Shola Emmanuel Shola EML is renowned saxophonist and multi-instrumentals – specializing in orchestration, who resides in Abuja, Nigeria. He studied trumpet with Emperor Muyiwa Kunnuji ( Osemako ) and French Jazz and Classical Master Guy Touvron (Paris conservatory). He attained his EML student composer grant with Saxophonist J. Aerbersold (Albany Music School USA).

His work has gone beyond just playing the saxophone; it’s about building relationships with people and bridging the gap between various languages. Think of it……Shola has cultivated a relationship that transcends the ordinary. He speaks the language the clients and fans are comfortable with.

Associated acts:

John Hugh Masekela, Ursuiline Kairson, Roy Hargrove,

Bright Gain, The U.S fabulous four, Charlie Porter Quatet,

Tee Mac Iseli, Nicholas Folmer Quartet, Ron Kenoly,

Bobby Ricketts, Enja of France, Lionel Peterson,

Stephane Wrambel, The Henhouse Prowlers, Tom Mc Clung et al

Dare Art Alade, Matteo Pastorino, Al-kebulan,

STYLE

Shola Emmanuel’s style is the jazz enthusiasts dream. A creative blend of jazz that feeds off traditional African rhythms, while maintaining the style, class and debonair of a resurgent New Orleans protege.

Shola Emmanuel’s style has stretched the jazz agenda, carved out a niche and prevailed in an environment awash with pop music at the fore.

PERFORMANCE

Our mantra is quite simple. We believe in giving the public an unforgettable experience and quite frankly converting more and more to this beautiful music called “Afro Jazz”.

Our concerts draw huge crowds from traditional jazz loving connoisseurs, young urban professionals, prominent citizens, mainstream music lovers, members of the expatriate

community and the celebrity circuit.

Our performances are full on and energetic, yet they maintain the subtlety and variety that you would expect from a diverse jazz orchestra.

Contact : +234 813 538 4980 /+234 802 367 5217

rhythmsax@gmail.com / rhythmsax@yahoo.com

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CONTACTS

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Pangbourne Business Rates

The issue:

Local businesses in Pangbourne faced a fall in trade as a result of reduced footfall, during the closure of the Whitchurch Bridge for maintenance.

Achievements to date:

• Alok made contact with Pangbourne businesses that were being affected by a fall in trade as a result of the bridge closure, Alok wrote to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to ask for a reduction in business rates
• The VOA confirmed to Alok that they would consider the request but required further evidence, so Alok wrote to all of the affected businesses to ask them to submit evidence of the fall in trade
• The VOA agreed to a temporary reduction in the business rates paid by 16 affected businesses during the time that the Whitchurch Bridge was closed
• Alok also held two meetings with the Whitchurch Bridge Company to put pressure on the company to complete works quickly and provide local residents and businesses with regular updates

Alok says:

“Many of the businesses in Pangbourne rely on passing trade and are facing a downturn as a consequence of the Whitchurch Bridge closure. I am therefore delighted that the VOA has permitted a reduction in business rates, which will provide some much needed relief to these small local businesses.”

The Voice Achievers Award Winning Diaspora Producer of the Year, 2014, Tony TPrhymes Patrick is the Producer and Presenter of  Naija EU TV.

His Father Patrick Igwe, was a Strong advocate for Human Rights and Equality, he  fought and defended his people to ensure they had a better life, the blood still runs in the family as Mr  TPrhymes Love for Representing the People is obvious once you meet him in person.

He Started as a Secretary, working with Some Legal Chambers in Lagos and then later worked with a Stockbroking firm  and a Travel Agency, But all through the years, he was passionate about Entertainment and positive collaborations , he  also loved to write, has written two unpublished Novels.

He Holds of Royal Society of Arts Certificate, London in Secretarial Administration.

Tony also worked with the Late Gani Fawehinmi, he learnt to fight for the people and to always complete whatever he initiated.

Being in the  Diaspora, he found it Interesting to represent the people as an Entertainment Ambassador . He is a Producer and Presenter with a Nigerian online TV Channel called Naija EU TV. Promoting Artists, Businessmen and Women through TV Jingles, Entertainment Briefs, TV Coverages, Interviews, etc. The Founder of the Prestigious Annual Nigerian Europe Awards. (NEU AWARDS).

I came up with The Nigerian European Awards, TV and Media Brand due to the fact that I was an Artist, Songwriter and Producer based in Europe and there were no platforms to promote and showcase African Talent and potential ,  I had to give up my own musical career to represent the people in the area of Promotion.

I Started travelling around to create awareness and interview African Artists based in Europe  for Free.

My patience in organising and championing The Nigerian Europe Awards, eventually paid off, as i put in endless nights of hard work, perseverance, investments and drive to ensure my dreams came through.

Today the brand is uniquely reputable in Europe with so much potential for the future

. In the Next Five Years I believe that one Nigerian Artist or Businessman or woman in Europe will be Largely Endorsed by a Big Company, as within the past years I have discovered many Talents. We successfully organized and executed the First Award in 2013 in Spain, the Second was in Italy, This Year, 2015 will be held again in Spain. There has been a lot awareness being created on social media about the NEU Awards, and it has drawn a lot of People around the closer to the Participant, This is my Joy and I want this Event to continue for a long time. Looking around Now, since the Birth of Nigerian Europe Awards, a lot of Promoters has been motivated to started promoting Nigerians in Diaspora, this is exactly what I dreamt of, and its coming to past. Thanks to all that is taking their time to promote Nigerian Artists and Businessmen and Women in Europe.

Mr Sameria is a Young Poet, A Community Engagement Ambassador and a Role Model making a difference to life.

He is also The Press Secretary to The International Centre for Human Rights Advocacy, Abuja

“IN AFRICA, THE WORLD WAS MADE” BY VICTOR JR SAMERIA

Beautiful People, Beautiful People

Like well crested native ornaments

Soaked in culture and divinity

Yes, Africa is the hunter who never had a gun

In him, the world was made and created

Yet our skin speaks negative of us

Hamitic! Oh Hamitic Hypothesis

Let her go for Africa is in her menopause

Alas!

This is where it all began

They came, they saw and they exploited her

Some even raped her, I see her crying for justice

Aye! She lives in peasantry luxury

Her magic is entangled with greatness but her bankers are forever broke

Africa is the Queen who never wore a crown

When shall thy will be done?

Sameria Victor Jr.

UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM

The Origins

Born in July 16, 1970, shortly after the pangs of the Nigerian civil war were gradually losing their grip on the psyche of the people, Yinka Davies’ potential got a boost while she was growing up in patey street, Metta,Lagos, Nigeria under the watchful eyes of her paternal grandmother.

One who was largely fascinated by the communality of those early days, Yinka usually shoneas “Okoro” an Igbo character in the regular dramatic skits that took place under the dim monnlight when children gathered share the Joy of innocence.

Reminiscing on those good old days, Yinka notes that “everybody’s child was everybody’s

child” Little wonder, her inclination for largely African thematic learning’s and concerns in

her artistic engagements. As Africans, we are insular. What touches one man, does the other man. This would seem to encapsulate Yinka’s beliefs.

If she appears playful on stage, it’s because her music creates an escape route to being

childlike; a singer who has fused different styles of music to create a unique blend of

Nigerian music that is globally appealing and accepted is a child at heart!

Yinka’s greatest asset is her voice. That unmistakeable energy of the stunninly sonorous voice that touches the soul.

The voice is sweet and jaunts happily through her lyrics when she performs with blasting

emotions with a strong nostalgic groove that carves a niche in music history.

Somehow, music seem inextriably tied to her destiny. Her voice flourishes whether

accompanied or accapella. She brands her music “ecclecentric” an instructive effort in

creative diversity. She is unique and has no comparison with any contemporary Nigerian

artiste. Her voice pervades an unbelievable range of Blues, Highlife, Salsa, Swing, Soft Rock, and Traditional folksongs. Rave reviews and flattering commentary has adorned Yinka Davies’ powerful, soulful and poignant vocal delivery over the years.

Her artistic journey began with her love for fine arts when she was 8yrs old.

This total entertainment streak is said to be a direct inhritance from her late Aeronautical

Engineer father who was in the Nigerian Airforce. The man, himself  a music enthusiast,

composer and lyricist must have, in one way or another, imbued Yinka with greater part of

his artistic genes.

She went on a school’s expedition to the National Art Theatre for fine arts in 1986 and stayed there!

Bisi Fakeye, a renowned Nigerian Sculpture and Abiodun Olaku also renowned Painter were her teachers but only for some months.

She moved to a three dimensional, seeing actors on stage. Bassey Effiong was her first

director. Later, she got taught to dance by Elizabeth Hammond, more stage directions by Sam Loco Efe, Arnold Udoka, Bayo Oduneye, Chuck Mike, Niji Akanni and Felix Okolo.

Her singing career; which Yinka admits began by accident, has Sam Uquah as the God-sent catalyst. For someone without any formal training whatsoever in singing, it was Sam who insisted one auspicious day in 1990 that Yinka must sing.

And sing she did! From the French Cultural centre Lagos, Kano, to Goethe Institute, to the

American festivals, the British jazz evenings etc

Her early stints with Alex O, Esse Agesse, Blackky, won her FAME music award’s best

upcoming artiste of the year 1992

Her work continued with Sir Shina Peters, Mike Okri, Telemi, Vitus Eze, Lagbaja etc.

Her musical odessey was also to see a positive turning-point when she pitched her tent with Lagbaja, Nigerian’s masked Afrocentric musical pathfinder. It was Lagbaja’s early live shows and audio CD releases that Yinka literally showed the Nigerian music-loving public that she was a female singing sensation in waiting. With her soulful chants which starts off one of Lagbaja’s adorable tracks “side by side” Yinka has etched her name and voice in the chamber of the world’s unfogettable voices.

As Yinka’s talents continued to find one platform after another for expression, so did her

profile. She was about to reach artistic apex when she got involed in an accident.She went

back to work with Felix Okolo, a theatre director and playwright whose directional skills are as complex as his dramaturgy is eccentric. In one of Okolo’s plays then “Mekunu Melody”

Yinka not only excelled with her refreshing role interpretation, she also became one of the

most memorable character of the play.

She finished the command perfomance with a POP cast on her leg in Jan 1994.

Slowing down her meteoric rise, she returned as though she never left! Goethe Instintute,

under the direction of Richard Lang, proposed Yinka for a tour of Rome, Tunisia and Milan, for the African Film Festival happening in Milan and she released a CD with a collective of African women titled “Donna Africa” in 1997.

Yinka’s first solo album titled “Emi n’lo” was recorded in 1999 and released in 2002.

The hit songs “Bambam bata”  “Eko ile” “K’Oluwa ko so” and “Emi a r’owo f’use” enjoyed

appreciable playing time on radio but was not well ciculated due to financial constraints

BIOGRAPHY

Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa is a highly inspired motivational writer, poet and speaker with a pleasant sense of expression.

“Speaking Pen” as he is fondly called is a king when it comes to use of text. Words are toys he plays with and swords with which he fights for justice and advocates for the truth.

Sunday, a typical African child who was not born into silver spoon yet eventually triumphs in the unleashing of his potential.

He is very objective as he drives home his points lucidly. He is unequivocally empathetic about impacting people from all walks of life. He is academically sound and spiritually healthy. He is the Principal Director at Speaking Pen International Concept.

Rev. Samson A.I rightly describes Sunday as a distinctive voice to this generation that should be heard and read.

PROFILE:

•His poems are contained in several International anthologies like “The Phenomenal Woman” (Maya Angelou), “The Art of Being Human Vol. 10”, “We Cry For Peace”, “Wisdom for Sale”, “Voice of Humanity” and many more for Global Charity.

•He won the FPASU Award as Most Inspiring Writer 2013/2014 and also got the prestigious ACJ/CNN Outstanding Young Achiever Award in 2014.

•He authored bestselling motivational book, “Unleash Your Potential Beyond Just Motivation” and an Inspirational poetry book, “In His Realm”

#3. BLOG & WEBSITE URLS AND OTHER RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

BLOG: www.speakingp.blogspot.com

AUTHOR PAGE: amazon.com/author/speakingpen

EMAIL: sunnystar247@yahoo.com
+2348138841784

FACEBOOK ACCOUNT: www.facebook.com/sunnystarolaoluwa

FACEBOOK PAGES:
http://www.facebook.com/speakingpen
www.facebook.com/beyondjustmotivation

TWITTER HANDLES:
@SpeakingPen   (Official)
@Sunnystar247  (personal)

A Narrative Poem by Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa

“This is the genesis of nemesis
All seeds sown: good or bad
Shall be reaped in excelsis
Surely, of Karma, you’ve heard”

AVENGED BY THE GODS
There is this strong boy called Samson
Much stubborn than all goats
He bullies kids for no reason
Stripping them of their clothes

Samson he is, Samson he is
Stripping them of their clothes

And so Samson went to a stream
Then saw some kids swimming
None of the kids seems to see him
They would have been frightened

Samson he is, Samson he is
They would have been frightened

Therefore Samson did draw nearer
Aiming a stone at them
But thunder stuck off his fingers
That fell off like axed stem

Samson he is, Samson he is
That fell off like axed stem

So Samson cried and cursed the gods
As his cut fingers danced
The kid chorused ‘curse not the gods’
But the deeds of your hands

Samson this is, Samson this is
But the deeds of your hands

Poet: Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa

Adedayo Adedayo Agarau is a student of Nutrition and Dietetics, He is also a
Social entrepreneur whose verses stick thorns in corrupt minds.

Agarau was the 13th Poet who rocked Nigeria in 2014(EGC).

His works center on corruption, politics and social vices. Adedayo has been featured on several anthologies like Epistle of Lies, Gripe Vine II, Eriata Food poetry anthology, Tributes to Nelson Mandela. He also has been featured on Rowspoetry blog, Words Rhymes and Rhythm, WordUp,Larryfreedom, poetivists, and more.

He was the 3rd edition winner of”What can words do” and the Season 2 winner of Pulse student Poetry Prize.

He recently got the Gold award & Poet of the year in the Tony Tokunbo Fernandez International Poetry Awards 2015.

He is very passionate about Change, Empowerment and making a difference

ATTACHED TO MY HEART – written by Tolu Ogedengbe

Attached to my heart

Is a wonderful picture

A symbol of love

Given to me from above.

Attached to my heart

Are memories unforgotten

Issues that were begotten

On my short journey on earth.

Attached to my heart

Is a beautiful picture

With a radiant face

Smiling at the world.

The picture in my heart

Is the picture of you

My beautiful queen

My one and only twin.

The memories unforgotten

Are those amazing stories

We both shared together

In the sands of time.

They are still fresh in my memory

In fact, to tell you the real fact

Nothing can tear them apart

Cos, they are attached to my heart.

Now I got to discover

Why love is a thing of the heart

Now I got to know

Why love is shred abroad in our heart.

Though you may travel far away

But to me, you can’t be far away

Cos, no distance on earth

Can remove the picture in my heart.

Attached to my heart

Is your beautiful picture

With your radiant face

Smiling at the world.

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PRESS RELEASE

Against All Odds Still Standing (AOS) Charity to host Red Carpet Anniversary fundraising Dinner Ball

By Ian Carter Phiri

In its bid and continued efforts to building lives and restoring hope by supporting victims and vulnerable people of domestic violence and abuse, Against All Odds Still Standing Charity (AOS) will be hosting its annual Anniversary Fundraising Dinner Ball at the Dartford Bridge, Hilton Hotel in Kent UK on April 25, 2015.

The upcoming event is aimed at raising funds for the ‘Mission to Malawi 2015’ and donation items for its charitable operations around communities both within the UK and Africa.

The fundraising initiative is scheduled to start at 18.00hrs – 01.00hrs and is expected to attract around 200 attendees with some of the most recognised names in our sector including, Charge de Affaires and Malawi Deputy High Commissioner, His Excellency, Hon. John Tembo Jnr. The Fundraising Dinner will be graced by the Mayor of Dartford Borough Council, Cllr. Avtar Sandhu MBE as guest of honour.

The dinner ball has also attracted an impressive selection of celebrities, Leaders in their fields and other business stakeholders and organisations for the event. AOS events are of high standard that entertains, inspire and all for a noble cause.

Like never before this year’s Mission to Malawi 2015 under the umbrella theme ‘’Dare to Dream, Dare to Fly’’ will provide an exquisitely sizzling dinner, Poetry, Raffle draw, Dama Fashion Show, Music, Live entertainment and performances by guest artist, sensational gospel singer Lungo, Lianne Doherty, the duo Dot & Darryl, Bella Jackson, Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Natalie and the Anointed UK.

According to Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Against All Odds Still Standing Charity, Fikelephi Jackson, patrons to the event are advised to dress to impress this being a Red–Carpet event as the red carpet will be rolled out to its patrons thereby befitting them with great photo opportunities and a networking reception, she says;

As the evening begins, this will be followed by a three course buffet dinner in the Ballroom. ‘’So bring a friend and support the ethos of excellence and play your part at the AOS Charity annual Anniversary Fundraising Dinner Ball,’’ appeals Mrs Jackson fondly known by her peers as Sister Fike.

Hosting a table gives you access to one of the best networking event of the year, not to mention the perfect environment for entertaining your key business partners and colleagues; points out Mrs Jackson, adding, ‘’First ten guests for the AOS function staying overnight will also get a discounted hotel rate.’’

The fund raising campaign will be braced with great entertainment throughout the evening. Then of course, there will be the fun-filled auctioning and raffle prize giving. There will also be time for the DJs to let loose on us with a variety of great music as we dance the night away’’, says Mrs Jackson.

The event will also among other dignitaries feature highly a couple of renowned guest speakers including David Hope–Jones of the Scotland–Malawi Partnership, Nana Churcher of the Nana Churcher Show, Prolific Speaker, Pastor Chance Munthali from Shalom International Christian Centre, 247 Malawi Radio Presenter, Patricia Peters and Pastor Victoria Lawrence of Abigail Outreach Ministries.

Yet another force of recognition behind the event will be Munyaradzi Usuwana, a young gifted poet better known as ‘The Wordplay Poet’ on the Poetry circuit who uses rhythm and acronyms to create inspirational messages. The Zimbabwean born will obviously be another inspiration of the night.

Also featuring highly on the night will be Raffle draw, with lots of prizes including a winning prize of dinner for two among prizes to be won. The Raffle will be conducted by the duo, Auctioneer, Dr Emeka and Beffta Awards heavyweight, Pauline Long who is also Patron for Against All Odds Still Standing Charity.

In view of the floods in Malawi, Against All Odds Still Standing Chief Executive, says, ‘’we are fundraising for the Mission to Malawi 2015 and other operations. Our aim this year is to double what we achieve last year and more.’’

She adds, ‘’in 2014 we were able to access most of the districts in the Southern Region and some in Central Region of Malawi. In October 2015, our mission to Malawi will be to cover more ground in the Central and the Northern Regions as well. We intend to take with us a solid team of volunteers.’’

The events Director of Ceremonies will be, MC Chijota from the Steve Chijota Show with the DJ on the deck.

For group bookings or to reserve your place, visit http://www.fikelephijackson.com or call F. Jackson on +447950918983.

To book for accommodation, contact Sukaena Callander on +447877835202 or email info@aosuk.org to hear more about becoming either a Table host, AOS Ambassador or to sponsor the event. Parking is free.