The Kwanzaa Year Ahead.
C Spinner
What Excuse, Shaka's Own?
Why 'r U Poor, Diaspora?
Why are You victimized?
Shot While Black? Maligned?
O, Child of Wealthy Mother?
O Africa
Vast Opportunities Galore
With Fab Wealth Galore
Looted By Mothers' Foe
Like Poodle named England
And USAs English Diaspora
Enriching it Year after Year
From the tax-payers Kitty
Thus Should Fab Rich Africa
And th' Vast African Diaspora
And Like Spains Diaspora
In America Denied Am Natives
Like Portugals Diaspora
Like Italys vast Diaspora
Like Frances vast Diaspora
Like Dutch Buggers 'n Africa
All Enrich Kith 'n Kin
In euro-Ancestral Lands
Like Bare Israel
And the Jewish Diaspora
So is Rich Africa
And th' African Diaspora
Africa Needs Its Diaspora
Diaspora Needs Its Mother
Happy Kwanzaa!
Mother's Child
You're Empowered
Plan Your Year
Till Next Kwanzaa
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01 January 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - ONE DAY
One Day of Peace, and Sharing, every January 1st, for Everyone on
Earth. One Day is a holiday designed to decrease violence, hunger
and hate through the establishment of a shared annual tradition
for the entire human family. It belongs to no government or
religion, and knows no national boundaries.
> [Oh, brother!
> We champion this TODAY - even as we gleefully kill the Iraqi
> for no valid justification.
> Can the native still be hoodwinked by the white man? YES._Ed]
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01 January 2004: GHANA/ELMINA - EDINA BURONYA
1st Thursday of the New Year. Elmina, Central Region 157 km West
of Accra. This is the native version of Christmas, which is
exclusively celebrated by the People of Elmina (Edina). The
Festival was influenced by the Portuguese settlers who celebrated
a similar event every January. For the people of Edina, it is a
period of purification, sacrifices to the gods, remembrance of
the dead and the welcoming of a New Year. Families pour libation
and invite friends to participate in dining and merry-making
throughout the town.
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January 2004: ADIS ABEBA/ETHIOPIA: TIMKET/EPIPHANY
Timket, or the Feast of the Epiphany, is celebrated in the
January, 2004. The 3-day event commemorates the baptism of Christ
and is one of the most colourful Ethiopian festivals. The night
before the Timket, priests take the Tabot (which symbolises the
Ark of the Covenant, containing the Ten Commandments) from each
church to a tent at a consecrated pool or stream. There is
frenetic activity, including the ringing of bells, blowing of
trumpets and the burning of incense. In Addis Ababa, tents are
pitched at Jan Meda, to the northeast of the city centre. At
02h00, mass is celebrated, attended by crowds of people carrying
lighted oil lamps. At dawn, the priest uses a ceremonial cross to
extinguish a candle burning on a pole in a nearby river.
Inevitably, some of the congregation leap into the river. The
Tabots are then taken back to the churches in procession,
accompanied by horsemen, while the festivities continue.
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06 January - 05 April 2004: TANZANIA - SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK:
TRACK OF THE WILDEBEEST
Wildebeest Migration
Follow the awesome Wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and
you'll never feel the same again. Serengeti means 'endless
plains' and at 14,763 square kilometres in size this National
Park has certainly been given a suitable name. It has the fortune
of being touched by the annual wildebeest migration - which is
one of the world's rare undisturbed migrations and hugely
important to the area's fragile ecosystem - including the
preservation of the region's food chain.
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09 January - 11 January 2004: USA/NEW YORK - ADVENTURES IN TRAVEL
EXPO
Adventures in Travel Expo transforms the Jacob K. Javits
Convention Center in New York City into the world’s biggest base
camp. Aside from the 500+ exhibitors providing information on
adventurous destinations around the world, there will be lots of
celebrity adventure enthusiasts, gear demonstrations, a
travelogue of thrilling adventures and hot destinations, and
contests to win trips, giveaways and gear. Diving and scuba
pools, rock climbing walls, adventure racing courses (for both
families and racers), zip lines, luxury spa massages, National
Geographic Adventure editors and photographers conducting
seminars and photo workshops, outdoor techniques, inspiring
seminars, music from around the world and a film festival will
round out an exciting roster of events.
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15 January: BIRTHDAY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
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February 2004: NIGERIA - DUNBAR FESTIVAL
The Durbar festival is celebrated at the culmination of the two
great Muslim festivals Id el Fitri and Id el Kabir. The festival
gives a good idea of the past glories of the emirate before the
influence of western culture. On the big day, in Katsina and
Kano, in the north of Nigeria, the day is marked with a gaudy
parade of ornately dressed horsemen, Emirs dressed in ceremonial
robes, muscle-bound wrestlers and lute players in headdresses.
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17 - 19 February 2004: JOBURG/SOUTH AFRICA - SATCOM AFRICA 2004
Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Africa's
premier satellite communications summit. About 80% of Africa’s
population lives in rural areas. Little wonder, therefore that
nearly all of Africa’s international bandwidth is provided by
satellite. Satellite presents the best means for carrying
international traffic other than terrestrial or microwave links
that may only exist between bordering countries. It is the only
conference in Africa which addresses all the strategic issues of
connecting businesses and profiting via satellite. Satcom Africa
2004 is where senior management from Africa’s major corporations
meet to evaluate and learn best practice. It is a great place to
position your world-class solutions to a very select group of
senior managers.
> [In Africa. The native gets Poorer.
> Unfortunately this event benefits whites, for now_Ed]
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07 March 2004: DURBAN/SOUTH AFRICA - Standard Bank Awesome Africa
Festival
On the above date, a standard 42.2 km marathon and a 21.1 km half
marathon will be run from the town of Moshi, Tanzania. Please
note that the half marathon route is still to be finalised. This
race has been set up to promote the sport in Tanzania, and has
the official backing of the Tanzania Tourist Board, the Tanzania
Amateur Athletics Association, the IAAF, and is registered with
AIMS.
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22 March 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - WORLD DAY FOR WATER
> Note that soon, clean water in most of Africa's population
> centers will be under the control of, and for sale by, european whites.
> Water is essential to life. Those natives too poor to afford it may use
> the dirty sewage and die. [Here is yet another effective tool in our
> toolkit for controlling the numbers of those barbarian hordes.]
> Remember this when the white-supplied textbooks in Africa sing the praises
> of the pacifying missionaries who accompanied those godly white colonial
> land-grabbing, native-raping, native-poisoning, native killing white
> bastards_Ed
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26 - 28 March 2004: USA/AUSTIN TX - PERSPECTIVES ON YORUBA
HISTORY AND CULTURE University of Texas at Austin.
This is an announcement for a three-day conference centered on
the Yoruba to review the state of knowledge, the various advances
already made, the connections with comparative and diaspora
history, the critique of old and new sources, and the
identification of new areas worthy of investigation. We welcome
papers that raise historical, cultural, methodological, and
theoretical questions that address the strengths and voids by
focusing on relevant issues and empty spaces in Yoruba history
and culture. The conference will encompass a wide range of
disciplines and perspectives. Participants will be drawn from the
United States, Canada, and elsewhere, including European and
African countries. Graduate students are encouraged to attend and
present papers. Selected papers from the conference will be
published in book form. The deadline for submitting paper
proposals is October 1, 2003. Proposals should include a 250-word
abstract along with the author's name, address, telephone, email,
and institutional affiliation. Please address all inquiries and
submissions via e-mail to Ms Ann Genova anna...@mail.utexas.edu
or visit website http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa.
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Last week March towards April 2004: BOUAKE/IVORY COAST - BOAKE
CARNIVAL
A week long carnival in Bouaké each March, a festivity attracting
thousands of visitors.
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April 2004: ACCRA/GHANA - AFRICA4AFRICA FESTIVAL
In collaboration with well respected charitable organizations,
the African/African -American Music Entertainment and Cait
Entertainment would be organizing a festival. This project
consists of a music festival to be held in Accra, Ghana, during a
4 day event in May 2004. Artists and guest artists from the
entire African continent and from around the world will perform
during these four (4) days of tribute to the children victims of
AIDS and HIV on the continent and throughout the world.
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April 2004: GOMON/IVORY COAST - BOAKE CARNIVAL
Held in Gomon, near Abidjan, this festival starts around
midnight, when women and children sneak out of their huts and,
naked, carry out nocturnal rites to exorcise the village of evil
spells. Before sunrise the chief appears, drums pound and
villagers go into trances. The frenzy continues until late
afternoon of the next day.
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April 2004: MALI - Fête des Masques
The Dogons are famous for their masks and during the five-day
event many of them are used in ritual ceremonies that go back
more than 1000 years . At each Sigui festival, a new ceremonial
mask is carved especially for the occasion, then placed in the
Tellem caves. Remnants of these masks going back hundreds of
years have been found in the caves.
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Mid of April 2004: MAURITANIA/NOUAKSCHOTT - WANDERING MUSIC
FESTIVAL
International festival Wandering Music of Mauritania cultural
event of international size in Mauritania, the Wandering Musics
of Nouakchott. An annual crossroads of meetings and musical
creations. The festival will develop the artists Mauritanians,
but will also invite "musician-travellers" of the whole world,
"track of salt" to the "road of silk", to present and develop
their arts and know-how with the public of Nouakchott.
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01 May 2004: GHANA/KROBO ODUMASE - DIPO
1st Saturday of May. Krobo Odumase, Eastern Region. 80 km. east
of Accra. A Puberty Festival by the Krobos (of Somanya, Odumase)
when girls at adolescent age are initiated into womanhood with a
parade. [The traditions have culturally significant in their
traditional value systems.]
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26 May 2004: AFRICA - AFRICAN UNION DAY
Third Celebration of the African Union, legally came into effect
on 26 May 2001.
>
> Is there any way we can get that buffoon of an AU
> secretary-general before a firing squad? Maybe then he will
> fee inclined to tell us what he is doing to earn the
> astronomical salary he is paid in that post_Ed
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Early June 2004: MADAGASCAR/ANTANANARIVO - 11th DONIA MUSIC
FESTIVAL
The only Madagascan music festival which is now popular
throughout the Indian Ocean thanks to its 5 day duration.
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Early June 2004: SENEGAL/DAKAR - KAAY FECC 3rd EDITION
The KAAY FECC Festival is one of the few cultural events
dedicated to dance in Western Africa. It focuses on African
traditional and contemporary dances, but also invites foreign
companies coming from Europe and beyond. The Festival will stay
true to its inital committment, with a focus on the following: to
create a festive environment, with many shows, to offer
diversity, to produce a documentary film.
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June 2004: SANDTON/SOUTH AFRICA - CNN AFRICAN JOURNALIST AWARDS
The CNN African Journalist of the Year competition, now in its
nineth year, has a simple mission to reinforce the importance of
the role of journalism throughout the continent and to recognise
and nuture journalistic talent.
> [In English. For white interests. Many have complained about
> Africa's euro-centric media. I mean, these white nitwits make
> their money in Africa,, yet they do not serve the interest of
> Africa and the African. Why does Africa need them?
> Why do Africans tolerate them?
> How long would they last in USA if they insisted on proudly
> serving foreign interests - not excluding those of europe?
> They would have to make a very quick decision whether they
> would close shop or settle for editorial control by an
> American (who most likely has had a previous military and/or
> intelligence training and service).
> Our country. Our markets. Our money. Who will they complain to?
> Here is a premier event by which whites reinforce deference
> to white interests and supremacy in the Africans in the media
> - in an environment of high unemplyment rates and de facto
> occupation,
> There is another way of looking at it: White Americans who
> attend an events like this in USA that is organized by those who
> killed our ancestors to promote their supremacist ways would
> probably be branded a foreign agent - even a "suspected
> terrorist". That is patriotism. Our way. Our country_Ed]
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24 - 27 June 2004 : SWITZERLAND/MONTANA - CRANS MONTANA FORUM
The Crans Montana Forum (15th Yearly Session) aims to gather
Government Officials and International Organisations with
Presidents and C.E.O. of financial, banking, trade and industrial
companies. It aims to facilitate in the most informal ways,
private encounters between Official and Private Sector's
Representatives, in depth discussions about global topics,
reciprocal understanding facilitating the closing of deals and
the investment process. Ever since 1989, the Crans Montana Forum
has been a must for Officials and Business Persons.
> Shall we ever see such an event organized for the Africans
> by the Africans, say under the banner of the AU or an
> organizations of native African businessmen, that brings
> African from all African countries together for the
> purpose of "private encounters between Official and Private Sector's
> Representatives, in depth discussions about global and intra-African
> topics, reciprocal understanding facilitating the closing of deals
> and the investment process."?
> Would such a meeting yield results? YES.
> Are the Africans waitibng for the foreigners - who are enriched
> immensely from the Africa-to-Europe plunder - to organize such an
> event for them?
> Perhaps we are being too hard on the Africans and their ability
> to organize themselves without the white man. A while back I noted
> that there is lack of strong activist groups representing
> Africa's native religions which compete for recognition and
> funding from African governments in the same way that the white
> religions do. It was pointed out to me that in many African
> countries, Africa's indeginous religions are banned - by the
> leaders of the governments of the Africans we put in power.
> Smart, eh?
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End of June 2004: DR CONGO/LUMUMBASHI & KINSHASA - The FIA
(International Actor festival)
FIA’s 8th edition will take place in four towns and two of them
are from the Democratic Republic of Congo : Lumumbashi and
Kinshasa and two Congolese towns : Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
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03 - 05 June 2004: FRANCE/TOULON - 13TH INT SYMPOSIUM ON HIV
Venue: International Congress Centre "Neptune": 13th
International Symposium on HIV & Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The Symposium is an independent scientific meeting financed by
registration fees and industrial sponsoring. The scientific
program is defined entirely by the Steering & Scientific
Committees, without any interference from the industry. Most
participants are medical doctors, virologists, and researchers.
However, a growing number of nurses, psychologists and activists
are also present.
Website: http://www.avps.org/2003/hiv.htm
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07 - 11 June 2004: SOUTH AFRICA/CAPETOWN - INT CONFERENCE
(RHETORIC AND DEMOCRACY ABOUT AN AFRICAN ATHENS)
The conference will take place in different historical and
cultural venues in and around Cape Town. In 2004 South Africa
will celebrate ten years of democracy. From 7 to 11 June 2004, an
international colloquium, RHETORIC AND DEMOCRACY. ABOUT AN
AFRICAN ATHENS will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. The event
is partnered or facilitated by Collège international de
Philosophie (Paris), the CNRS (France), the American Association
for the History of Rhetoric, the Association for Rhetoric and
Communication in Southern Africa, FILLM/UNESCO, the International
Society for the History of Rhetoric, the National Communication
Association and the Rhetoric Society of America (to date).
> Yes. The foreigner is always there, somehow.
> You know - keeping an eye on things_Ed]
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June/July 2004: ZANZIBAR: The Festival of the Dhow Countries
The Festival of the Dhow Countries, East Africa’s largest
cultural event, will take place in Zanzibar in magnificent,
historical venues along the waterfront of Stone Town. The
festival celebrates the unique cultural heritage of the "Dhow"
countries: the African continent and the Indian Ocean region and
their global Diaspora. The Festival of the Dhow Countries now
promotes an extensive programme of Films, Music & Performing
Arts, Women's events, Children's Panorama, Workshops & Seminars,
Exhibitions and Mini-Festivals in villages throughout the
Zanzibar islands of Unguja & Pemba. The festival is the
inspiration of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF).
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Early July 2004: CAMEROON/YAOUNDÉ - FESCARHY
The 6th edition of the Week devoted to books. The FESCARY will
comprise several activities : exhibits, workshops, professional
meetings, animations. The event will take place at François
Villon Cultural Centre, at the National Museum, IRONDEL club, and
at Cabaret 'terre battue'.
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01 July 2004: GHANA/ELMINA - BAKATUE REGATTA
1st Thursday of July. Elmina, 157 km West of Accra, in the
Central Region. It is celebrated by the people Elmina,
traditional area, this colourful festival attracts tourists from
far and near. There is a Royal procession of Chiefs and
Queenmothers, most of them riding in well-decorated palanquins
through the principal streets to a sacred shrine where the
Chief's Linguist pours libation and sprinkles sacred food. There
is Regatta on the Benya Lagoon.
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18 July 2004: AFRICA: BIRTHDAY OF NELSON MANDELA
Birthday of Father Africa, Nelson "MadiBa" Mandela.
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29 July - 02 August 2004: GHANA/ADA - ASAFOTUFIAM
Last Thursday in July to the first weekend of August. Ada.
Greater Accra Region. -71km east of Accra. Asafotufiam is an
annual festival celebrated by the people of Ada to commemorates
the victories of their warriors in battle and mourn those who
lost their lives. The historic events are re-enacted. There are
also purification ceremonies and a durbar of Chiefs.
> [Why is it that memorable wars of resistance against the
> white vermin are not commemorated in Africa? Why is it that
> high school kids can talk at lenght about europe's ancient
> leaders yet know little about Africa's great leaders and
> kings? Hint: Who controls the curriculum?]
> Are Africans afraid of commemorating their rich and colourful
> past? Thie customs, their ancestors. Would they really prefer
> to commemorate someone else's past? Do they complain if they
> are maligned by the plunderers they are putting on a
> pedestal by trying to ape them?
> Why? _ Ed]
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August 2004: KENYA/MURALAL - International Camel Derby & Festival
The Derby takes place at Maralal, Samburu District, centred at
Yare Club & Camp, just four kilometres south of Maralal town on
the Nyahururu road. . It is also a spectacular festival packed
with a variety of events that draws visitors from all over the
world. The Derby has been on the go since 1990, with entries from
Australia, America, New Zealand, Canada, England, France, Spain,
Japan, South Africa and beyond competing against the reigning
Kenya champions in both the amateur and professional races. The
route runs through semi-desert regions with varying levels of
difficulty and camels (with or without handlers) are available to
hire for those wishing to compete.
> One for Spike Lee and Henry Loius 'Spike' Gates 3, for sure.
> Any sponsors?
> There was a time that Gates and kids trekked on foot through
> the thorny bush in Tanzania. They probably
> never went on outdoor campng trips in USA. He was flustered.
> The kids were stressed out. And there were no swimming pools!
> Can you imagine life without a swimming pool!
> And because of that, they hated the motherland.
> I liked that. He should have been thankful. At least he wasn't
> barefoot! Next time, Gates will leave the kids at the
> swimming pools of the 5-star hotels that one finds all over
> Africa.
> Spiteful? Hey, I am only human (and a good American)!_Ed]
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End of August 2004: TOGO/LOMÉ - FESTHEF
The 8th edition of Festhef (festival de Théâtre de la Fraternité)
will be held in Assahoun (50 Km from Lome, Togo). The best drama
companies from various African countries will perform.
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09 August 2004: SOUTH AFRICA/HERMANUS - WINE & FOOD FAIR 2004
Location: Hemel-en-Aarde Village, Hermanus (c/o R43 and R320).
Venue: Wine Village Courtyard. Wine & Food Fair: 30 wines Estates
plus cheeses, biltong, olive products and much more exhibiting
their goods.
Internet: www.wine-village.co.za.
Contact Information: Jaci - 028 316 3988 or wi...@hermanus.co.za
or www.wine-village.co.za
Other: Friday 6th August - a cocktail party and wine auction in
aid of (to be announced) bookings only (contact Jaci for tickets
- price still unconfirmed). Saturday - open to the public @
R50.00 per person (includes a tasting glass, tasting brochure and
all tastings), hours from 12:00 to 22:00. Sunday - open to the
public at R50.00 per person (as above), hours from 10:00 - 20:00.
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09 August 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - INT. DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
> Like the Am Indians and the Incas and the Aztecs and the
> Aborigines ....
> Hey, we are the guys who celebrate a 'Thanksgiving Day' for
> encountering kind Am Indian natives in America who we proceeded
> to exterminate. The 'milk of human kindness' stinks ..
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21 - 31 August 2004: DURBAN/SOUTH AFRICA - 7th Jomba!
Contemporary Dance Experience
Jomba means "jump" in Zulu, and Jomba! will certainly made things
jump on the dance scene in South Africa in 2004. Hosted by the
University of Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts Jomba! 2003 offers
a dynamic presentation of the finest in South African
contemporary dance, plus two or three international dance
companies. Jomba! will also include workshops, masterclasses, a
schools programme, a writing dance history initiative, and the
Jomba! Fringe.
> Why do I get the impression that we will find whites here too?_Ed]
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05 September 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - INT. DAY OF PEACE
> The world's premier invaders and exterminators will,
> of course, champion this event most enthusiastically.
> The idea is that the less these barbarian targets resist, the
> easier the pickings.
> Don't you just hate those Iraqi resistors?_Ed]
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Early September 2004: THE NETHERLANDS - AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL
The 8th edition of film festival Africa in the Picture in
Amsterdam, The Hague, Eindhoven, Utrecht and Rotterdam. The main
program of this festival features recent movie productions from
Africa and the diaspora. Africa in the Picture is a unique
festival because the emphasis lies on independent films and
filmmakers who give a different perspective on the African
continent and the position of black minorities in various
countries.
> Those scandinavians are sure nice to the African native.
> How come we don't see any positive effect in the lot of
> the native in the boer-occupied south africa?
> Is this just another opportunity for appeasement and
> conditioning of the natives to the gratification of
> the euro-plunderers? Poor native_Ed
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Early September 2004 : ABIDJAN/IVORY COAST - MASA 2004
MASA is the unique Panafrican project of art which comprises at
the same time a market for shows, a forum for professionals and a
festival. It takes place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, every two years
and more than one hundred artistic groups in the fields of
theatre, dance and music from all over Africa , attend it.
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September 2004: HEIDELBERG/SOUTH AFRICA - 2004 WOODSTOCK
South Africa's premier youth music and lifestyle festival - 3
Stages representing the top rock, pop, hip hop, and contemporary
acts in South Africa. Complete beat bliss of all genres of dance
music, situated 2km from the main stage in a valley of its own.
featuring some of SA's top extreme sports entertainers and sporty
stunt men
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October 2004: DURBAN/SOUTH AFRICA - 25th Durban International
Film Festival
Having completed its 25th year in 2004, this South African
international film festival is a unique phenomenon on the local
cultural calendar. In a time when the television industry is
centred in Gauteng and foreign production houses favour Cape Town
as a location, the city of Durban lays claim to producing
probably the country's largest and liveliest film festival.
Hosted by the University of Natal's Centre for Creative Arts the
festival presents a diverse world-class selection of 75-100 films
within a two-week festival format, most of them first-time
premiere screenings in Durban. Cutting-edge genres and high-art
films shared a platform with topical documentaries and selected
mainstream blockbusters of tomorrow. Comedies, thrillers,
children's films and a touch of the macabre are included. Films
from almost 30 countries are represented, and the international
nature of the festival is balanced with a highlighted component
of the finest of South African and African cinema.
> Mostly benefitting whites, as usual_Ed]
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October 2004: CAIRO/EGYPT: CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
With its ancient history, and vast motion picture industry, Egypt
became the cultural capital of the Arab world. Egypt's cinema's
influence on the Arabs is as profound as that of the American
cinema on the rest of the world. That why Cairo is known to be
"Hollywood" of the Middle East.
> There is a huge market for African film and video in Africa
> - as opposed to non-African fare. Perhaps greater effort
> by the Africans and Africa's diaspora must be made to develop
> this market.
> It should not be forgotten that film and video carry with them
> messages concerning 'values' and 'culture' ..
> Yes. Psychological warfare.
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07 - 10 October 2004: LESOTHO - Morija Arts & Cultural Festival
Each year on the first Thursday of October, the Festival is alive
and kicking again. The main days of the Festival will be Friday
through Sunday. During the four days of the Festival about 40
events will take place at 8 venues in Morija which cater for all
tastes in music, dance, drama and film. At the main Arena,
Thabeng Football Grounds, are also found arts & crafts displays
and sales, as well as information booths and tents marketing a
wide range of products, including food and drinks of different
traditions. Concerts, Jazz, Famo, Gospel & Kwaito will highlight
each day.The friendly & festive atmosphere of this Festival is
unique and each visitor is highly welcomed
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19 - 21 October 2004: SOUTH AFRICA - One World Beat Festival
Held on Tswhane - on the first weekend of spring 2003, musicians
and bands of all styles and levels will perform around the world
in the first One World Beat music festival. One World Beat is an
opportunity for local musicians, bands, venues and non-profit
organizations to participate in a global project - for a good
cause.
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24 October 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - WORLD DEVELOPMENT DAY
> Would you be surprised if it turns out that this event is
> sponsored or promoted by the criminal, genocidal IMF/WB
> loansharks who are responsible for destitution all over
> Africa?_Ed]
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November 2004: MOMBASA/KENYA - MOMBASA CARNIVAL
The Mombasa carnival features parades and floats from every
conceivable cultural, national and religious group in Kenya.
There are two main parades which converge onto Moi Avenue which
feature incredible floats, spectacular costumes and fantastic
music.
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Mid November 2004: KUMBO/CAMEROON - NSO CULTURAL WEEK
Horse races trough the streets of Kumbo, a town in western
Cameroon, during NSO Cultural Week.
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16 November 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - ANNUAL DAY OF TOLERANCE
> Shouldn't this be held in Europe or USA? Shouldn't Blair be
> forced to attend it? NO. We want the native to tolerate the fact
> that his birthright, his lands and resources, are grabbed
> by foreigners.
> Respect 'property rights and our law'.
> We, in the USA did not go for that rubbish from the british.
> We kicked them out. Conclusively.
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20 November 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY
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20 November 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY
> Is this event promoted by whites who send hundreds of thousands
> of Africa's kids into sex slavery in Europe each year? Hoodwink. Appeasement.
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21 November 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - WORLD TELEVISION DAY
> For the spread of white 'values', influence and domination,
> of course. In some African countries, natives have foreign, european
> programming on their TV for 90% of the times - paid for by
> the natives. Last year, in one country in Africa, Spanish drama
> was featured during prime time (8PM-11PM closing) every evening; and in
> Spanish; and with no subtitles; and to natives who do not understand
> Spanish!
> Some stuff that happens in Africa - as forced onto them by the
> whites and the native goons we front as leaders - are indeed
> puzzling, quite cold and very diasppointing.
> And yes, the country used to have popular, 90% local programming
> 30 years ago.
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December 2004: DIAFARABE/MALI - CROSSING OF THE CATTLE
The Cattle Crossing is the most important Fulani festival in
Diafarabe. Every December, herders bring cattle from the grazing
lands to the river at Diafarabe. Here everyone crosses the river.
On the other side families are reunited for a few days, before
they take the cattle to new pastures. The first day is the
Promenade des Jeunes, when the unmarried men and women dress up
to attract each other. There is also a competition to judge the
fattest and best looked-after cattle, with useful prizes.
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December 2004: GHANA/SANDEMA - FIOK
December. Sandema; 838km north of Accra in the Upper East Region.
The annual Fiok festival is celebrated by the Builsas of Sandema.
This is a War festival, which re-enacts the ancient heroic
exploits of the Builsas. Amid drumming and dancing, the gods are
invoked for protection and a bountiful harvest.
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14 - 19 December 2004: DJIBOUTI - FEST'HORN 2003
Initiated by an NGO based in Djibouti named ADAC( Association for
the Development of Cultural Actions).this is the 4th edition of
FEST'HORN and it will be held in the capital city of the Republic
of Djibouti from december 14th to december 19th 2003. The
FEST'HORN is a regional festival of music to promote peace
mindedness.First of all its ambition is to set up a setting for
attractive great audience events and an ambition which is likely
to motivate socially as well as culturally. FEST'HORN's main goal
is to give to "peace forces" in the region and more precisely to
their most gifted spokespersons , namely artists, the opportunity
to get together, to exchange their messages of peace in favor of
dialogue , reunion, solidarity.
> [Oh, my! Did these guys miss a turn along the road?
> I mean, shouldn't they be in USA or UK or France?.._Ed]
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16 - 21 December 2004: MALI/BAMAKO - BAMAKO DANCE FESTIVAL
Dance is a founding factor of African culture. The cradle of
great choregraphers such as Germaine Acogny, Koffi Koko, Salia ni
Seydou, West Africa holds an important place on the international
dance arena. Danse Bamoko Dense, the first Bamako Dance Festival
in Bamako aims at gathering in one event all dance professionals
living in Africa, Europe, even in Haiti. It is an actual setting
for dance meetings and exchanges. At this occasion, young
choregraphers will have the opportunity to approach « the great
», to pit themselves against them, to learn , to exchange…
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20 - 22 December 2004: BAFUT/CAMEROON- ANNUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL
On 20 December there is a huge feast and festival with many masks
and costumes in Bafut, north of Bamenda and in Bali (west of
Bamenda) 20 to 22 December.
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26 December 2004 - 01 January 2005: AROUND THE GLOBE - KWANZAA
KWANZAA is derived from the Kiswahili phrase "matunda ya kwanza",
which means "first fruits of the harvest" which is a depiction of
the celebration of harvesting the first crops in traditional
Africa.
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27 December 2004: AROUND THE GLOBE - AFRICA MEDIA DAY
3rd Celebration of AFRICA DAY and presentation of the "MOTHER
AFRICA AWARD".
> Media that is controlled by whites.
> Trust the white: For ever trying to belittle Mother. Why would
> they put Mother's name on an event that seeks to undermine Mother
> and Mother's Child with the propaganda of her eternal tormentor?
28 December 2004 - 13 January 2005: SENEGAL : PARIS-DAKAR 2005
http://www.dakar.com/2002/presentationus/
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COMMENT:
Note: No events are scheduled to showcase
- products;
- design and consulting services;
- contract manufacturing in critical high-profit, economically
strategic areas of national security concerns
(and hence firmly controlled with threats of use of
military force by whites through our benign-sounding
fronts such as UN, IMF, WB)
such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, power
generation, transportation, aerospace, computers, high
precision tools, chemicals, ...
In this respect, Africa cannot rely on foreigners.
[In fact by now that ought to know that foreigners are
hell-bent on denying Africans access to these technologies
essential for meaningful, sustainable economic development
in today's world].
Africa's Diaspora IS critical in bringing about this essential
technological development in Africa - for the benefit of the
diaspora and the African continent.
[Where would Israel be today, if its diaspora had been
rendered worthless by endless bickering and destructive
self-pity? Indeed the issues that tie the USA's diaspora in
knots are to be found somehow in the psyche of the jewish
diaspora. How do they go about it?
YES. Problems in effective leadership - political, moral/
religious social, literally, business, ... working together
(by consensus) for a common goal/purpose that is understood
by all.
We hope that this situation would have changed A LITTLE come next
year,
May the ancestors smile
upon you and your own
from now till next Kwanzaa!
Charlie
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"Do not allow the shadows to deceive you nor the long
road you have to travel, to discourage you!
"The heroes and heroines, whom Alfred Nzo has joined, like him,
live among us, combatants still for the liberation of all our
people."
Excerpts from
The Statement at the Funeral of Alfred Nzo
Johannesburg, Azania, January 22, 2000
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