, tel: 020 8883 4169
[email protected].
27 Oct
Sulaiman Addonia
Born in Eritrea, The Consequences of Love is his Sulaiman�s first novel and is a brilliant subtle study of love, desire and sexuality in Saudi Arabia.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, free � booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7195
29 Oct
Cultural Journey
Do you remember the fashions, colours and food of London in the 40s, 50s and 60s? The Library and Heritage Service is collecting these memories. Come along and share your memories and join in the discussion.
Tooting Neighbourhood Centre, 2 - 4.30pm, free - booking essential, 020 8767 1619.
30 Oct
An evening of song and poetry
Presented by the Casandra Learning Centre CLC�s intention is to raise awareness and educate young people about domestic violence in young adult�s relationships.
African Caribbean Community Library, 7 - 8.30pm, free - booking essential, 020 8871 7466
31 Oct
Post traumatic slave syndrome
Screening and discussion on the film Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, where Dr Joy Degruy Leary delves into the primary values that have shaped African culture.
African Caribbean Community Library, 2 - 5pm, free - booking essential, tel: 020 8871 7466
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