{"id":195,"date":"2024-04-05T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2024-05-24T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:33:23","slug":"celebrating-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/programme\/celebrating-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"African\"A<\/p>\n

Celebrate Africa Day in style at 'Celebrating Africa<\/strong>', a free community event on Saturday 25 May.<\/p>\n

You can expect a full programme with dance, music, storytelling, African traders, street food and much more!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re delighted to welcome Sharon Watson MBE DL, Chief Executive and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, as well as a diverse range of African artists and entrepreneurs.
\nJoin us for what promises to be a vibrant celebration of African culture and ingenuity!<\/p>\n

10:00 Event opens
\n10:30-10:45 Zulu Dance Troupe
\n11:00 Opening remarks from Dr Kendi Guantai and Sharon Watson MBE DL, CEO and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance
\n12:00-12:30 Zulu Stomp<\/p>\n

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and a chance to visit the African Market
\n13:45 - 14:00 Spoken word by Majestic Marvina
\n14:00-15:30 Workshops: Crafts with Nana-Essi, Arts with Gogo, African puzzles & stories with Suely
\n15:30 Ethiopian Wetatoch \u2013 Music, poetry and theatre
\n16:00 Close<\/p>\n

Where?<\/h5>\n

Riley Smith Theatre, Refectory and precinct, University of Leeds LS2 9JW<\/p>\n

We are grateful to Ndidi Nkwopara<\/strong> for developing and creating a diverse, inspiring programme for Celebrating Africa<\/strong> - a fitting way to celebrate Africa Day! See Ndidi's story<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Above photo (on right): 2dwcfilms<\/p>\n

\n

Ndidi Nkwopara<\/h4>\n
\"Ndidi

Ndidi Nkwopara<\/p><\/div>\n

Ndidi has developed a varied cultural programme to celebrate African performance and art. See her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"  Celebrate Africa Day in style at 'Celebrating Africa', a free community event on Saturday 25 May. You can expect a full programme with dance, music, storytelling, African traders, street food and much more! We\u2019re delighted to welcome Sharon Watson MBE DL, Chief Executive and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, as well...","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/africaweek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}