The White Night Festival took place in Melbourne for the second time in late February 2014 and Lamine Sonko was the main representative of the African music and culture on the Night. AMA’s Agum Maddit was present to capture the rythms and colours of the night and spoke to the multitalented Sonko.
In this new “Health Section” AMA intends to discuss health matters with a particular focus on African communities around the country. AMA is looking for contributions from health care professionals (Doctors, nurses and other practitioners from an African background or those working with African groups). If you can help in this area by either writing articles or making yourself available for regular interviews to discuss health, hygiene and well-being, please contact us through our email : info@africamediaaustralia.com or call 0437724469. […]
Rhobi Silla Crosby introduces AMA Swahili service, another addition to AMA’s publications for 2014.
A celebration of colours, rhythms, food and more Dive into a vibrant tapestry of colour, music, food and dance when you join us at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on Saturday 22 March, 11am to 5pm at the Afro Latino Festival. For centuries Latin American and African cultures have combined to create a unique amalgamation of music, dance and art, and the Afro Latino Festival is the only festival in Sydney where you can celebrate both cultures. Liverpool City Council Mayor Ned Mannoun said the […]
In 2014 AMA is introducing several new services in different languages spoken within African in Australia as a means to better connect with the communities. In this short video Hussein ZamZame introduces the Arabic Service, which will now become a regular feature of AMA publications.
Victoria Police is encouraging African-Australian to consider applying for Protective Service Officers (PSO) and add a plus to the multicultural nature of this special contingent of the force that deals with Public transport safety issues, amongst other things. AMA recently spoke to a new graduate PSO who was quite keen to share his story. (This video is sponsored by Victoria Police).
Anecdotal reports indicate a significant increase in home ownership within African Communities. Most families buy houses in Western Suburbs, as well as South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In this video that is sponsored by Infinity Property Group, a family from South Sudan talks about how it achieved the dream to own and build a brand new house with the help of Infinity Property Group that takes a particular interest in facilitating things for migrants throughout the whole process from obtaining […]
Agum Maddit introduces her new program in Dinka on AMA, which is part of AMA’s 2014 plan to connect better with communities through the use of native languages and enable everyone to use the platform to tell their stories. AMA is looking for Dinka speaking individuals to contribute to this program. If you are interested, please email “info@africamediaaustralia.com”
AMA is now resuming regular publications after an extended Christmas break and there is a lot of new things that are being planned for 2014 including new services in Arabic, Dinka and Swahili to ensure that all members of our communities, including those with lower english proficiency can still benefit from AMA’s services and be able to tell their stories in their own native languages.
Dr Helen is an honorary fellow from Victorian university. She met the late president Mandela three times and tells her story about the great man.
The Southwest Christian Chruch’s “African Celebrations” group celebrates the end of the year 2013 in Williamstown, Melbourne.
The inaugural Victorian African Community Awards 2013 took place in Richmond, Victoria on 7 December 2013. Close to 200 people attended the event and approximately 4o individuals and organisations received awards for their work in supporting African communities in Victoria. This is the first of four videos to be released in relation to this important event.
The Victorian African Community has honoured the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela at the inaugural Victorian African Community Awards (VACA) night that took place at Richmond town-hall on Saturday 7 December 2013. Several community leaders and prominent members of the African Community in Melbourne came together and held a minute of silence and made statements for the occasion. A group of entertainers, including Lamine Sonko, the renown musician and griot from West Africa will also performed songs in […]
Marion Cabannes is passionate about the continent of Africa and its people. She has travelled the continent, mostly in West AFrica and and since she moved to Australia from her native France she has met several dozens of Africans asking them to tell their personal stories, their journeys and cultures and has started a blog to share the stories with the rest of Australia and the world.
Ayuen presents the South Sudanese Women Fashion show to take place on Friday 15 November 2012. The video is in Arabic.
Lamine Sonko is a musician/poet/griot who has been bringing the rhythms of West AFrica and Senegal to Melbourne for almost a decade. He is a talented musician with a lots of story to tell through songs words. AMA’s Stephanie interviewed him at AMA studio in Melbourne.
Agum Maddit is a young South Sudanese with a passion for the media and determined to make a difference in her community. She is joining AMA to help promote a more positive image of Africans in the wider society.
The Victorian African Community Award 2013 are scheduled for 7 December 2013 and in this Video Agum Maddit speaks to the Dinka community about the event and its significance in the community.
Members of the Eritrean community in Melbourne along with other community leaders speak to AMA about the recent boat tragedy that killed hundreds of Eritreans and other Africans in a boat sinking accident in high seas.
The Eritrean Community of Australia organised a memorial event at North Melbourne Community centre on 12 September 2013 to pay respect to and remember the hunders of Eritreans who perished following an asylum seekers’ boat sinking near the Italn island of Lampadusa. More than three hundred African individuals perished in this tragedy in early October with the majority of them from Eritrea. Several community leaders and local dignitaries attended the event which brought together approximately two hundred people from the Eritrean and […]
AMA’s Clyde Sharady discusses the impact of stress on the physical health of older Somali women with cross cultural researcher Georgia Birch and community research assistant Fadumo Mohomud. This is the second instalment of a four parts series on a research project that investigated physical activities in older Somali women in the Flemington area in Melbourne. See the first instalment of this series on www.africamediaaustralia.com
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