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31Thirtyone in the Evening Standard
The wonderful Ellen Widdup has written a great article about 31Thirtyone in London’s Evening Standard. Check out the article Prints of Pop and put a date in your diary for the exhibition launch in 2012!
Here’s the text © The Evening Standard…
A photographer has captured well-known musicians in 31 pictures taken over 31 days.
They include solo [...]
Give It Some! for the African Workshop
Give It Some! is doing another London fundraiser for The African Workshop, again at The Scolt Head in Dalston.
Jonny Crawshaw (Give It Some! / The Get Down, Leeds) will this time be joined by the venerable Thomas MacGreggor aka Camp Climax (Slam Gumbo / Mac’s Gay Disco) and the man, the legend, Mr Johnnie Lyle [...]
razorlight rockers join the 31thirtyone cause
Guest post from the amazing Matt Humphrey, photographer extraordinaire, about 31thirtyone. This charitable photography project is one of the most incredible, powerful and pleasing projects ever connected with the African Workshop.
Matt is photographing 31 musicians and then auctioning the prints to raise funds for our work in Mali. Puma are sponsoring the project and [...]
Give it Some! and Soul Jazz special
Give It Some! is doing a Bank Holiday special London fundraiser for The African Workshop at The Scolt Head in Dalston.
Jonny Crawshaw and Dean Atkins (100% Dynamite/Soul Jazz) will be playing funk, soul, 60s R&B & reggae between seven and midnight and entry is FREE with a suggested minimum donation of £3 to the [...]
Rosslyn Chapel Midwinter Concert
Come one, come all to this unique event, raising funds for community projects in Mali, West Africa. This Midwinters night come together in the historic and beautiful Rosslyn Chapel, listen to quality music from around the world, drink a glass of mulled wine (non alcoholic option available) and help two grass roots community projects in one of the poorest countries in the world.
Scoot the World
The wonderful people at Bamako’s best guesthouse – The Sleeping Camel – have launched another amazing adventure called Scoot the World. And, as always, these huge hearted people are supporting the African Workshop as they race across Africa on scooters.
Here’s what it’s all about in a nut(ter) shell:
“This is the start of what will be [...]
Peace One Day 2010
We celebrated Peace One Day in Bamako, Mali, with a football match and party for the kids that come to the African Workshop.
Dozens of young people came out to celebrate in Mali on the 21st September, joining millions of others around the world determined to create a peaceful future for the planet. Check out the [...]
Mali’s 50th anniversary of independence
Planes forced the crowd to duck, streaking over the sweaty water sellers and boiling pans of oil, kids up trees and soldiers stomping down the boulevards.
Bamako, charity and rubber stamps
The London flat is filling with bags again – fat, stretched holdalls packed with pencils, pens and games. Straps are wrapped around the stacks of football shirts and baby clothes waiting for the flight. We leave Saturday.
In Bamako the rain is still sheeting down, running eight inches deep down the street where we are staying [...]
Bebside School & the African Workshop
Two bits of great news this week: First, the African Workshop is now a fully registered UK charity (number 1137427). And the second is a lovely bit of news coverage about the Bebside Middle School shipment.