Tales of Africa Event on 28th October
Kicking off an entire weekend of celebration for all things African, Brighton Museum will be hosting ‘Passion For Fashion: An Evening of Tales from Africa’ on Friday 28th October. This is a great opportunity to visit the Fashion Cities Africa exhibition and to really get a feel for African fashion, art, music, writing, performers and design.
Whether you already have a deep interest in Africa or simply want to understand more about the various cultures that make up the continent, we thoroughly recommend you make the effort to attend.
Press Relations expert Ronke Lawal told Africa Fashion, “It’s a great chance to relax with a drink and listen to new stories and poetry by writers inspired by the role fashion has played on their lives. You can also see the Fashion Cities Africa exhibition and get a closer look at objects from the Museum’s Africa collection. The event also includes music and there’s a pay bar – all in collaboration with Writing Our Legacy”.
You can view everything that’s happening over the weekend here. Friday is the start of the celebration, here’s the full run down:-
Friday 28 October
Tales of Africa: 7-10pm (£5, Members £4, book in advance), Brighton Museum
Relax with a drink and listen to new stories and poetry by writers inspired by the role fashion has played on their lives. See the Fashion Cities Africa exhibition and get a closer look at objects from the Museum’s Africa collection. Includes music and pay bar. In collaboration with Writing Our Legacy
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Saturday 29 October
Queer Fashion in the African Diaspora: 12.30-1.30pm (£5, members £4), Brighton Museum
A selection of short films and discussion about fashion in the queer African diaspora, hosted by Tokini Fubara, digital artist and former contributor to ‘Dapper Q’, and Rabs Lansiquot, anthropologist.
Presented by Legacy Films and Photoworks
The Importance of Being Elegant: 2.15-3.45pm (£5, members £4), Brighton Museum
This 2005 film by George Amponsah and Cosima Spender follows the lives of four Sapeurs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for whom appearance is everything. Living in the poorest parts of Paris, London and Brussels, they go without food and get into petty crime to buy the designer clothes they crave.
Presented by Legacy Films and Photoworks
Talking African Fashion: 4.15-5.15pm (£5 each, members £4), The Old Courtroom
Hannah Azieb Pool, journalist and author talks to George Amponsah, director of The Importance of Being Elegant; Ada Cotton, director of African Sewing Club; Koko Kanyinda, Sapeur and lead performer of Congo All Stars.Buy a joint ticket for all three events for £10
Writing Our Legacy – A creative writing workshop: 10am-4pm (£30 including lunch), Brighton Museum
Using Fashion Cities Africa as inspiration, explore your personal relationship with fashion through creative writing and create a ‘zine’ to take home. Bring your own photographs and images to include
Migration and Style in Haiku and Image: 1-5pm (£10), Brighton Museum
Do you remember a style that you loved wearing? Did you adapt your style when you settled in a different country or city?
Create a piece of art that you can take away with you or display in the festival. Bring a photograph, image or newspaper clipping of your favourite style, and craft your own text in our Haiku workshop by Akila Richards (performance poet and writer). Bring both together in our print-making workshop by Phati Mnguni (visual artist and art educator).
Discovery Day: 10am-1pm and 2-4pm (Free with Museum admission ticket), Brighton Museum
Drop in and have a closer look at objects from the museum’s Africa collection. Suitable for all ages.
FILM SHOWINGS
On the hour, every hour, free with admission, members and residents free, Brighton Museum
African Sewing Club: creating a sustainable fashion industry in Rwanda
Documentary produced by Ada Cotton about the work of the African Sewing Club based in Rwanda, a project set up by the Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation (rYico). The film highlights a unique Rwandan approach to creating sustainability through fashion industry development.
(approx 8 minutes)
West African Fabrics
Short film exploring how these fabrics are made and the traditions and significance behind them. Director Cathy Hassan (Burrogrande Productions).
(18 minutes)
The Immigrant: a play by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, 7-8pm (£8, members/concessions £7), The Old Courtroom
Futuristic drama set in 2116. A British man seeking asylum in the African Union engages in a battle of words and stories with a border official in this provocative reversal of the current status quo.
Koko Kayinda & the Congo All Stars: 8pm (£12.50 standing), Studio Theatre, Brighton Dome
Tickets via Brighton Dome
Web site www.brightondome.org
Telephone on 01273 709709
Email: tickets@brightondome.org
Get your dancing shoes on for this rare appearance by some of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s finest musicians, led by Koko Kanyinda and presented by African Night Fever!
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