(New York, NY | May 4, 2012) Rooftop Films 2012 Summer Series presented by AT&T proudly announces its full line-up including short programs, dates, and venues. Starting on May 11 with This is What We Mean by Short Films, Rooftop Films will screen 23 feature films and 183 short films, including NY, US, and World Premieres. The films come from around the world, with off-beat and hilarious comedies, intimate and intense dramas, powerful and personal documentaries—all of which reflect Rooftop’s focus on exciting, innovative, independent cinema. Most events include live music, filmmaker Q&As, special appearances by the films’ casts and... Continue Reading
One of Africa’s most inspirational women and 2009 CNN Global Hero Betty Makoni is another stellar name to lend her support to UK-based social enterprise iROCK for their first London fundraiser Tribes of Africa scheduled for Africa Day, 26 May. Betty Makoni A gender activist, founder and director of Girl Child Network Zimbabwe (GCN) and CEO of Girl Child Network World Wide, an organisation that champions the rights of the girl child in Zimbabwe and worldwide, Betty Makoni is no stranger to lending her support to younger women to help guide them on their journeys. A survivor of rape at... Continue Reading
On the 31st of March 2012, a philanthropic ceremony of dance, culture and fashions was celebrated at the Marriott Hotel Westchase in Houston, Texas to benefit orphaned children in Nairobi, Kenya. Among the presenters of the African Ball event was Kimma Wreh, the Creative Director of TeKay Designs, a Houston, Texas fashion design house. “With our fashions on this night we salute all people of moral excellence. Beauty may be skin deep, but style endures. Style encompasses character and virtue. It takes people of moral excellence to respond to the philanthropic needs of society.” says Kimma. TeKay Designs presented one... Continue Reading
The UK-based social enterprise, iROCK! UK confirms the attendance of Nigerian media tycoon Ben Murray-Bruce to their first London fundraiser Tribes of Africa scheduled for Africa Day, 26 May. The event, set to take place at the prestigious Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in the heart of the city promises to bring the crème de la crème of the African diaspora together in support of iROCK! UK, which aims to provide young people of ethnic backgrounds with work placement and employment opportunities. Ben Murray-Bruce serves the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Silverbird Group which he founded in 1980 with... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa.com speaks to Lucia who commenced practising law in 2002 and started trading in 2004. Her law firm, Peters and Company Solicitors, specialises in mental health law, social welfare, housing and family law. Lucia would you like to introduce yourself to Shout-Africa readers, please? I am from Zimbabwe and I emigrated to the UK in 1991, I then commenced nurse training and got qualified in 1991. After nurse training I commenced law school in 1996 and completed all academic and professional requirements by 2002. I worked for 2 law firms prior to setting up on my own. 1. What does this nomination at the Zim... Continue Reading
