A few years ago AfricanOz was one of the few organisations telling the stories of African Australians on the internet (see Archives, Features). Now we’re pleased to observe many organisations publishing books & websites dedicated to this important community history. A recent positive project from The Researchers for Asylum Seekers (RAS) group at University of [...]
VOTE FOR Oxfam Australia’s Irene Banda from Zambia in Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Fun Fearless Female competition!
Go straight to the competition here: http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/_profile_irene_banda.htm
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Irene writes “I have been living in Sydney for almost two years now. I came out in November 2008 to work with Oxfam Australia on a program called Oxfam International Youth [...]
Somali author Nadifa Mohamed (pictured) is one of a few African authors who will talk at Melbourne Writers Festival, 27 Aug – 5 Sept 2010. Somali author Nadfia Mohamed’s book Black Mamba Boy is long-listed for the Orange Prize 2010, and covers her father’s epic journey from Somalia 80 years ago, travelling across war-torn Africa [...]
Those power-packed, glamourous hip-hop sensations, the Killa Queenz, featuring Kween G and Belizean Bombshell (originally from Uganda and Belize, now from Sydney) are touring around Australia in August, with DJ K-Note.
They’re launching the new mix CD “Billion Dollar House Party” two discs said to be full of “the biggest and baddest basslines, previously unreleased exclusive [...]
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 & [...]
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 [...]
AfricanOz has launched a new FREE, NATIONAL bi-monthly newspaper: AfricanOz in print. The paper is distributed every two months around Australia with Full Colour pictures. Original stories and interviews (most not featured on AfricanOz website).
To SUBSCRIBE and receive the first issue Click here
Don’t miss this beautifully designed newspaper/magazine! To view in full screen click on the [...]
‘Take me as I am’ Mixed media on wood board by Edem Badu
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 6:30pm Esco Art Gallery,
386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Ghanaian born Artist residing in Melbourne. Debut solo art exhibition. An eclectic collection imbued by moments, lessons and epiphanies; Edem Badu recreates and freezes time as she signs off ‘msbadu’ against a [...]
African Australians experience widespread direct and indirect racism as part of their daily lives – a new report from the Human Rights Commission shows.
Race Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, said “The discrimination these people face, which is sometimes inadvertent, takes place across the gamut of life’s experiences, from employment to housing, education, health services and their [...]
Sydney-based, African-born researcher Dr Vanessa Hayes is at the forefront of a new project to map the genomes of indigenous Africans for the first time. The project is of major interest to the world’s scientific and medical researchers, and has already resulted in over 1.3 million previously unrecognised small genetic variations being found.
Dr Hayes, the [...]
