THE HANDSTAND

OCTOBER 2005




The Forum, Kentish Town
Saturday 22nd October 2005 - 7pm

To AVOID BOOKING FEES:  buy your ticket at SOAS STUDENTS UNION.

You can either buy the tickets cash £20 or send us a cheque payable to ‘SOAS PALESTINE SOCIETY’ AND SEND TO THE BELOW ADDRESS and we will post your tickets.

 

SOAS PALESTINE SOCIETY

School of Oriental & African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom

Map: http://www.soas.ac.uk/contact/location.cfm?navid=1110

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Background:

The Palestine society in coordination with the Africa Society at SOAS is organising a concert, ‘One Nation Under a Groove.’ As the name suggests, a central theme of the concert is the transgression of religious, cultural, and ethnic divisions. Indeed, the concert will be the first post 7/7 event in London to bring together Palestinian, African, Caribbean British and American artists together aiming at strengthening the social integration and cohesion of UK communities.  Moreover, it is also an event that by its very nature is tapping and building on the growing support for the Palestinian people in UK.

 

The society's campaigns and activities include, the organisation and promotion of cultural events, such as the annual UK Palestine film festival (http://www.palestinefilm.org/2005/) and exhibitions - as well as talks and seminars which both reflect the existing situation in Palestine and which seek pragmatic solutions to promote a just and lasting peace. We have, over the last few years, organised events that bring together up to a thousand people and we are expecting to attract more to an event such as this. The venue has a capacity of two thousand and we are anticipating that all tickets will be sold.

 

The proceeds from the event will be split evenly between Enlighten, a Palestinian educational charity in Gaza (www.enlighten-palestine.org) and an African NGO. The aim is to donate funds to those working with children and young people from all walks of life.

 

The line-up features Pharoahe Monch, legendary lyricist and hip-hop artist, Dead Prez, Florida based political rap duo, Boikott, a young and upcoming producer and DJ living in the West Bank, Arap, a young and gifted rap group whose talent has seen them signed to the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, Invincible, a leading female MC from Detroit, Abiodun Oyewole, from the Last Poets, DAM, the first Palestinian rap crew, and Benjamin Zephaniah and Suheir Hammad, both spoken poets

Sat 22nd Oct Forum, Kentish Town

1st show 7.45 pm

 

Pharoahe Monch

M-1 Dead Prez

KRS1 (recorded message) Abiodun (the Last Poets)/Benjamin Zephaniah/ Poisonous Poets

DAM, first Palestinian rap crew/Suheir Hammad (Palestinian Poet)

Ramallah Underground, young and upcoming DJ from West Bank/ Dj Lethal Skillz (Beirut City)+

Arap (feat.Wu-Tang Clan) Invincible, leading female MC from Detroit, Umi (P.O.W)

*Special offer for SOAS/UCL/ LSE Students £15 (advance only)

Please call Amjad: 0788 400 1649 or email us at palsoc@soas.ac.uk

*Special offer for Students £15 (advance only from SOAS STUDENTS UNION)

To AVOID BOOKING FEES:  buy your ticket at SOAS STUDENTS UNION (see map below)

You can either buy the tickets cash £20 or send us a cheque payable to 'SOAS PALESTINE SOCIETY' AND SEND TO THE BELOW ADDRESS and we will post your tickets.

 

SOAS STUDENTS UNION

SOAS PALESTINE SOCIETY

School of Oriental & African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom

Map: http://www.soas.ac.uk/contact/location.cfm?navid=1110

Any other Info: www.palestinesociety.org

 

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