Celebrate Africa Day 2008 with London on Bank Holiday Monday, May 26

To celebrate Africa Day 2008, Trafalgar Square will play host to some of Africa’s best loved music artists, on May 26 from 1-8pm

The May Bank Holiday sees the second annual GLA (Greater London Authority) Africa Day festival, with cultural flavours from Africa – including a wellseasoned medley of traditional and cutting edge sounds and performances from many African nations.    read more

The capital’s African churches are booming, with congregations as great as 12,000

It’s 5.05 on a Saturday morning on the Old Kent Road. Despite the hour, a stream of smartlooking Africans in tailored twopieces and traditional dress pours out. Everyone looks
sparkly-eyed while much of the rest of London is sleeping. Why? Because they have just come out of church; the Everlasting Arms Ministries Freedom Night, a 10pm-5am service led by Pastor Kay Owolabi, has just ended.

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November 7-17
BFM International Film Festival

The tenth BFM (Black Filmmaker Magazine) festival presents cinema from Africa, the Caribbean and USA. For details see www.bfmmedia.com. ICA, BFI Southbank, British Museum and venues in east London.   read more