UK EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY
We bring you a snapshot of UK events with Ghanaian representation. Check them out and tell us what events we have missed in your area.
Online
Date: 1 Feb 2025, 5pm GMT
Event: AKADi Magazine Book Club, online
Cost: Free
Background: Review of ‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born’ by Ayi Kwei Armah
Email: akadimagazine@gmail.com to join
UK
Date: 4 Feb 2025, 6:30pm
Event: The Trial of Monogammy, London
Venue: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA
Background: Examining the rights and wrongs of the construct known as ‘monogamy’. Some of the questions will include:
· Has monogamy made the world a happier and more honest place or not?
· Does polyamory represent the truly (decolonised) freedom to love who you wish?
· Should the state have the right to legislate how consenting adults – or groups thereof – choose to love each other?
Book here: Join for our St. Valentine’s special: The Trial of Monogamy.
Date: Wed 5 Feb 2025, 5-7pm
Event: Teachers’ CPDL Workshop: Christina Kimeze, London
Where: Clore Studio, South London Gallery
Background: Joshua Obichere of Skin Deep Education will lead a hands-on workshop inspired by the textured paintings of Christina Kimeze, offering techniques and ideas you can bring back to the classroom.
The evening includes an introduction to the exhibition by curator Lily Tonge. This is a continuous professional development and learning (CPDL) workshop for teachers and educators.
Cost: Free
Date: 7 Feb 2025, 4pm
Event: ImpactAfrica Networking Mixer, London
Theme: Impacting Africa - What it Means
Where: University of East London, Stratford Campus
Background: Meet like-minded individuals, exchange ideas, and build valuable relationships. From inspiring keynote speakers to interactive workshops and fun icebreaker activities, this mixer is designed to help you expand your network and make meaningful connections.
Cost: Free
Date: Until 9 February 2025
Event: Hew Locke - What Have We Here?, London
Venue: British Museum, Room 35, The Joseph Hotung Great Court Gallery, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Background: Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke as he turns his lens on the British Museum collection in a collaborative exhibition exploring histories of British imperial power. It includes artefacts from the spoils of Asante-Anglo Wars.
Cost: £16
Date: 11 February 2025, 6.30pm -8.30pm
Event: Twi Club with Project 1957, London
Venue: Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk Street London SE1 0BL
Cost: £11.55
Background: Twi Club is designed to bring together beginner and intermediate Twi speakers (both Ghanaian and non-Ghanaians) and provide them with a fun, relaxed and unique environment where they can practice and improve their knowledge of conversational Twi, without the fear of ridicule.
Date: 13 Feb 2025, 6-9:30pm
Event: Dorothy Koomson’s 2025 Thrillfest, London
Where: Online
Background: ThrillFest puts the spotlight firmly on women and the essential contributions that all types of women make to the crime-thriller genre.
The panel includes award-winning, bestselling crime-writing women making up the panels on the night include: Nadine Matheson, Lisa Jewell, Louise Hare, Saima Mir and Kia Abdullah, with another guest yet to be announced.
Expect fun, laughter, prize draws and some twisty talk as well as a complimentary drink.
Cost: £16.96
Date: 20 February 2025, 6.30pm -8.30pm
Event: Ga Club with Project 1957
Venue: Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk Street London SE1 0BL
Cost: £11.55
Background: Ga Club is designed to bring together beginner and intermediate Ga speakers (both Ghanaian and non-Ghanaians) and provide them with a fun, relaxed and unique environment where they can practice and improve their knowledge of conversational Ga, without the fear of ridicule.
We will have designated specialist speakers who will listen in on conversations, and guide where necessary, which will assist attendees in building confidence in their speaking ability.
Event: Joshua Donkor - ‘I have more soul than one’ - Bath
Date: Until 5 May 2025
Image credit: Worlds Apart, Joshua Donkor, 2023. Image courtesy the artistBackground: Joshua Donkor (b. 1997, UK), who grew up in Bath. He approaches portraiture as a collaborative exercise between him and his sitters. He works with the subjects of his paintings to identify objects and images that convey their personal narrative, including family photos, fabrics and personal belongings.
Cost: Members go for free; or fee from £11
Venue: The Holburne Museum, Bath, BA2 4DB
Date: 28 February 2025, 6.30pm -8.30pm
Event: AKADi Magazine Book Club with Krystle Zara Appiah
Join us as we explore Krystle Zara Appiah’s debut novel ‘Rootless’ and meet the author. Krystle is a British-Ghanaian writer, editor, and screenwriter, born and raised in London. She has a degree in literature and creative writing from the University of Kent. She was one of forty writers selected for the London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme. Rootless is her debut novel.
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Meeting ID: 857 0970 0512
Passcode: 829834