ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, TENDAI CHAGWEDA – LIFE COACH, DJ & SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT

Zimbabwean blood and London native, South Londoner ‘Tendai’ goes by the DJ name ‘Petite DJ’ and she teaches adults and children, including those on the Autism spectrum, how to DJ at DJ studios in Dalston, East London. Her brand “Inspiring DJs” has partnered up with Tim Campbells Bright Ideas Trust to deliver concreate business advice, and soft and hard skills for wanna-be and established DJs. DJs also showcase their skills and talent at Corporate Networking events in the City and Canary Wharf for Generation Success and have recently been head hunted to DJ at their 2nd residency in Londons trendy Camden Town. Inspiring DJs also assists existing DJs to increase their profile and engagement on mixes helping them to get their ideal bookings, residencies and demand for mixes to be played on radio shows worldwide. Tendai’s passion for Afro and South African House got her featured on BBC World News, speaking about the rise in African House music in London. She DJs Deep, Soulful, Afro and South African House music and her vibrant and energetic sets can be heard in venues across London at corporate, commercial and underground gigs with DJ residencies with South African Tourism UK, Rhythm n Funk, and Dubai House brand #Afrocentric. Her “Soul Seductive Sessions” mixes have been hosted on shows worldwide from Romania to New York, including interviewing South African artists to educate listeners on the sounds she herself was heavily influenced by. She vowed to fly the flag and became the go to person for South African and Afro House mixes here in the UK, Europe and Africa. Tendai grew up playing music to her peers in school choirs and assemblies playing Baritone, Trombone and Clarinet, thus the transition from musician to DJ felt like a natural progression, as she continues to become at ONE with the music. Tendai is also a Transformational Coach and Social Media Trainer, teaching people how to market themselves effectively on and offline, and has been practising the Law of Attraction and vision boards for over 20 years since discovering Susan Jeffers “Feel the Fear and do it anyway” book. A true believer in positive thinking and manifesting in abundance, Tendai has created over a dozen different boards in as many ways and teaches others how to dream and create their dream lives through goal setting and manifesting via vision boards.

TENDAI

 

 

ZIMLINK AIMS TO PROMOTE SOME AMAZING INITIATIVES IN 2018, WATCH THIS SPACE

Zim Link aims to promote the free exchange of information and knowledge with local people through film, media and photography.

For more information on some amazing initiatives this year
Call 07402 450760

www.zimlink.org

 

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Mission

Use film and photography to empower individuals to work together to create better understanding of the world around us. We will join together with our brothers and sisters to learn and transform our understanding, creating new links to encourage a better understanding of the planet we live in.

 

TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ – AT YOUR SERVICE IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND BEYOND

DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
WISHING YOU ALL THE VERY BEST IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND A MONTH FILLED WITH INNER PEACE AND SUCCESS STORIES

MY SERVICES IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY – CONTACT ME TODAY

MC Hosting for corporate functions, business expos and network seminars

Customised social media promotion for Entrepreneurs, Start up businesses, and Social Events across various Social media channels

Inspirational Talks for Educational Institutions and Community groups

Talks and Video Presentations on themes related to West African History and Black History (We are also taking bookings for 2018)

CONTACT US TODAY ON +447882809005 TO MAKE A BOOKING, OR DROP US AN EMAIL : afripoet@gmail.com
T.T.F
IF YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE US TO ORGANIZE AN AFRICA4U AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN ACHIEVERS IN YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, GET IN TOUCH TODAY ON +447882809005
WE HAVE ORGANISED SMALL SCALE EMPOWERMENT AFRICAN AWARD INITIATIVES IN THE UK, THE U.S.A, HOLLAND, GERMANY, NIGERIA, ROMANIA AND MALTA
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE TODAY AT www.tonyfernandez.co.uk

 

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN,S DAY, 8TH MARCH 2018, ENUGU, NIGERIA – AN EVENT YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS

Are you a teacher, join us in this conference as your job is at risk.

Are you a lawyer, join us in this conference as you will learn how to increase your client number?

We welcome our judges to attend as they will have an in-depth understanding of domestic abuse which will help them make fair judgment?

Are you a researcher, please join us as we have one of the best researchers from UK on issues of domestic abuse? We are partnering with them to roll out a research that will be peer reviewed in the international arena.

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ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK, MAUREEN ALIKOR – POET, BRAND STRATEGIST & ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN

Maureen Alikor is a graduate of English Studies from the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Rivers State.

She is a writer, a poet, a social media marketer, a brand strategist and an entrepreneur.

She is the convener of Demystify Abuse Campaign, an NGO set to combat the issue of rape and sexual abuse. She is FIDA (International Federation of Female Lawyers, Rivers State Branch) ambassador. An advocate against stigmatization against rape and sexual abuse victims.

She also advocates for victims to live beyond their experiences as life doesn’t have to come to an end for them. She is the founder and lead brand strategist of Ripplegasm Ventures, a consulting, PR and media company that specializes in brand development, marketing and advertisement.

She is a member of Port Harcourt Literary Society, serving under the resident poet as administrative secretary. She is a farmer, focusing on Cassava production. She facilitates an online relationship class called Bolt & Hinges. She believes that sound relationship and emotional management is essential for productivity. She is an advocate for purposeful living and has spoken on purposeful living on TV, radio and various events and platforms

 

MAUREEN

POETRY CORNER – [ origins ], WRITTEN BY ABEIKU ARHIN TSIWAH FROM GHANA

[ origins ]

😐
some bodies survive under water
when a heart breaks 
and tears form a castle

good things happen effortlessly
like finding love in a wand
in the middle of a terrorist attack

ugly things do not survive day light
they are like alphabets
breaking into sentences in darkness

beautiful things are not always beautiful
sometimes it is just the music in their rigid bodies
that attract our feet in the sand

someone next door died a night ago
and our neighbour’s dog came wailing
like it had mistaken a stone for a bone

but you see – not everything makes sense to all men
while some are smokeless cigarettes
others are mayhem writing crustal bodies in the sand

my mother isn’t dead yet
but i cry as much as a child
whose mother died on a moon a night ago

not everyone is a product of the earth
some are dead bodies
resurrected in poems & silicon chips

on every wednesday
i want to be like a god with bones & heart
that can be broken by the hand of love

but you see – i’m no god
& i’m no spirit but biology
finding a woman to breathe life into
😐

#TheCapeCoastBoy
#TheVillageThinkers

 

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ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK – NKECHI UGOCHUKWU, FOUNDER OF CENTER FOR GIRL CHILD RESEARCH

Nkechi Ugochukwu was born in May 19th, 1993 at Osina Community Hospital, Ideato North Local Government Area, Imo State. She is the second child of Mr and Mrs Emmanuel Ugochukwu from Eziokwu Ozuakoli Urualla in Ideato North Local Government. Urualla is one of the rural communities in the state in which its inhabitants specializes mostly in Agriculture and Small Scale businesses.
As a young girl, Nkechi was born with a physical leg condition caused by lack of vitamin D which brought series of psychological abuses and rejections from peers, family members and teachers who called her ugly and told her she will not be getting married. These abuses led to her suffering of  severe low self esteem and lack of self confidence.
 “Based on the saying that every disappointment is a blessing in disguise”, Nkechi buried her time in reading. Books and movies became her best friends and with the knowledge acquired, she conquered low self esteem by confronting the circumstances that tends to pull her down.
 At 19, she tried running an NGO that aims to help young girls overcome low self esteem, it failed due to lack of leadership qualities. Two years later, she cofounded an organization called Mind Miners Initiative into motivating young girls to become whom they really want to be. She has worked as volunteer in different local and international organizations where she focused on helping communities and individuals become the best part of them.
As a passionate girl child advocate with the goal of becoming an international girl child advocate and research consultant, Nkechi founded Center For Girl Child Research And Advocacy where she focuses on helping individuals and organizations working around gender by providing appropriate verifiable qualitative and quantitative data and also help to develop effective intervention strategies on these issues. This is aimed at eradicating gender harmful practices and abuse globally.
She hope to continue her work as a community developer with a focus on women and Girls.
nke

INTRODUCING “AFRIKA OUTLOOK” AS PART OF AFRICAN HERITAGE TV MAGAZINE, HAMBURG, GERMANY

Providing the platform for our own narratives.
Studio Talk Guest (s)- (Celebrities, Politics, entertainment, Civil Society, Business)
= Music Segments:- (Music from Stars & Celebrities as well as from newcomers and young talents)
= Inside the Community:- (Short Reports from AO Team on: Political Events, Religious Events, Social Events, Associations Events, Business Events e.t.c.)
You are welcome to join our team if you are in Hamburg and you are interested in providing our narratives

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“MY LITTLE BOOK OF SPIRITUAL SECRETS” WRITTEN BY AFRICA4U AWARD WINNER- BEN EDEM (GET YOUR COPY TODAY )

In view of this, Ben began a movement to assist people understand more about spirituality, the power within, as well as the technicalities of the spirit realm.
With a blend of motivation and spiritual revelations, Ben has effected changes in the lives of people within and across Africa.
In his book, “My little book of spiritual secrets”, you’ll understand the spiritual mysteries of the elements, traditions, and dogmas.
You’ll understand the spiritual power of the sun, the moon, and numbers. You’ll discover answers to trivial questions about angels, dreams, and spirituality. You’ll understand the spiritual significance of the first day of the third month, the eighth month and many others.
For more information contact +2348091051678
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POETRY CORNER “AND OUR SHRINES NOW HAVE HOLES” WRITTEN BY KENNETH CHRISTIE ATITI

-and our shrines now have holes-

I woke up as a wizard today
with scales on my palms
and rivers beneath my footsteps

so I walked on
along that thin glass
of flowing men like plenty water
and women whose hair were snakes like Medusa

before noon
I was an ordinary man
who was carried like a baby
on the back of many worrying spirits-

they were my kindred
from future times
and were only here
to break the endless tide
of mother and child in an open market

but they would tear my tongue at noon
when they sought feathers of eggshell sublimities
at the fiery festival of tangled rhythms
where they spoke in scents of a sleepless bride

and still there
I saw her proud again in flashing memories –
like a clan-country-continent
dressed in colourless robes

yet if we must call names
let us not Trump all in one hole –
where black cocks claim innocence
at the unconcerned rites
that would cut their brothers’ throats
and then cry fowl

but we all came from God’s loin
at the breaking age
where we washed our navels with dew drops
by the side of the Martyrs’ blood
at these comings and goings
of a groping “igbakhuan” ancestry
not knowing that gods stay home
in their own shrines

and I will wear my beads proudly
and not let this error of darkening clouds
prevail in his mouthing judgment
even if it is still noon –

for his words run from him too
as we do from our unkempt shrines

Kenneth Christie-Atiti.
©2018.

 

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