Southbank Centre

AFRICA UTOPIA CLUBNIGHT

The Very Best, masters of Afro-Electronic vibes with their unique blend of dance, hip-hop and traditional Malawian music, take over the Festival Terrace with th...

FEMI TEMOWO

Join Southbank Centre regulars Groove Baby for an Africa Utopia special. Groove Baby concerts give parents and carers with babies or toddlers a chance to ge...

AFRICA UTOPIA SOCIAL DANCE

Learn traditional and contemporary dances from South and West Africa and get a feel for the rhythms of African music. The Clore Ballroom plays host to an aft...

MEET THE AUTHOR: LEILA ABOULEL

Hear Leila Aboulela read from and discuss her new novel The Kindness of Enemies. Aboulela has won a Scottish Book Award and the Caine Prize, and has been lon...

TERAKAFT

Hear a genuine desert rock band, sculpted by the searing air and shifting sands of the Sahara. Terakaft’s name means ‘caravan’ in Tamasheq, and its musicians...

TAWIAH

Hear this singer-songwriter and DJ bring her much-lauded talent to Friday Tonic. Tawiah’s sound is unprocessed and uncompromising, her a voice a singular ins...

ASYA SATTI

Welcome to the kaleidoscopic world of Asya Satti. Born in Stockholm to Sudanese parents, Satti was steeped in musical infuences ranging from Aretha Franklin ...

PROJECT O

Watch two women dance their way through a labyrinth of histories, fantasies and assumptions. A physical unfolding and enactment of difference, O winds itself...

PRESIDENTS OF LAUGHRICA

A Malawian, a Nigerian and a Ghanaian walk into a bar… The Presidents of Laughrica showcases the best comedians of the diaspora as they address the issues fa...

MEET THE AUTHOR: CHIBUNDU ONUZO

Meet Chibundu Onuzo, author of The Spider King’s Daughter, columnist for The Guardian and Telegraph Wonder Woman. Onuzo started writing her debut novel when ...