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Africa Diaspora Development Day (AD3) - London

“Business and Education – Leadership and Skills for Development”Hosted by University of East London School of EducationDate: 7th July, 2007Venue: University of East London (UEL), Docklands Campus (Cyprus Station on DLR)Time: 9.30am – 6.00pmFee: None, but we would appreciate it if participants would contribute £10 towards the cost of

Re-dominination: The Saga continues

As the 1st July approaches, news on this exercise still meets criticism.I first spoke about this exercise on the HYPERINFLATION: The End??? post last month. Since then I have come across the following articles.On MyJoy online many articles regarding this exercise can be found, however this article, "Use local

TEDGlobal: Ideas worth spreading

I first came across this inspiring speech by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first female Finance Minister in Nigeria on the Annansi Chronicles .Her speech most definitely delivered a positive presentation of Africa to a wider audience. She talks about the Africa we don’t know in terms of anti-corruption practice; makes

Calling for ideas to support a UK Ghanaian Film Festival

As the name implies Black History Month (BHM) has always been concerned with the presentation and remembrance of events relevant to the history of Black communities. All founders and organisers of these events have mostly had one purpose in mind, that being the collective establishment of roots, that

G8 Uncovered event: Hands off and Hand over

In June 2007, leaders of the world's most powerful countries meet for a G8 summit in Heiligendamm in Germany. Africa tops their agenda and even more interference for the developing world is on the cards. Join the June 7th G8 Uncovered event. Think Newsnight plus Lie Detector test. A

Improving the distribution of Ghanaian Films

I have an idea, it is not original, but it may work.Following my discovery of the AIFF see Filming out of Ghana: comment 11.05.07, I would Like to look into how to help with the exhibition of the Ghanaian production based made films in the UK, but particularly

HYPERINFLATION: The End???

The introduction of the new Ghanaian Cedi is nothing new in terms of method.Is the reinvention of this wheel going to make a difference?There are several views on this matter. For example we have Adwowa Mansah who summarises why she thinks this introduction is not enough to stabilise the

Filming: Out of Ghana

An anonymous tipper kindly shared info about an up and coming director Julius Amedume and his feature called 'A Goat's Tail'. Thanks Tipper!!http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490951/I have not seen it myself, but my first impressions suggest that this dude is delivering more than the average Ghanaian soap drama. Set both in London

50 Years of Independence: How do you gauge this??

The sixth of March this year marked the semicentennial/jubilee/gold anniversary of Ghana's independence from colonial rule. To some this is a plus, to others the current status of Ghana is viewed as a negative.So what are your thoughts on this??For me, recent publicity has mostly shown negative aspects of

Heritage Africa

Does anyone know where to get a copy of Kwah Ansah's classic 80s tale.I would really love to see this movie, any takers????In case you are not sure, check out this link on IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216803/ . I'm based in London by the way, if anyone is selling!!!

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