Benefit Gig

• 28th Sep 2003

What? Never heard of him? Don't worry. Come & find out! We guarantee a night of passion, poetry & politics; Africa, arts & awareness; dancing, drums & dreams; jazz, justice & ….MUSIC!

BENEFIT NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF
MZWAKHE MBULI
(IMPRISONED SOUTH AFRICAN POET/MUSICIAN)
& RAISE MONEY FOR THE FIGHT TO CLEAR HIS NAME

SKOKIAAN local band playing South African township
MAMADOU Senegalese dance musician
MUHAMMAD KHALIL world blues poet
HENNA AL RASHID Caribbean poet
LOVE PHIRI Zimbabwean woman poet
ANDY HEALEY Africabeat DJ
TOMMY CALDERBANK compere extraordinaire
& SPECIAL GUESTS

FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2003 doors open 8.00pm
on stage 8.30pm
The Picket, Hardman St, Liverpool
wheelchair access
late bar

Tickets £6/£3 on the door or from News From Nowhere 0151 708 7270

Mzwakhe Mbuli is South Africa's beloved “People's Poet” and musician. Whilst attempting to expose police involvement in drug corruption in 1997, he was framed for a robbery he did not commit. For more info, check out link. He is finally being released on parole on 28th November so we'll be celebrating; he needs cash to fight for a presidential pardon (to clear his name & enable him to travel) so we'll be contributing; through his art he's an international leader in struggles for justice, so we'll be travelling with him.

Africa Oye brought Mzwakhe to Liverpool twice in the 90s – we want to see him back here!

Three years ago The Picket hosted a blinder of a night for Mzwakhe – it was a sell-out, the poetry inspired, the music rocked & the DJ grooved. Get your ticket early & be where the cultures of Africa & Liverpool collide.

City of Culture? You ain't seen nothin yet!