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Please see information below: Topic: CECIL JONES (CJ) CLAFRO JAZOP SUMMER CONCERT Time: Aug 7, 2021 06:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84020253057?pwd=Z3ZtZjJKVU04NmRzU0dEVHFnMnlkdz09 Meeting ID: 840 2025 3057 Passcode: CJSAX

Freetown Film Labs is a British Council programme aimed at supporting young and emerging filmmakers to development their skills in producing short, high quality films.  The long term purpose of the programme is the creation of jobs opportunities and prosperity in Sierra Leone. The program is being delivered by Freetown Media Centre (Sierra Leone) and Nova Studios (UK). Due to the COVID 19 travel restrictions, the labs were

Barmmy Boy and Freetown Media Centre Many of the photographs and short films from Sierra Leone, which feature on our website, are produced by Barmmy Boy (Lansana Mansaray) who has been working with the Freetwon Society for many years. In 2009 the Freetown Media Centre (also known as WeOwnTV Media Center) opened, with the support of the WeOwnTV programme which was founded by American filmmaker Banker White. Today,

SUSANS BAY FREETOWN SOCIETY REPORT   On Wednesday the 24th March at Susan’s Bay Freetown at around 1800hrs the fire spread rapidly, because of the location close to the sea, there are no access roads so the fire service were not able to react quickly. There had been 4 fires in the last 5 years in Susan’s Bay, previously the Government with Freetown City Council had provided homes

FREETOWN SOCIETY CHAIRMAN REPORT The beginning of my visit included meetings with the Mayor of Freetown and also the British High Commissioner and British Council, this included partner organisations here, also the Hull Society represented by the Chairman Francis Mason. The focus had been to look into collaborations between local organisations to work together on specific projects to develop partnerships, to help each other with connections and resources.

Wilberforce Institute Debate:  Not Made by Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition Thursday 10th September 4 - 6pm BST Hosted by Wilberforce Institute Director Trevor Burnard, Dr. Bronwen Everill, the Class of 1973 Lecturer in History and a fellow of Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, will be talking about her new book, 'Not Made By Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition',  followed by a reply from Professor John Oldfield,

Wilberforce Institute Freedom Talks – in partnership with Hull's Freedom Festival The Wilberforce Institute has played a key role in supporting the Freedom Festival since its foundation during the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade in 2007. This year we are delighted to be contributing four 'Freedom Talks' that are part of their exciting programme. From the director of our Institute, to PhD students at the beginning of

The Krios of Sierra Leon Exhibition, at the Museum of London: Current opening times: 1.30am-3.30pm, Monday-Friday and from 10am-6pm on Saturday and Sunday. You now need a free ticket, which you can book in advance using the calendar on the Museum of London page.  https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands/whats-on/exhibitions/krios-sierra-leone Advance ticket booking is highly recommended, but there will be a limited number of walk-up tickets available on the day for spontaneous visits.  Call 020 7030 3300 to

Message from Mary Penn-Timity:   We secured funding for a new project which will see SLAS expand to the southern region in Bo, and also to Koinadugu district (Kabala); its a big project so the planning is huge! Please see the SLA tab for the details.   You will see that we will be in every district except in the east. You will also notice that we will

We are very grateful for the generosity of all our donors -   we met our target of £500! On 9th May 2020, The Hull Society received the sum of 5,853,000 Leones (Five million eight hundred and fifty three thousand Leones) from Mrs Mary Penn-Timity on behalf of the Freetown Society. The Hull Society Executive decided where the funds would be spent in support of Mayor Yvonne Akei Sawyer’s