SOAS Festival of Ideas 2022

And bringing it all back home with a special event marking @SOAS 50-year-long relationship with West African Mande culture, featuring the legendary kora master Ballaké Sissoko eventbrite.co.uk/e/ballake-siss…

Exploring the links between music & visual art with musician/artist @TawiahMusic, artist & organiser @amahra_, musician & performer @mantawomanway / @reylxn & art historian Richard Hylton, chaired by curator @ademholness eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-vision…

Online event exploring the 'white racial frame' of music education & how to dismantle it, with musicologist @philewell , ethnomusicologist @katherineschof8, music tech innovator @KhyamAllami & activist @N8Holder eventbrite.co.uk/e/decolonising…

DJ Summit! Thinking about DJing as archiving, scholarship & cultural connection with a dream lineup of @lynneedenise (that's her in the pic), @HaroldHeathDJ, @djcolindale, @nabihahiqbal & @rundemcrew, followed by afterparty in the Student Union @soassu eventbrite.co.uk/e/dj-summit-af…

If, like me, jazz 'n' theory is your vibe you won't want to miss my online discussion with musician & cultural theorist Fumi Okiji, about her important book Jazz as Critique, which explains what Adorno got so wrong about jazz eventbrite.co.uk/e/jazz-as-crit…

Sound & Solidarity (@arman_nouri & Joseph Zeal Henry) bring their unique interactive workshop on music & activism to @SOAS, followed by a SHUBZ takeover party at a secret SOAS location eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-solida…

This one will be special: an incredible panel on the meaning of dance with H Patten (that's him in the pic), @mantra_dj , @CAdofo & Justin from @jazzrefreshed hosted by the wonderful @EmmaLWarren, followed by an afterparty in Soho eventbrite.co.uk/e/debating-dan…

Last year in my podcasting class a group of students made a brilliant podcast about diasporic music in London, so I invited them to record a special live edition for the festival, with guests, debate & live music eventbrite.co.uk/e/scattered-so…

...leading on to a special two-day event celebrating independent African film & filmmakers hosted by Professor Lindiwe Dovey & her African Screen World's team, including previews of 4 research films & special guests eventbrite.co.uk/e/african-scre…

My brilliant ex-colleague Estrella Sendra (just snapped up by Kings) has put together an incredible evening of debate & screenings on the relations between film & sound (pic from Ng’endo Mukii’s Yellow Fever, which will be shown on the night) eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sound-of…

I've been wanting to go deep with the brilliant jazz pianist Nikki Yeoh from time. For this one I'm talking to her at the piano, so she can play lots too eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-the-piano…

Opening with a bang - a night of collective spontaneous improvisation hosted by @SteamDown_ with @SOAS students playing instruments from Africa, Asia & the Middle East. Tix a tenner (+ small fee) including food. Hyped for this eventbrite.co.uk/e/steam-down-x…

So, this year I'm running the Festival of Ideas @SOAS. 29 Oct-30 Nov, 12 events, 3 parties, 50+ speakers. Most events are free & 2 are online. The theme is 'thinking through music' & YOU are invited. Events listed below, deets and tix here eventbrite.co.uk/o/soas-festiva…

THIS FRIDAY: Don't miss this important keynote lecture with Dr. Xhercis Méndez on...Decolonial feminism and "Transcending Dimorphism: Afro-Cuban Ritual Praxis and the Rematerialization of the Body." native.fm/event/keynotes…

Still (just!) time to catch this finale from @SoasOf - re decolonising "global publishing". Feat. @WasafiriMag's @malachimcintosh & @susheila_nasta, @MerkyBooks, Jennifer Wong + special guest Margaret Busby (@TheBookerPrizes 2020 chair). @aminayaqin #SOASFestivalOfIdeas

Last event of the @SoasOf Festival of Ideas with @malachimcintosh & @susheila_nasta of @WasafiriMag, Emma Wallace from @MerkyBooks, Jennifer Wong and Margaret Busby. Can't wait! facebook.com/SOASFestivalof…

The finale of the festival is the Race, Class, and Writing panel. Please join us using the link below. soas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98498474002

Decolonising - The Debate FOR @okazawarey and @yamilashannan decolonising AGAINST @kehinde_andrews and Brian Alleyne decolonising Join the debate at the link at this link: soas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/95428186545

The next event is a South Asian Multilingual Performance. Join us at the link below: soas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/88319563073

TONIGHT: Race, Class, & Writing: Decolonising the Publishing Industry @SoasOf (Festival of Ideas) FREE EVENT featuring @susheila_nasta, Founder of @WasafiriMag, Margaret Busby, @iamemmawallace of @MerkyBooks, @jennywcreative — moderated @malachimcintosh eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-class-a…