Mama Africa
March 10th, 2009
Bobbie and I have been awarded some funding from the Bass Festival to do an event called Mama Africa in June.
MAMA AFRICA Celebrates Women in Music and music rooted in Africa, raising awareness and funds for three African women’s charities.
Featuring some of the best female DJs in the UK collectively demonstrating a range of musical styles deeply rooted and fused with African rhythms; Funk, Soul, Afrobeat, Broken Beat, Acid Jazz, Latin, Conscious Hip hop, Jazz Funk, Rare Groove, Reggae, Afrikan Fusion and Neo Soul.
This one off event will be held on Saturday 6th June at The Bulls Head, Moseley, Birmingham. More details including DJ line up to follow.
MAMA FEEL GOOD! Are using this event to raise money and awareness of the following charities;
Global Mamas envisions women in Africa to be economically independent. Global Mamas is the name brand for fair-trade goods produced through the efforts of Women in Progress, an international not-for-profit organization assisting women of Africa in attaining economic independence. Global Mamas reduces the economic inequality of women by significantly increasing the revenues and profits of woman-owned businesses in Africa. This in turn increases employee wages, generates new jobs and improves the standard of living. By helping women to help themselves, Global Mamas is taking small steps towards helping end Africa’s dependence on foreign aid and creating a sustainable society.
The Kanga Project supports the work of grassroots women-led organisations in Tanzania that strive to overcome the social, cultural, economic and political marginalisation of women. Through education, new skills, business start up loans and lessons in empowerment, civic rights and capacity building, these organizations are initiating a renaissance of African society based on equality, dignity and access to resources
ACTSA’s Dignity! Period campaign
A pack of sanitary towels in Zimbabwe can cost more than double the average monthly wage. Women have been forced to use newspaper, rags or leaves as a substitute for sanitary pads which can cause serious infections for which there is little available medication. Worse still, these infections are often mistaken for STIs, leading to social embarrassment and domestic violence.
ACTSA’s Dignity! Period campaign, with the support of the Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and Bodyform, raises awareness and funds to distribute sanitary products to the women and girls of Zimbabwe to halt this immediate danger that will affect their long term health and wellbeing. Since launching the campaign in 2005, ACTSA with the ZCTU has distributed more than 5 million sanitary products to the women and girls of Zimbabwe.
Mama Africa is dedicated to the late Miriam Makeba who was a South African Singer and civil rights activist.
2 Responses to “Mama Africa”
1Bobbalin Hot
March 11th, 2009 @ 9:58 pm
I would just like to raise my hands up in the air like I ‘do’ care and give Amy aka Sistrin 45 all the credit for this night. Feel free to throw sanitary towels at me!!
Amy is the pioneering force behind this!
Amy you rule!
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2Bobbalin Hot
March 11th, 2009 @ 10:04 pm
BTW that pic is stunning!
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