Week32-2016

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...

#HowToFixNigeria: Dismantling Patriarchy

A special Africa Utopia edition of the Royal African Society's  popular #HowToFixNigeria panel series with Fatimah Kelleher, Dorcas Erskine and Elnathan John (T...

THE AFRICAN JAZZ CAFÉ

  Join Southbank Centre weekend residents Tomorrow's Warriors Youth Ensemble, conducted by Binker Golding, on a tour of Africa jazz giants. Connect w...

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...