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Africa-Related Events, Notices and Classes –
* To receive this listing each month, email us at info@africacentre.org *
January 26- 27th
Legends
from Abroad
Danse Etoile will
perform an African folktale in their next production called “Legends from
Abroad “at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder.
Please visit our website
www.danseetoile.org
Bola Abimbola: Gigs & Events
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm, NEW
AfricAid Benefit “Sunset Over the Serengeti”
AfricAid Benefit at The Daniel L. Ritchie Center University of Denver2240 E Buchtel Blvd.$35 per person ($5 of ticket price is tax deductible)The event will be held in the spectacular Gottesfeld Room overlooking the Magness Arena and towering over the University of Denver skyline. Sponsored by the Colorado Academy AfricAid Club. This evening is made possible by:The Department of Engineering - University of Denver. Proceeds from this African themed event will support education for young women in Tanzania. Featuring• • African music by “The Low Flying Knobs” • •• • Exciting silent auction items from Africa • • • • Hors d’ Oeuvres • • RSVP by calling AfricAid @ 720.746.1792 or emailing: africaid@gmail.com
Saturday, February 3, 2007 NEW
Project Education Sudan
Cordially invites you to the 2nd Annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction With our special guest speakers Ambassador Timothy Carney - Former United States Ambassador to Sudan And his wife, Victoria Butler, Co-authors of Sudan: The Land and the People Grand Mesa Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, CO Reception and Silent Auction 5:00 pm- 6:30 pm
Dinner 6:30 pm -7:30pm Program 7:30 pm Tickets $50 for students and educators, $75 individual, $25 to sponsor a Lost Boy or Girl to attend the event . For more information about the Gala Event contact Tony Hurt (720)922-9111 - For information about Project Education Sudan’s programs, contact Carol Rinehart, Executive Director, (303) 316-4528, or see our website: www.projecteducationsudan.org.
February 9th
Bola Abimbola
Please
join us at Nissi's for a West African music performance guaranteed to lift
your spirit! Our fans in the Denver & Boulder area keep telling us what a
wonderful stage presence and beautiful energy Bola brings to his
performances... we would be so happy to have you join Bola & Wazobia at
Nissi's... & don't forget to wear your dancing shoes! Dulcina’s
10:00
pm 717 East Colfax Denver Denver CO
80206 303-832-3601
Come for
the Afrobeat throw down in downtown Denver!!!
Sunday, February 11th 2007, 12:00 – 3:30
NEW
Many Hands Clapping
Many Hands
Clapping: Ras Kassa's will host an art opening to benefit Boulder's Southern
Sudanese community and kick off Ras Kassa's 20th year in Boulder. The event
will feature
Evi
Bassoff's beautiful pastel portraits and notecards,
available for purchase; live music by Boubacar Diebate; Ethiopian food; and
more. The event is free; donations to CSAW will be welcome. Join us at Ras
Kassa's, 2111 30th St., Boulder (between Pearl and Walnut Streets, behind
Target.) Community of Sudanese American Women/Men www.csawcolorado.org
Februrary 17th 10:00 am NEW
Boulder International Film Festival – Premier of Uganda Rising
Boulder Theatre 2032 14th
St - "For two decades, the Acholi people of Northern Uganda have been caught
in a civil war between a rebel military group whose main objective is
inhumane terror and a government whose military response has often increased
misery and suffering. Over one-and-a-half million people have been
displaced into camps, and over 25,000 children have been abducted to be used
as soldiers and sex slaves. Yet through it all, every day across Acholi-land
something remarkable happens. Against a backdrop of dismal statistics,
miniscule opportunity and unpredictable terror in a part of Uganda forgotten
by the world, children who have never known peace face each day as if to
live this way is normal. This film is the story of Uganda, her stolen
children and the fight to be free. The film is narrated by Kevin Spacey,
and directed by Jesse James Miller and Pete McCormack."
February 19, 2007 7 to 8:30 pm NEW
"Rebuilding a Society: Post Genocide"
A Lecture by Rebecca Tinsley
Golden Community Center, 1470 10th Street Golden, CO 80401
This lecture will focus on the affects of genocide on society and most importantly what can be done to rebuild the community and provide the framework for success. This will focus on Rebecca’s experience with aid and development projects in Africa with a focus on income generating projects and the development of the Rwanda Girls School.
February 23rd , 2007 6:00 – 9:00
African Extravaganza
Driscoll Ballroom DU
Campus
A Celebration of African Culture: Dance,Drumming, Food, Fashion. 6:00-9:00 p.m. Free and Open to the Public. Featuring West African Drumming by master drummers Adjei Abankwah and Mohammed Alidu, and traditional Asjhanti dancing by the BaoBao Festival/Pan African Dance Troupe. Guest performance by Ghanian dancer Georgina Kotoka. Also: fashion show of traditional dress with audience participation, African DJ, African documentaries, community tables highlighting groups doing work in Africa and for African Refugees. jpilcher@du.edu
February 24th
African
Drumming with Bataki Cambrelen
Enjoy African Drumming
with Bataki Cambrelen. [303.331.4063;
http://www.denverlibrary.org
March
16th, 7:00 NEW
Immaculée Ilibagiza author of
“Left to Tell”
Come and
hear Immaculée Ilibagiza author of “Left
to Tell” and survivor of the Rwanda Holocaust speak on Mar 16,
700P at Mile Hi Church, located at Alameda and Garrison. Cost is $25 per
person and you must be a current RM APTA member. This presentation will be
sold out as soon as it is made public, but we have been able to secure a
number of tickets on behalf of our members. In 1994, over one million were
murdered in the horrific Rwandan genocide during which time Immaculée
Ilibagiza's life was dramatically transformed. Ensured to be a poignant
evening, Immaculée will share her remarkable experience of struggling for
survival while hidden with several other women in a cramped bathroom of a
pastor's house for three months. Amidst the holocaust, Immaculée amazingly
came to terms with this senseless act and embrace faith, allowing her to
release overwhelming anger and ultimately forgive the perpetrators that
killed so many including members of her family. Please make out your check
to Rocky Mountain APTA and send to: Jackie Sathre , 6620 Ingalls St.
Arvada, CO 80003 - 303 421 7206
jackie@earthexcursions.com
Announcements-
Boulder-based - Rock Foundation
NEW
www.rockfoundationschool.org “ are involved in a partnership with an
impoverished school in Kampala, Uganda of 500 children. We spent a few
weeks at the school in Nov. 2005 and now we are creating a sister school
relationship between this school and our children's elementary schools here
in Boulder. We have a website: Rockfoundationschool.org that describes the
details of our project more fully.
Study Abroad in Senegal with Boubacar Diabate May 22nd – June 12th NEW
Students will participate in one dance class and one drum class every weekday. Students will also You will visit sites like Gorée Island, N’Gor Island, nearby national parks, markets and concerts or special events. Students will also have the opportunity to see National Ballet rehearsals and performances. Senegalese Ballets are groups of Senegalese dancers and drummers who perform shows that highlight some of the very best aspects of Senegalese culture. For more information www.africacentre.org/senegal_study_abroad_program1.htm
Distant
Destinations – Service learning trip to Tanzania
NEW
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS: MT.
KILIMANJARO CLIMB, SAFARIS ON THE SERENGETI & THE NGORONRGORO CRATER (Two
of the most prolific game reserves in all of Africa)
- RURAL SCHOOLS AND MAASAI VILLAGE VISITS, - COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS: 1. Selian Hospital volunteering with Sister Paulina, 2. Delivering school supplies and soccer balls to village schools, 3. Fundraising for building sustainable water wells- “Watercan’s-Water For Schools” non-profit project www.africacentre.org/Distant%20Destinations%202007.htm