Wale Owoade is a Nigerian poet. He was finalsted for 2014 Laura Thomas Poetry Contest and won the Silver Prize at the 2015 Tony Tokunbo Fernandez International Poetry Contest.

His works have been published in DVERSE: Anthology of World Contemporary Poets, Via Grapevive II International Poetry Anthology, African Eyeball Anthology, Epistle of Lies Poetry Anthology and footmarks: Poems on One Hundred Years of Nigeria’s Nationhood.

His works have also been published on African Writer, Kalahari Review, The New Black Magazine, WORD UP and Mapple Tree Literary Supplement, Canada and a forthcoming publication in The Lake Poetry Journal, U.K.

He is the Managing Editor of EXPOUND Magazine.

Wale is very passionate about making a difference to Life

‘The Africa I know’ Written by Peter Njovu

The Africa I know

Is a sanctuary of awe and wonders

A rainbow with plentiful colours

Where flowers blossoms with joy

And trees grow bigger buttress roots

The Africa I know

Is a woman with great charisma

Who bore Zulu pride and Naija power

Who bore Shona zeal and Nyanja fame

Longer and longer she reigns

The Africa I know

Is a gentleman in a black suit

Who seeks and finds respect

Like a lion he roars

And like the river Nile he flows

The Africa I know

Has it all and more

From the tasks of Ivory coast

To Kimberly and her diamonds

What more is there not to admire?

The Africa I know

Shouts from Kilimanjaro

Quenches his thirst from Lake Victoria

And smokes with no fire from Victoria falls

The Africa I know is more than just proud

-She is blessed

DEAR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS,

THIS IS JUST TO INFORM YOU THAT THE FINAL LIST OF SHORT-LISTED NOMINEES FOR THE AFRICA4U ONLINE AWARDS FOR AFRICANS IN EUROPE 2015- SUPPORTED BY TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ IS NOW AVAILABLE,

THE OFFICIAL WINNERS OF THESE AWARD CERTIFICATES WILL BE NOTIFIED IN THE NEXT 14 DAYS.

BIO

Da Sweetnezz is a solo artist having previously been managed by LuSh Presents Agency. She is now currently seeking new management. But the talent doesn’t stop there. She was also part of a major organisation known as “Exodus 1st Movement”. Over the years she and these talented young musicians have collaborated on many tracks and music projects. Some of which are featured on her latest EP entitled; “Da Future Is Sweet”. I can confirm that “Da Future Is Sweet” is a masterpiece of new school jumpy beats, with lyrics one hundred per cent written by Da Sweetnezz, and she currently promotes them at every gig and live performance; the official release date was in January 2012, and it is available for free download here:

http://soundcloud.com/da-sweetnezz/sets/da-future-is-sweet/

Da Sweetnezz is currently working on a new project entitled ‘Da Future Is House’ which is scheduled for release in early 2015.

Da Sweetnezz is currently available for bookings for weddings, christenings, or any other party, celebratory occasion as a Singer/Performer.

She can perform a range of music genre’s covering songs and music to suit all tastes; this is also negotiable as if a specific song/genre is

Website

requested she can also provide this.

Press Contact da_sweetnezz@live.com

Booking Agent da_sweetnezz@live.com

The ZIWAs

The Zimbabwe International Women’s Awards – ZIWA – was birthed from the realisation that many worthy and deserving Zimbabwean women across the globe are overlooked. Adhering to Ghandi’s assertion to ‘be the change you wish to see’, we set out to change this status quo, and in 2014 launched an event to host and celebrate trailblazing divas of  Zimbabwean origin. Through recognising women internationally, we seek not only to applaud them, but also to inspire others to know that the glass ceiling is only but a mirage. Zimbabwean women are known for their work ethos; as Huchu rightly states in the novel ‘Hairdresser of Harare’, ‘we have forgotten who we are: ‘the children of the builders of the great Zimbabwe, the eternal city of stone.’

ZIWA are excited to share with you our latest developments. This year we are taking it to another level! Our team has expanded. We have also launched the ZIWA Community Programme that we hope can help empower the next generation. We encourage everyone to get involved. This programme will offer free personal development and empowerment support echoing the well-known adage, ‘if you educate a girl you educate the whole nation.’ We have also built a strong network of inspirational women, who are making big strides in their respective professional fields to act as mentors in our Mentorship Programme.

In addition, ZIWA will offer an awesome cocktail of empowerment opportunities that include our Single Parent, Health and Wellbeing, and Business Support Network Groups. These programmes are in the reach of every Zimbabwean woman, and we invite all to take part.

Our website – http://www.ziwaawards.com – will launch in April 2015 with details of the 2015 ZIWA Celebration and supporting programmes.

Shingai Mushayabasa for ZIWA

BRIEF BIO.
Philo Malize King, a philosopher and poet, hailed as The Philosophical Poet because of the esoteric style of most of his poems. He is a native of Ukpor Nnewi-south in Anambra state, Nigeria. He has a degree in philosophy(second class (Honours) upper division) from the Great University of Benin, Edo state, Nigeria. He is currently a master of Arts student of Metephysics at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria. Malize is a young man with an unusual crave for excellence, a voracious reader, critical and articulate thinker.

PROFILE.
Artistic Name: Philo Malize King
Phone:  08131010225
Date of Birth: 23rd May, 1987                                         Place of Birth: Onitsha, Anambra State
Sex:  Male
Nationality: Nigerian
State of Origin: Anambra State, Nnewi South.
Marital Status: Single

First Degree: University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria.
Course/ Year: Philosophy; 2006-2010

Second Degree: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Course/Year: Metaphysics; 2013-till date.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
Face book: Philo Malize King.
Twitter: @kingmalize.
Blog: philomalizeking.wordpress.com
OTHERS:
www.voicesnet.com
www.facebook.com/inop4all

Awake Nigeria! – Written by Mr Philo Malize King

My mother home, Nigeria
Bled and still bleeding from her implosion,
Ravaged and still ravaged by rapists of the incorrigible kind,
Racing against the racist,
Brain drained and drained of her mother’s milk
And left to ponder and wonder on her pong

Lugard is gone
She is left with guns, mirrors, broken fences
And a city whose centre cannot hold,                                         Regions of north and east
And south and west
Spent and used up.

Now free but packaged in locally made chains
The captive and captors
And the freedom to gain,
Impregnated by the sons of the soil
Still aborted by her own womb
And she points at the toothless vampires
Instead of cleansing her own

Nigeria, when shall thou dry thy soul, soiled?
And darken from birth of bribery, still oiled
Not by the deeds of the dead white devil
But still, thy investment in evil
Evil to thy seed
Ado and stop guzzling the exertions of thy breed
For the liars and lice that sucked thy vein
Glory and pleasure in thy pain

Purge thy system off corruption
And consciences, clogged of vain intentions
Listen to the tears of thy womb, crying acid,
To the caution from the tomb whispering in echo
Quit mourning in thy supplications,
Awake from thy hallucinations
Giants are not cowards; Goliath was at the battlefield first.

Nigeria my fatherland,
Wake up to the race of time
For the night is losing its hold,
Then, what tales will thy sons be told?
Not of thy premature ejaculation
Nor black exploitation.

The breast that I suckled,
Awake from thy muddle
Puddle no more
And rid thyself of the culture of corruption
Trade no more on the track of death
And remove the shoe of oppression.

DEAR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS,

THIS IS JUST TO INFORM YOU THAT THE FINAL LIST OF SHORT-LISTED NOMINEES FOR THE AFRICA4U ONLINE AWARDS FOR AFRICANS IN EUROPE 2015- SUPPORTED BY TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH ENTRIES FROM AFRICAN ROLE MODELS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
LETS CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE THEIR STORIES

STRANGE WORLD

I see blue
With all the stars in splendour
My being could not have fathomed
How o’er the sands I still see life
The wells, the seas, the universe
No vacuum I see not to have been filled
Earth, wind, water, and fire
Depravity of our old run state

I hear music
And the tunes I could not decipher
Birds patch on my window
Bugs buzz up on the trees
While the air itself
A music of freshness
Like the gods bless our presence in rhythms
My being is renewed with healing
While the woods stay close like pals
Still filling my home despite eviction

I pray
Let me sleep away in this garden
Of nature like manure to my growth
No need to wait for a paradise
This world in itself is built for such
The meals, the herbs, the feeling
Of freshness and life in sane
Beautiful to sight and soul
Where nothing else breaks the old layers
But for technology I fear the odds

I see doom
When smokes I could not curtail
Fill the air and the earth in pain
Animals cry and run for safety
Maybe in after-life we’ll see them again
The sand could no longer hold ground
Its top notches are washing away
Help! This is chaos but we’r not alarmed
My eyes turn in high speed
I’ve been teleported to a strange world.

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

Documentary:

press Interview :

Internet : rhythmandsax.com

Facebook : https://m.facebook.com/RhythmandSaxOrchestra

Music : http://rhythmandsax.com/audio-3/

Videos : http://rhythmandsax.com/gallery-3/videos2014/

Links : http://crazybentbrasstube.blogspot.com/?m=1

www. reverbnation.com/rhythmsax

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.”