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The AACDD Bargehouse Festival 2014

The AACDD Bargehouse Festival 2014

18.09.2014 - 21.09.2014

The AACDD Bargehouse Festival 2014 "Past / Present / Future" celebrates 5 years of outstanding creative talent of black artists and designers.

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The AACDD 2013 Bargehouse Festival

18.09.2013 - 23.09.2013

Iconic Highlights - Black Creativity at its Best. The final accolade celebrating the best of the outstanding creative talent of black artists and designers.

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TEDxEuston

TEDxEuston 2012

TEDxEuston aims to reflect ideas and inspired thinking of a new generation of African thinkers and leaders, presenting to an audience committed to engaging and re-engaging in an active and meaningful manner with the continent.

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Absent Art

Absent Art

20.09.2012 - 30.09.2012

An interactive art exhibition that replaces the physical world with the virtual, crossing the boundaries between two realities that define our lives.

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AACDD at 100%design

African Fantasia

19.09.2012 - 22.09.2012

A special exhibition of handwoven and handprinted ‘Fusion Fabrics’ at 100%design in London from designers from the African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora.

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Untold Gold - 2012 AACDD Bargehouse Festival

Untold Gold

19.09.2012 - 30.09.2012

The 2012 AACDD BARGEHOUSE FESTIVAL
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London SE1
19 – 30 September 2012

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The Night of Truth / La nuit de la Vérité

The Night of Truth

12.08.2012

This thought provoking film takes place in a fictional African country during a day of reconciliation.

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African Fashion Week London

African Fashion Week London 2012

03.08.2012 - 04.08.2012

Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) is a collaborative fashion exhibition, highlighting the industry’s premier African prints and designers.

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Summer Exhibition - Figure Black

Summer Exhibition - Figure Black

05.07.2012 - 27.07.2012

Come to Brixton in South London for an evening filled with an inspiring and special collaboration between four dynamic artists.

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The Blue Nose Art & Jazz Event

14.04.2012

A fundraising evening of sophistication and culture. Featuring smooth vocals, live jazz, an eclectic exhibition and an auction of selected pieces.

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Yinka Shonibare MBE

Significant Voices: Yinka Shonibare MBE

19.10.2011

In conversation with Ekow Eshun - Shonibare will talk about his work and the cultural legacy of post-colonial Britain

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We are Grenadians

We are Grenadians

09.10.2011

A show to celebrate the creativity of our wonderful island

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Island to Island: Dominica, Barbados and Britain

Island to Island: Dominica, Barbados and Britain

04.10.2011 - 31.12.2011

The Redbridge Museum exhibition displays stunning images by respected photographer Tim Smith.

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Emory Douglas

Significant Voices: Emory Douglas

28.09.2011

The ex-Minister of Culture for the Black Panthers, talks about his life and work with cultural commentator Ekow Eshun

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"Shrine" by Dr. Raimi Gbadamosi

Reaching out through art

23.09.2011

Evening of presentations and discussions on 'the power of art and design to change lives' at London's Hospital Club.

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re-loved at 100%design

Re-Loved Lounge at 100%design

22.09.2011 - 25.09.2011

Playful and eclectic lounge area design at 100%design created by African and Caribbean artists and designers.

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Black Breeze

Black Breeze

11.09.2011

Mask carving workshop and talent competition at the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden with sculptor Gary March

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Below the Surface

Below the Surface

09.09.2011 - 25.09.2011

A photography project shedding light on the lives of young people from African and Caribbean communities in London.

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?Choices! - The AACDD Festival 2011 @ Bargehouse

?Choices! - The AACDD 2011 Festival @ Bargehouse

09.09.2011 - 25.09.2011

An unprecedented international interdisciplinary African and Caribbean art and design exhibition.

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Forever forged, forever becoming

Forever forged, forever becoming

09.09.2011 - 25.09.2011

ARC Magazine, in collaboration with the AACDD, presents a collection of works by visual artists and photographers from the Caribbean and its diaspora.

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RCA BLACK: Past, Present & Future

RCA Black: Past, Present & Future

31.08.2011 10:00 - 06.09.2011 18:00

Works of established and emerging Designers and Artists of African & African-Caribbean descent, who have graduated and are currently studying the RCA.

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Midsummer Meetup

Midsummer Meetup

20.08.2011

Join the AACDD, African Digital Art and IAM:THENUBLACK for a Midsummer Meetup, a chance to hang out with some lovely people and to talk about all things design.

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Africa Fashion Week London 2011

Africa Fashion Week London 2011

05.08.2011 - 06.08.2011

Two days of free fashion festivity - an extravagant fusion of African culture, fashion, style and music.

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Caribbean UK Film Festival 2011

Caribbean UK Film Festival 2011

10.07.2011 - 11.07.2011

Celebrate British Caribbean heritage at this film festival, exhibition and awards show, in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum London.

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From Africa via London with Love

From Africa via London with Love

24.06.2011

A unique textiles workshop with Emamoke Ukeleghe at the Victoria & Albert Museum's Afropolitans event.

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Open The Gate - 1st Anniversary!

Open The Gate - 1st Anniversary!

Open The Gate meets Black Cat Soundsystem to celebrate their 1st Anniversary in Hackney, London.

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Hackney Wraps

Hackney Wraps

15.05.2011

A free workshop to create your own Hackney head wrap fabric with textile designer Emamoke Ukeleghe.

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The new spirit of Oshogbo Art

The new spirit of Oshogbo Art

28.04.2011 - 18.05.2011

Painting exhibition by Rahmon Olugunna at Open the Gate, London.

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Figures & Fictions

Figures & Fictions

12.04.2011 - 17.07.2011

This exhibition of South African photography at the V&A in London presents the vibrant and sophisticated photographic culture of post-apartheid South Africa.

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Introducing Joy - "there and back"

Introducing Joy

08.04.2011 - 10.04.2011

An exhibition of beautiful paintings by artist Joy Thompson in Earls Court, London

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Beyond Form, Painting Exhibition by Edward Ofosu

Beyond Form

07.04.2011 - 27.04.2011

New painting exhibition by the Ghanaian artist Edward Ofosu at Open The Gate, London

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Namvula Rennie

In Light, In Shadow

10.03.2011 - 06.04.2011

This exhibition at Open The Gate, London, is a selection of evocative photographs by Namvula Rennie, capturing every-day moments of courage, joy and beauty.

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Craft Central

Business training for designer-makers

10.03.2011

Q&A Session with William Knight, the Deputy Director of the London Design Festival, at Craft Central London

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The Mirror Boy

The Mirror Boy

24.02.2011

World premiere of Obi Emelonye's "The Mirror Boy" at the Empire Leicester Square, London, including a Reception and Q&A with the stars and filmmakers.

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Screening Africa

Africa’s Last Taboo

17.02.2011

Screening Africa at the Africa Centre presents ‘Africa’s Last Taboo’ followed by Q&A with Associate Producer Clive Patterson.

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LSE

African Urbanism

26.01.2011

LSE Cities public lecture: Professor Edgar Pieterse argues for a new way of thinking about African cities.

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Adesose Wallace Exhibition

Adesose Wallace Art Exhibition

13.01.2011 - 26.01.2011

Adesose Wallace Art Exhibition - A journey through West African life & tradition and beyond - at Open The Gate, the Black Culture Cafe in London.

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Screening Africa

Screening Africa at the Africa Centre

12.12.2010

Screening Africa at the Africa Centre presents ‘Africa United’ followed by Q&A with Director Debs Gardner-Paterson

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The Portfolio - Kofi Agorsor - Play in Key D (68 X 68cm)

The Portfolio

27.11.2010 - 19.12.2010

The Portfolio - A fascinating selection of limited edition contemporary art by great African artists.

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Fezeka's Voice

Fezeka's Voice

16.11.2010

Fezeka’s Voice is a documentary about an inspirational high school choir leader, Phumi Tsewu. Fezeka's Voice theatrical release will be held at Curzon Soho, London.

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African Journeys

African Journeys

13.11.2010

An evening of dance, music, poetry and art at Open The Gate – The Black Culture Cafe, London

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Africa Now and Then

Ghana: The Story

05.11.2010

This Bonfire night, why not set your acoustic, artistic and culinary senses alight by helping to celebrate the music, film and culture of Africa’s first independent nation, Ghana.

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Word Power

Voices of the Black Diaspora 2010

15.10.2010 - 17.10.2010

4th annual Word Power Literature Festival & Book Fair

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The Africa Centre

Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

15.10.2010

The Africa Centre brings together a diverse panel of speakers to reflect on five decades of Nigerian independence.

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Global French Series

Celebrating francophone black history

09.10.2010

'Mind Your Language' launches its first school workbook “Global French Series: Pupil’s Workbook 1”

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Amazing Africa

Amazing Africa Festival 2010

09.10.2010

Amazing Africa turns Trafalgar Square into a bubbling calabash of celebration of African culture through music, dance, enactments, food and arts & crafts.

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Black Britannia

Black Britannia

01.10.2010 - 22.10.2010

A selection of striking portraits taken by John Ferguson, Fleet Street’s first black photographer in the 1980’s.

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Memories are made of pride

Memories are made of pride - The art of culture

29.09.2010 - 08.10.2010

Memories are the most essential part of our own conscious history and can influence not only our feelings but also have a huge impact on our present and future life.

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Black & White - Creative Origins

Black & White - Creative Origins

19.09.2010 - 26.09.2010

Private View: Friday, September 24, 6pm - 8pm
Beautiful masterpieces with distinct cultural identities from African and African-Caribbean craftsmen and -women.

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Untitled

Untitled

19.09.2010 - 28.09.2010

An installation by Laura Fulmine

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Dolls & Drums - Music, Dance and Play

Dolls & Drums - Music, Dance and Play

18.09.2010 - 29.09.2010

Music, dance and play are deeply imbued in every man, woman and child and are aspects of daily life.

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Bring in the Boubous

Bring in the Boubous!

18.09.2010 - 28.09.2010

A Showcase of traditional West African Boubous with a modern ‘Twist’

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Creative Heritage

Creative Heritage - Bodies Beautiful

17.09.2010 - 09.10.2010

Bodies beautiful – the grace of movement of bodies in harmony with themselves

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London Revisited - My Journey

London Revisited - My Journey

14.09.2010 - 24.09.2010

A multidisciplinary exhibition covering textiles, photography and fine art taking daily life in London.

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