Workshops in Oslo with Kwani Experience

In October 2008 I was asked by Off The Hook Productions to help coordinate an artist exchange program with South Afrikan group Kwani Experience to Oslo, Norway. The program included workshops, performances and meeting with artists and organizations in the community of Oslo. Although Oslo was VERY cold, it was a great exchange program.

I have a lot of respect for Kwani Experience. The members are young, and SO dedicated to their art and expression. They literally do not want to go off stage when they play live! And, although they were quite unknown in Norway, they soon built a gang of fans through their intense performances. The workshops were with students in primary and secondary schools, and were both vibey and educational.

Our host in Oslo was Nordic Black Theatre and MS Innvik, the incredible cultural ship located at the harbour next to the Oslo Opera House.

Ebukhosini Solutions: BOOKS OF AFRIKA

EBUKHOSINI SOLUTIONS CC is a South Afrikan registered, Black-owned and managed, Close Corporation offering consultation and services related to community development, youth empowerment, leadership training, events, conferencing, social upliftment and cultural education. Ebukhosini Solutions delivers custom made, efficient services to a wide range of clients.

The company was founded in 2002 by Brother Buntu (Amani Olubanjo Buntu) and through expansions in 2008, the company is now co-owned by Sister Tebogo Buntu, Ras Sipho Mantula and Brother Buntu.

Contact us today about books, services and advice!

Phone: 011 830 2546
E-mail: info [at] ebukhosinisolutions [dot] co [dot] za

THE AFRIKAN LUNCH continues... and continues!

Good things cannot stop!

Prepare yourself for another serving of great food and inspiring company!

INVITATION: GAC Azania and Ebukhosini Solutions invites to yet another informal get-together with good food, great company, informal discussions and relaxing vibes of jazz/reggae/soul. R25 buys you an Afrikan Value Pack including a tasty meal, fruits and juice. Bring your friends. Child/family-friendly atmosphere.

NOTE THAT THE AFRIKAN LUNCH WILL CONTINUE EVERY 1^ST AND 3^RD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH. See list of dates below

THE AFRIKAN LUNCH – The 6^th Serving

Sunday 16 March 2008

Time: 1pm

Address: Ebukhosini, 24 – 6^th Street, Fietas (Vrededorp)

Information: 011 830 2546, 083 993 2997, gacsecretariat [at] gmail [dot] com

Please, send mail/SMS to indicate your attendance, so we can secure enough food!

Also, grab your chance to purchase a copy of the incredible book "When We Ruled" by Afrikan scholar, Robin Walker. This book is a highly authoritative, in-depth overview of Afrikan history, examining comprehensively the history of Afrika and her people since ancient times. Covering 10.000 years of history. Based on 200 years of research material. R600

THE AFRIKAN LUNCH; Reviving the Afrikan Family!

UPCOMING AFRIKAN LUNCH DATES (all at 1pm)

Sunday 16 March 2008

Sunday 6 April 2008

Sunday 20 April 2008

Sunday 4 May 2008

Sunday 18 May 2008

Sunday 1 June 2008

Sunday 15 June 2008

AFRIKAN HISTORY MONTH Seminar 9 February 2008

AFRIKAN HISTORY MONTH 2008

 

Afrikan History Month is celebrated in February, and once again Global Afrikan Congress Azania will host several events to remind us of the great legacy Afrika has left us with; Inventions, technology, medicine, philosophy, leaders and vast historical treasures. In these current trying times, a challenge rests upon us to equip ourselves with knowledge of our past, understand the challenges in the present and plan for the restoration of Afrika's greatness. Hence we have chosen the following theme for Afrikan History Month 2008: Rethinking our Past, Present and Future.

 

 

Afrikan History Seminar 9 February

 

The first event will be a seminar/conference/gathering where we look at the HISTORY OF FIETAS and the HISTORY OF OUR POWERFUL CONTINENT, AFRIKA

 

Program: Speakers, presenters, poets and singers will guide the procession with vital information and inspiring upliftment.

 

Date: Saturday 9 February

 

Time: 12 noon to 6pm

 

Venue: Jan Hofmeyer Recreation Centre

 

Address: Crnr 1st Street/Krause, Fietas/Vrededorp

(between Braamfontein and Auckland Park)

Johannesburg, South Afrika

 

Stalls: There will also be arts and crafts stalls

 

Food: Will be for sale at reasonable price.

 

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WELCOME! Bring your family and come celebrate Afrika! Hosted by GAC Azania

 

More information: 011 830 2546 – 084 781 5587 – gacsecretariat[at]gmail[dot]com

 

See photos from other Afrikan family events at www.brotherbuntu.blogspot.com

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Quotes

 

"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and stands in danger of being exterminated."

Carter Godwin Woodson, (1875-1950), Founder of Black History Month

 

"History is a clock that people need in order to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a compass that tells as people how they should be located on the map of human geography. The role of history is to tell a people where they have been, what they have been, where they are, and what they are."

John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998), Distinguished Afrikan Scholar

 

"We are shaped by what contains us as we shape what we contain."

Sekou Toure (1922-1984), Guinea's first President

The Afrikan Lunch Continues!

This successful, informal get-together continues with good food, great company, informal discussions and relaxing vibes of jazz/reggae/soul. R20 buys you an Afrikan Value Pack including a tasty meal, fruits and juice. Bring your friends. Child/family-friendly atmosphere.

 

THE AFRIKAN LUNCH – The 3rd Serving

Sunday 3 February 2008

Time: 1pm

Address: Ebukhosini, 24 – 6th Street, Fietas (Vrededorp), Johannesburg

 

Information: 011 830 2546, 083 993 2997, gacsecretariat[at]gmail[dot]com

People are requested to indicate their attendance, so enough food can be secured!

 

The Afrikan Lunch will continue ever FIRST and THIRD Sunday of the Month from 1pm.

 

THE AFRIKAN LUNCH; Reviving the Afrikan Family!

 

Hosted by Global Afrikan Congress and Ebukhosini Solutions

 

AFRIKAN LUNCH

Are you looking for an affordable plate of tasty food, great company, informal discussions with good people and a relaxing atmosphere? Come to EBUKHOSINI on Sundays for the AFRIKAN LUNCH. GAC Azania invites you to eat, chill and…. be!

 

R20 buys you an Afrikan Value Pack including a tasty meal, fruits and juice or tea. Child/family-friendly atmosphere.

 

The next AFRIKAN LUNCH will be:

 

Date: Sunday 27 January 2008

Time: 1pm

Address: Ebukhosini, 24 – 6th Street, Fietas (Vrededorp)

 

Information: 011 830 2546, 083 993 2997, gacsecretariat [at] gmail.com

 

WELCOME!

Invitation to KWANZAA CLOSING CEREMONY, 1 January 2008

Dearest Afrikan Family,

 

Kwanzaa 2007 has proven to bring many blessings and inspiration. The 7 day celebration also marks the transition into a new calendar year, for which we need to prepare accordingly. On the 7th day of Kwanzaa, the day of IMANI (faith), we will remind ourselves and each other to learn from our past experiences and recommit to the greatness inherited from our Ancestors.

 

Sister Nonhlanhla Ngozi has graciously offered her yard as a suitable venue for this year's Kwanzaa closing ceremony. Please, pass on the details below, as you know there is no greater way to start 2008 than an exciting Kwanzaa celebration!

 

Date: Tuesday 1 January 2008

 

Time: 12 noon

 

Address: 60 Langenhoven Road, Montgomery Park

 

Directions: The house is near Main gates at West Park cemetery on Bayers Naude towards Cresta. Turn left into West Park Road, then take first right into Hugo Naude Street and then 2nd turn left into Langenhoven Road.

 

Wear: Afrikan Royal Pride

 

Bring: Food for the Communal Table (vegetarian dishes, fruits, juice etc)

 

Prepare: Creative gifts to share (poetry, greetings, songs – NOT speeches!)

 

Theme: Preserving Our Afrikan Cultural Heritage: Committing to Greatness in 2008

 

 

The event is organized in collaboration with GAC (Global Afrikan Congress), R.U.M. (Rastafari United Movement) and Ebukhosini Solutions.

 

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For more INFORMATION, please phone Sister Nonhlanhla on 072 386 7255

 

 

 

 

Next Kwanzaa event: NIA SEMINAR, 30 Dec. 2007

In the continuation of this year's KWANZAA theme, "Preserving Our Afrikan Cultural Heritage", we now invite to an interactive seminar where, in unity, we will look for answers to the question: "What Is Wrong With The Afrikan Family?". This focus derives from an awareness that family is the foundation of Afrikan culture. If our families are not healthy, well-functioning and balanced, it follows that our culture will be crippled and dismantled.

 

NIA DAY is the 5th Day of Kwanzaa, and reminds us of our purpose: "As Afrikans we will be focused, work to develop our community, respect our traditions and restore our people to their traditional greatness."

 

The seminar will gather young and old to carefully examine challenges and solutions. More than speeches and lectures, this day will be a "family reasoning" based on dialogue, sharing and participation. As part of the seminar, the family will split into a SISTERS CONVENTION and a BROTHERS CONVENTION, where specific challenges related to women and men will be looked at in an honest and practical way.

 

Date: Sunday 30 December 2007

 

Time: 12 noon

 

Venue: "Ebukhosini"

 

Address: 24 – 6th Street, Fietas (Vrededorp), Johannesburg, South Afrika

 

Wear: Afrikan Royal Pride

 

Bring: Fruits, nuts, snacks and juice

 

Prepare: …yourself to share, learn and be open for growth

 

Theme: What's Wrong With The Afrikan Family

 

Info: 011 830 2546

More than 200 people celebrated the first day of Kwanzaa!

The celebration of UMOJA (=Unity) DAY, the first day of Kwanzaa, on the 26 December 2007, became an event of joy, reunion and inspiration for young and old. More than 200 people from different parts of Gauteng province gathered in the community of Fietas to enjoy greetings, thanks giving, songs, music, poetry, good food - and the company of each other. The celebrations left children, youth, adults and Elders with a sense of renewed togetherness and commitment to uplifting our Pan-Afrikan community - at home and abroad. On the picture you see some of the enthusiastic Kwanzaa attendees.