“Voices from Africa” Friday, 3 September 2010 9.30am- 2.30pm. An African Women’s Group initiative. supported by: The Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre  Anglicare Migrant Services STARTTS.  Venue: Anglicare Level 4, 16 Parkes Street, Parramatta Limited seats RSVP 9687 9901 by 25 August 2010.
Conference aims are to assist women from African backgrounds to increase their [...]

Browse AfricanOz 1st Issue Online!

Did you miss the June/July AfricanOz newspaper (in print) containing a mass of stories that weren’t featured online? Now you can browse & read that edition FREE ONLINE (see below). Stories included Aust Govt in Africa, Sudanese Aust models (incl. Ajak Deng, pic featured left fr FRM Models), World Cup & [...]

We are looking for a male, 18-25, does not need to speak English. Great way to break into the Melbourne film scene, get your face on the big screen, and work with professional as well as up and coming film makers. Contact Janet Duncan 0417 371 286

[From our Archive published February 2009]
AfricanOz chats with comedian and refugee welfare worker Mujahid Ahmed – who’s solo comedy show ‘African Time’ premieres at Adelaide Fringe Festival in March 2009.
He’s Australia’s best known Sudanese stand-up comedian (“by default” he jokes), and regards himself as half African half Australian (“I mean I could easily run 100 [...]

From our Archive published May 2007
African Australian author and journalist, Edison Yongai, discusses his lifetime love of stories and writing – and its ultimate cost: being forced to flee his homeland of Sierra Leone. Edison is appearing at Sydney Writer’s Festival.
As a child in primary school in in Kono District in Sierra Leone, I loved listening [...]

[Article published May 2008]
While Zimbabwe’s election crisis holds the country on a knife-edge, many Zimbabwean Australians are continuing their day-to-day lives, and desperately hoping for a peaceful transition of power. Through it all, AfricanOz spoke to Melbourne-based David Jamali about his background in human rights, development and art in Zimbabwe. Article below. For the latest [...]

Monday, 6th September, 2010, 6-8pm, Training Room 1, Level 6, UTS Building 10, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo, Suburb/City, Broadway, NSW
You are invited! Sydney Develpment Circle September Event “The Millennium Villages Project – Community-led rural development in  Africa”
The Millennium Villages are based on a single powerful idea: impoverished communities can transform themselves by 2015 if they [...]

[Article published July/August 2009]
Being the daughter of an independence fighter, a child amongst 16 siblings, and the victim of tribal clashes hasn’t hardened the heart of Rosemary Kariuki. On the contrary, this community leader, award recipient and volunteer extraordinaire just radiates cheerful warmth.
“I grew up with so much love,” she explains – referring to her [...]

QLD, WA & NT are in for a great African music treat in Aug/Sept with  Mandinka Sound, featuring One Africa (King Marong & Lamine Sonko) and Muhanamwé on tour. The concerts, organised by Kultour, trace the roots of West African music back to the ancient Mandinka empire. The tour also includes high-energy drumming, song and [...]

Jamaica Independence celebration at Kulcha, Fremantle. 6 August 8pm. Join Jamaican DJ Aswon with Busha D, Rasdrummers, Munchie Man, Daddy George and the Tropical Addiction dancers, featuring Miss Africa Perth 2010, for an authentic roots experience. Details at www.kulcha.com.au
Mandinka Sound 2-14 September – features extremely talented West African acts, Muhanamwé and One Africa. Great music, [...]