you can hear the interview conducted by Kymone Freeman of WEACT radio and hear a discussion both about the origins of the Julius Nyerere Commemoration, this year's program, and some of my thoughts as well.
Please feel free to share it widely and we urge you to attend on Sunday at the Gallery Serengeti in Capitol Heights from 5:00 - 7:00!
Enjoy,
Please feel free to share it widely and we urge you to attend on Sunday at the Gallery Serengeti in Capitol Heights from 5:00 - 7:00!
Enjoy,
On Sunday, November 2, 2014, the Julius K. Nyerere
Commemoration committee will convene its 6th Annual program
commemorating the life and work of Julius Kambarage Nyerere at Gallery Serengeti, located at 7919
Central Avenue, Capitol Heights, MD 20743, 301.808.6987 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. The exciting program will feature DC’s own singer/
songwriter Luci Murphy; dancer/singer/songwriter Anna Mwalagho from Kenya,
well-known to the Tanzanian community; griot and master storyteller Baba-C; Dr.
John Rutayuga of Ukimwi Orphans Assistance; Alexander Valentin Rodriguez
Salazar, 2nd Secretary of the Cuban Interest Section, and drummer/dancer/African
cultural expert extraordinaire Melvin Deal.
The Gallery is an apt venue for this important
program, with
its phenomenal African art displays, operated by Wisson West, who spent some of his formative years in Tanzania and has been a supporter of the Julius K. Nyerere Commemorations since their inception. Our keynoter is Elvira Williams, Executive Director of A.H.E.A.D., through which she, with her husband/ partner Dr. Irving Williams, has for 32 years been providing critical maternal and infant care services in Tanzania, that have vastly improved that nation’s infant mortality rate.
its phenomenal African art displays, operated by Wisson West, who spent some of his formative years in Tanzania and has been a supporter of the Julius K. Nyerere Commemorations since their inception. Our keynoter is Elvira Williams, Executive Director of A.H.E.A.D., through which she, with her husband/ partner Dr. Irving Williams, has for 32 years been providing critical maternal and infant care services in Tanzania, that have vastly improved that nation’s infant mortality rate.
Invitees include representatives from the Tanzanian
Embassy, Gloria Minott of WPFW-FM, DC’s own René Henry, and have included Dr.
Baruch ben Yehudah of Everlasting Life Health Complex, Mwiza Munthali of
TransAfrica and Jessica Mushala of S.H.I.N.A. Inc. The program will also
feature a Tanzanian style auction of African art.
Who was Julius Kambarage Nyerere and why should we
commemorate his life and work? Simply
put, he was a man who built a political career fighting poverty, ignorance and
disease – and winning! This program was begun by Leticia Nyerere (now MP,
Tanzanian Parliament) and local activist/admirer Rick Tingling-Clemmons, in
collaboration with a number of Tanzanians, to commemorate the life and work of Julius
Kambarage Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, who was a visionary leader
– kind, astute, a dedicated educator who led the nation to adopt Swahili as a
national language and embraced the title Mwalimu, Swahili for teacher, and
implemented Ujamaa, Swahili for collective work and responsibility. He authored several books; was a tactician
and a pan-Africanist who materially supported many of his fellow African
nations’ liberation movements. Nyerere – a great human being generally, and a
great African in particular.
Commemorating
his life and continuing his work should be seen as one of the keys that will
unlock the miseries of today’s woes as we fight against poverty, ignorance and
disease the world over.
We encourage you to attend this family-friendly life-affirming event!
Donations: $25 in advance; $35 at the door. Refreshments served
[checks should be made out to Rick
Tingling-Clemmons; put ‘Nyerere Commemoration’ in legend]
For more information,
contact Rick Tingling-Clemmons at miricotc@gmail.com or 202.388.1111.
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