Hi fellow Synergistas,
we are delighted to announce the first of three events coming up in the next month in which Synergy has a leading role. As Synergy grows, we are keen to begin to broaden out the scope of our productions, and start to raise money for some good causes. We are also very happy to begin a new relationship with a new venue – the Students Union of the London School of Economics, where many of the ideas behind Synergy were born, back in the days when some of us were studying there. We look forward to seeing you there…
The Synergy Community.
Synergy Communities and Tribal Vibrationz
Present
Kalahari
Raising money and awareness for the Kalahari Bushmen who are currently locked in a battle with the Botswanan government, fighting for the right to return to their ancestral lands.
Featuring:
:: Tribal Vibrationz room ::
Banco de Gaia – Live DJ set and video show
http://www.banco.co.uk
Gaudi Live Dub Laboratory – 7 piece dub band
http://www.gaudimusic.co.uk
Monkey Pilot (Whirl-y-Gig – Global Trance Dance)
http://www.whirl-y-gig.org.uk
Disco Patrick (Planet Angel – Funked up Breakbeat and Psy-trance)
http://www.planetangel.net/
Psychedelic jungle décor and UV backdrops, Tribal projections and visuals, plus student prices on the bar!
:: Indigenous People room ::
Kakatsitsi, Master Drummers from Ghana in fusion with
Greg Hunter (Matrix Reloaded soundtrack)
African rhythms meet western beats
http://www.indigenouspeople.org.uk
Youth (Dragonfly records – ambient chill)
http://www.youth.me.uk
Noodreem (Sangita Sounds – meditative trance)
http://www.sangitasounds.co.uk
DJ G (EdensoundS – chillout ethnic beats)
http://www.edensounds.net/
African batiques, indigenous artwork, information stalls and raffle, plus hot food and chai stall
Outside: Fire performance with fire eaters and fire poi to drums 11-12.00pm
Drum ‘n’ didj’ circle
(Djembes donated by Kakatsitsi)
(Bring your didgeridoo to join the Aboriginal resonance)
@
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
Aldwych
London WC2
Temple/Holborn tubes
http://www.lsesu.com/
on Friday, 23 September 2005
from 9pm to 3am
£10 (in advance; and for concessions on door)
£12 (door)
Advance tickets from Access All Areas
http://www.accessallareas.org 0207 267 8320
Or call 07989519368 for info and tickets
Profits of this event will be split between
Omaheke San Trust,
Survival-International
and the Synergy community centre.
http://www.santrust.org/
http://www.survival-international.org
http://www.thesynergyproject.org/events/23-9-2005/
Mogetse’s testimony on relocation from the Kalahari:
“I was born in this place and I have been here for a very long time. Now this relocation thing has come, but I don’t have the full truth about it. They come and say that I have to move, that this place is for animals. But why must I move and leave the animals? I was born with them and I must stay with them. I have that right.”
Mogetse Kaboikanyo was a Kgalagadi man who lived alongside the Gana and Gwi Bushmen in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. In February 2002, he was forcibly relocated to a camp outside the reserve. He died just four months later. He was probably in his fifties; his friends said his heart stopped beating. After years of struggling to remain on his land, Mogetse was buried in the desolate relocation camp, far from his ancestors’ graves
Survival and Bushmen info
http://www.survival-international.org/tribes.php?tribe_id=11
BBC’s John Simpson on the Bushmen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4480883.stm
LSE location Map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530770&y=181109&z=1&sv=houghton+street&st=6&tl=Houghton+Street,+London,+WC2a&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.
