Menelik Music presents Anna Mudeka
In 1869 British MP John Stuart Mill was the first person in Parliament to call for women's right to vote. On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. Women in other countries did not enjoy this equality and campaigned for justice for many years.
In 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named Clara Zetkin (Leader of the 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women's Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women's clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin's suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women's Day was the result.
We at MenelikMusic & Education would like to mark this women’s week by inviting a great African woman ambassador. Having seen her perform at one of our previous gigs. We were mesmerised by her charisma and charm on stage and based on the comment we got from many of you, so did you. So common once again and make this week special, not only for Anna Mudeka but for all the women around the world still struggling to make their voices heard.
ABOUT ANNA MUDEKA
Anna Mudeka has been a professional singer, dancer and drummer since the age of 14. She has toured Japan with the late Ephat Mujuru and was also a member of Thomas Mapfumo's Blacks Unlimited. She has worked and performed with other well-known musicians including Leon Ruselsson and Stella Chiweshe, the Queen of Mbira. Since coming to the UK in 1995, Anna has continued to perform both traditional and original modern Zimbabwean music. She tours nationally and internationally with The Tambai Ensemble, runs workshops and gives solo performances based around Mbira. To date Anna has recorded five CD albums: Chirungu, Rwendo Nevadzimu, Cham'tengure and Hamunyare and the latest one Zvachose.
On the menu
Dance classes will start at 7pm (Congolese dance)
Food served at 8pm (see menu below)
Band on at 9pm
We look forward to seeing you all there.
All the best
Theodore & the team
MENU FOR 6th March 2009
To complement our Zimbabwean band, we offer a selection of typically African dishes, amongst other favourites
Dovi – Zimbabwean Peanut=butter Chicken with sauté potatoes
Bobotie – South African Spiced Beef
Drumsticks
Huku ne Dovi – Zimbabwean Vegetable Stew
West African Green Beans
Abesha Gomen – Ethiopian Greens
Mesir W’et – Ethiopian Spicy Lentils
Cardamon Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Green Mealie Bread with Pepper Sauce
Ghanaian Jollof Rice
Fresh fruit
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