MULTIPLE AWARD WINNER, AUTHOR,, CORPORATE MC, MENTOR, PROMOTER & AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE -UNIVERSAL PEACE FEDERATION. WE PROMOTE THE SUCCESS STORIES OF AFRICANS & CARIBBEANS AROUND THE WORLD. CONTACT US NOW ON +447882809005
We are pleased to inform you that a very short documentary titled ” WHAT MAKES BRADFORD SO SPECIAL” will be out before the end of 2022. This documentary is in celebration of Bradford as The UK City of Culture but also represents the very special voices and faces of Bradford that you do not get to hear or see everyday . Our stories are your stories and the soul of any community lives within the heart of its people. For more information about this small project contact +447882809005 . Also take 2 secs to subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/etekatoks
We moved to Nigeria in 1975 from Scotland. It was a weird experience for me because I don’t think I really understood what leaving the only society I’d ever known actually meant. The sense of displacement was very real and I was so confused, at times I would walk to our backyard in Apapa expecting to bump into our backyard in East Kilbride (don’t be harsh, I have always had a wild imagination). When we met my father’s family, I never felt they knew what to make of us. There always seemed to be an expectation of something to be given but never returned. I do not think this can be dismissed as youthful imagination. I still don’t think I was wrong. I could neither really relate to nor get really close to my cousins because of that mental barrier. At school for the first few years I didn’t really fit in. I grew to be quite popular but I always embraced the fact that I was seen as just a little different as a defense mechanism so it couldn’t be used against me. I remember we started meeting a lot of West Indians almost from the time we arrived in Nigeria. They were the first people who I felt embraced my family and I on our own merits. The “aunties” and “uncles” and their children formed that backbone of my social circle before the NWIA was formally constituted. Back then it was a group of fishes out of water supporting each other. By the time I was a teenager, NWIA kids made up almost all of my social circle. Maybe I should have been more inclusive, but it is a fact that without understanding NWIA you do not know me. There is an old photo of me at my father’s 1996 funeral that shows me flanked by NWIA kids and aunties comforting me. It was an NWIA kid who helped me look smart at my wedding, adjusting my lapel and tie. It was an NWIA kid that sang at my wedding. I married an NWIA kid. I suffered a major stroke in 2021 and threw a birthday party/celebration of healing that NWIA kids attended from all over. Even after all this time, they still hold me up, just like they did at my dad’s funeral. My fondest memories of Nigeria are almost all centered around NWIA events. There is no doubt about it, NWIA was my first family outside of nuclear family. My feelings about this are undiluted.
WHAT MAKES LAGOS SO SPECIAL ‘. A short documentary by Tony Tokunbo Fernandez coming soon . Watch this space. Also subscribe to our YouTube channel today at www.youtube.com/user/etekatoks
SO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW HAS 400 SUBSCRIBERS – BUT DO NUMBERS REALLY MATTER ?
I often hear people say that “its all about the numbers” as we live in “a number world“, But do numbers really matter? What are your priorities and your vision in the digital space?
To be honest, the number game has never been part of my long term goals or my core values as THE TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ SHOW is all about promoting the true life and success stories of African and Caribbean achievers around the world as well as feeding our listeners with inspirational content that will continue to make an impact on their lives. (Regardless of the number of listeners or subscribers we have each week)
I would like to encourage someone today to embrace your passion , your purpose, your calling, the things you believe in and the things you enjoy and with time you will discover that your journey becomes lighter as you embrace the beauty of fulfillment.
It is not always about the number of people in a room, its more about the quality of people in the room and how they are able to make a positive impact to the world with the sunshine that unfolds from their minds and their hearts .
‘Vie Clerc, French national/ EU citizen, arrived in the UK in June 2000, she has extensive experience doing community work with asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants for over 15 years.
Founder of HEM – holmewood ethnic minorities and susbsequently became the community development coordinator, was vice chair of Bradford refugee forum for 2 years, sessional worker at city of sanctuary, and Bradford action for refugees, collaborated with Kath Canoville and Jerry red Dred for last 12 years organising black history month, Sunctuary Sunday, refugee week events.
Mother of 2 children and support worker working with people with Dementia and people with disabilities. In the last 5 years, she has focused her time campaigning for the guarantee of the rights of EU nationals as an advocate for the group The3Million both locally, regionally, nationally and in the EU. She is also a Senior Admin and Advocate of the InLimbo Project – which is a not-for-profit non-political initiative set up by a group of EU27 citizens in the UK to record testimonies from the five million victims of Brexit and allow their voices to be heard.
The first book called In Limbo: Brexit Testimonies from EU citizens in the UK was published from crowdfunding in June 2017 whilst in June 2018, In Limbo Too: Brexit Testimonies from UK citizens in the EU was also published. Facilitator of the EU27 COmmunities of support in Leeds supporting Eu citizens with the human impact of brexit.
Since September 2019 until December 2020, she was the Bradford and Leeds outreach coordinator and free immigration adviser level 1 limited to the Eu settlement scheme (self employed) to support vulnerable Eu citizens and non uk non Eu family members to make their situation secure in the uk post brexit (funded by Bradford council) And lastly instigator of Global Bradford a community group bringing together migrants and descendants of migrants regardless where from and regardless of status. Experienced in doing bids, running groups and sessions, organising events and bringing people together. Since January 2021, working as enhanced support and resettlement officer for Rotherham council with caseload being mainly non U.K. nationals and those with complex needs.
.Nominations are now open for The Africa4u Online Awards for Bradford Achievers, aimed at promoting Community champions and upcoming Role Within the community.
We welcome nominations from people of different faiths and ethnic backgrounds.
You cannot nominate yourself and nominations need to be made by email to afripoet@gmail.com before the Sunday the 7th of August 2022.
The process of nomination includes providing a personal bio and picture of the nominee as well as why you feel the nominee should be awarded in less than 500 words.
Also watch this space for updates of all our other initiatives. T.T.F www.tonyfernandez.co.uk
A cousin of Basil, Roland Butcher had come to the United Kingdom at the age of thirteen from his native Barbados.[1] He was an aggressive middle-order batsman, who represented Middlesex between 1974 and 1990. His intuitive batting style owed much to the archetypicalWest Indian calypso flair.[1] He “secured his place in history when he became the first black player to represent England, making his Test debut at Bridgetown in 1980-81”.[3]
Butcher came to prominence during Middlesex’s successes in 1980 when they won the County Championship and the Gillette Cup, impressing with a rapid half-century in the final of the latter.[4] He had actually made his England debut two weeks later, impressing with another half-century on his one-day international debut against Australia.[5] He struggled more however on the 1980-1 tour against the West Indies who had the most powerful bowling line-up in the world at the time and did not play for England again.
In 1983, “he suffered a sickening injury which threatened his eyesight when struck by George Ferris“, but managed to recuperate and return to the sport.[3] He continued to enjoy success with Middlesex, winning the County Championship again in 1982 and 1985, and featuring in victories in the finals of the NatWest Trophy in 1984 and 1988 and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1983. In 1987 he won the Walter Lawrence Trophy for recording the fastest century of the season (in terms of balls faced) against Sussex
SOURCE- WIKIPEDIA
MORE ON MR ROLAND BUTCHER
England Cricketer, TV & Radio Commentator, Cricket & Football Coach, Author, Mentor, Innovator
First Black England Test and One Day International Cricketer. Professional cricketer with Middlesex County Cricket Club for 20 years. Director of Sports University it the West Indies 2004 – 2019. Director Barbados Cricket Association. Cricket West Indies Cricket Committee Member.
WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2022
What a weekend it has been for me, I had a wonderful birthday and I just woke up to find out I am the winner of International Male Artist of The Year for Gospel Choice Music Awards 2022 (USA). It is just so amazing to be recognised internationally and this means a lot to me. My main focus is to spread the Gospel through songs and impacting lives.
I am truly honoured and a massive thanks to Gospel Choice Music Awards for this recognition to all my amazing fans and others who voted. God bless you all.
The trophy is on it’s way and will share it when it arrives
Bradford’s Sinead Campbell is a singer-songwriter, creative producer and Music Instigator with Bradford Producing Hub. She supports the music scene within the district, curates music events and runs Bradford Buskival.
She is a soul singer who delivers smooth RnB basslines & propulsive rhythms. She seeks to inspire confidence in others and stands for connectedness. She has shared the stage with the likes of Basement Jaxx, Aswad and Arrested development, has support from BBC Introducing amongst others and is just getting started.
COMING SOON ON THE TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ SHOW – INTERVIEW WITH BRADFORD BASED SINEAD CAMPBELL
COMING SOON ON THE TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ SHOW- OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE AMAZING MERCIA
Mercia will be on the show to discuss how she survived Cancer on two occasions and her campaign to beat cancer through early intervention.
THIS IS A SHOW YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS
ABOUT MERCIA
Mercia Jensen lives in Birmingham, West Midlands. She is a graduate of The City University, Birmingham where she studies Paediatrics. She also studied sociology at The Open University and Psychology at The University of East London. She is very passionate about making a positive difference in many communities.
Mercia is a Cancer Ambassador. She is also The Birmingham Representative for our UK Based AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION
TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ 