African Voices Podcast: Episode 6!

In this episode, we feature:

• Top news stories from the African continent
• Upcoming Events
• An exclusive interview with Kinobe from Kinobe & the African Sensation, a music group based in Uganda
• Advice Box: Scholarships and Jobs for young African and African Americans
• Music from Uganda's Kinobe & the African Sensation

Click here to listen! 

African Youth Forum TOMORROW!

UAO's African Youth Forum is almost upon us! The Forum will bring together 100 high-school and college age  young people from African-American and African immigrant communities. It takes place on:

Saturday, March 31

10:30am-5:00pm

6th Floor, 10 West 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616

We look forward to seeing you at the African Youth Forum tomorrow!

UAO talks African Youth Forum on CAN TV

This week, United African Organization interviewed Bryan Echols and Chioma Anigbogu about the African Youth Forum taking place on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Click the video below to play. For more info on the African Youth Forum, click here.

Fela! Musical in Chicago

The show Fela! is coming to Chicago next week:

Fela!

Oriental Theatre, Chicago Illinois

March 27, 2012 - April 15, 2012

"FELA!, the joyous dance, theater, music spectacle, has thrilled audiences in three continents. The Tony Award® winner, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones explores the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti. FELA! comes to Chicago’s Oriental Theater following its sold-out run at London’s prestigious National Theatre where The Guardian’s Michael Billington exclaimed, “It breaks down conventional barriers between stage and auditorium and joins passion and politics. The dancing is ecstatic, the music lifts the spirits, and the stage is alive with movement.” Bill T. Jones earned a Tony Award® for Best Choreographer."

The show is produced by Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Jay-Z. It centers around the great Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. 

Tickets can be purchased here

UAO talk African Youth Forum on CANTV tonight

Tune into CANTV (Channel 19 & 21) from 6.30PM to 7.00PM tonight to watch the UAO's monthly show! Tonight our guests are Bryan Echols and Chioma Anigbogu. They will be talking about their efforts to unite African and African-American youth, and about our upcoming African Youth Forum.

The African Youth Forum takes place on March 31, 2012 and is open to all high-school and college age young people. Click here to register.

Screening of “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai”

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This Sunday, March 25, the National Council of African Women, Chicago Mid-West Branch will screen a documentary film about Kenyan human rights activist Wangari Maathai. Ms. Maathai passed away last year.

“Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai”

Sunday, March 25, 2012

2pm-4pm

Liberty Baptist Church

(Lower Auditorium)

4849 S. King Drive

Chicago, Illinois

"The sixty-five-minute documentary film tells of the life, struggles, inspiration, and achievements of Ms. Maathai (1940-2011), leading to her winning a Nobel Peace Prize for her work, which changed the entire nation of Kenya. Her simple act of planting trees grew into the internationally renowned Green Movement to restore the environment, human rights, and democracy for all, including women. This film is an inspiration for all who share concerns for human dignity, rights, and justice; and it speaks to spirituality as a basis for human progress."

African Youth Forum coming March 31!

A reminder that the UAO's African Youth Forum will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2012, from 10:30am-5:00pm on the 6th floor of 10 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL.

The African Youth Forum will bring together high-school and college-age African-born and African American young people to dialogue around key issues in their communities.

The main themes of this forum are: Immigration, Education & Incarceration.

The African Youth Forum will include discussions, performances, poetry and music. Lunch will be provided.

If you are of high-school or college age, and would like to participate in this Forum, please REGISTER here. The Forum is free but you MUST REGISTER to attend.