Support AMA Awards by purchasing a ticket for a raffle to take place on the awards night on 29 October 2016 in Melbourne. Ticket cost is just $20 and winners will receive a ticket to fly to Dubai with Brunei Airlines. The ticket is offered by Tut Travel, one of the biggest African-run travel agency in Australia. The raffle is open to all. The ticket can be chased in different ways In person : Tut Travel office located at […]
September 17, 2016 It was a beautiful Saturday morning for the celebration of African culture in the city of Adelaide. The venue was the famous Victoria Square in the centre of the Adelaide CBD and the event was the Unmasked African festival, a brainchild of the African communities’ council of South Australia. African communities parade at the Unmasked African Festival in Adelaide Different African communities were represented in the crowd, as well as through the various presentations, including in […]
September 5, 2016 There are tears in my eyes as I walk down the beautifully tarred and manicured streets of Adelaide, a large metropolitan city with many suburbs that remind me of the tranquil presence of a village. My eyes are teary because of the strong winds blowing. I am kind of feeling fluish, but not sure if it is a simple seasonal flu or malaria? Coming from Africa, I know that the ingenious microorganism that causes Malaria can hibernate […]
The Victorian government is delivering $16 million of grants to community groups and programs to help boost participation for multicultural communities. Robin Scott, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Victoria Multicultural Affairs Minister , Robin Scott, today announced more than 250 applications were successful for funding grants under the new Capacity Building and Participation (CBP) Program. This program provides grants ranging from $5,000 to $230,000 for a period of between one to four years. The total funding allocation over four years is over […]
In what many see as the consequences of the success of Uber in the commercial passenger industry, the Victorian government has announced its intention to establish a single commercial passenger industry to create more jobs and provide greater transport choices for the public and better security for drivers. Daniels Andrews has unveiled today a set of new measures that are expected to transform the industry. The Premier wants to replace current licencing regime by a single registration system […]
So I watched the match between Brazil and Germany…well, not exactly…more like ran from the kitchen to shouts from the two male species in the living room to catch a glimpse of the Olympic men’s football match as the final penalty kick was about to be taken. As the man chosen to take this final decider prepared to kick the ball, a man, a young boy and a middle-aged woman thousands of miles away in a continent down under, players […]
Support AMA Awards by purchasing a ticket for a raffle to take place on the awards night on 29 October 2016 in Melbourne. Ticket cost is just $20 and winners will receive a ticket to fly to Dubai with Brunei Airlines. The ticket is offered by Tut Travel, one of the biggest African-run travel agency in Australia. The raffle is open to all. The ticket can be chased in different ways In person : Tut Travel office located at […]
September 17, 2016 It was a beautiful Saturday morning for the celebration of African culture in the city of Adelaide. The venue was the famous Victoria Square in the centre of the Adelaide CBD and the event was the Unmasked African festival, a brainchild of the African communities’ council of South Australia. African communities parade at the Unmasked African Festival in Adelaide Different African communities were represented in the crowd, as well as through the various presentations, including in […]
September 5, 2016 There are tears in my eyes as I walk down the beautifully tarred and manicured streets of Adelaide, a large metropolitan city with many suburbs that remind me of the tranquil presence of a village. My eyes are teary because of the strong winds blowing. I am kind of feeling fluish, but not sure if it is a simple seasonal flu or malaria? Coming from Africa, I know that the ingenious microorganism that causes Malaria can hibernate […]
The Fitrah Essay Writing 2016 Competition is for African- Australian youths in Victoria. The competition is part of Fitrah’s youth motivational and personal development programme for Africans and young Australians of African heritage. The competition promises great prices, awards, networking and mentoring opportunities with peers and successful personalities in the community. The competition is for Grade 6 & Years 7 -12. It runs from the 23rd August – 23rd September 2016 . Winners will be notified and presented at a […]
The Victorian government is delivering $16 million of grants to community groups and programs to help boost participation for multicultural communities. Robin Scott, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Victoria Multicultural Affairs Minister , Robin Scott, today announced more than 250 applications were successful for funding grants under the new Capacity Building and Participation (CBP) Program. This program provides grants ranging from $5,000 to $230,000 for a period of between one to four years. The total funding allocation over four years is over […]
In what many see as the consequences of the success of Uber in the commercial passenger industry, the Victorian government has announced its intention to establish a single commercial passenger industry to create more jobs and provide greater transport choices for the public and better security for drivers. Daniels Andrews has unveiled today a set of new measures that are expected to transform the industry. The Premier wants to replace current licencing regime by a single registration system […]
So I watched the match between Brazil and Germany…well, not exactly…more like ran from the kitchen to shouts from the two male species in the living room to catch a glimpse of the Olympic men’s football match as the final penalty kick was about to be taken. As the man chosen to take this final decider prepared to kick the ball, a man, a young boy and a middle-aged woman thousands of miles away in a continent down under, players […]
David Marlow is Executive Director of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV), which is the peak body representing Victorian Jewry. The JCCV organised the Inaugural JCCV Jewish – African Communities Friendship Dinner that brought together African and Jewish community members in an effort to build bridges between these two communities. In this interview with AMA’s Clyde S. Sharady, David speaks about his organisation, the motivation behind the dinner, media representations of migrant and ethnic communities, possible collaboration between the two […]
The Victorian government has decided to go to war against the Turnbull government over the family day care rort. Minister for Families and Children Jenny Mikakos is reported to have called on the Turnbull Government to cease funding new Family Day care services in areas already saturated with services, and undertake a review of the sector. African women providing Family Day care services in the community The arrest last week of two men in Sydney on charges relating to […]
As over 200 countries converge on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics Games, there is one country that has never been there before and that country is the Republic of South Sudan. The historic appearance of South Sudan in the world’s most populous and biggest sporting event came after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) accepted the new country as its 206th member nation in August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur. Many South Sudanese around the world who were fortunate to […]
Australian census takes place every five years. The evening of Tuesday, 9 August, 2016 is Census Night. Census figures are well respected official figures. It is important that the 2016 Census gives a complete account of the population of people of African background, a growing community in Australia. Australian politicians and service providers rely on Census figures and would usually ask how many of people of your ethnic background live in a suburb, local council, constituency or state. […]
The Djiboutian diaspora in Melbourne organised its first ever independence day festival on 08 July 2016. The event took place at a quiet inner city suburb of Thornbury, in Melbourne North. Over two hundred people attended the event, including many friends of Djibouti. The successful event was organised by Mouktar Mohamed Robleh, a Djiboutian who arrived in Melbourne just over two years ago and who is keen to raise the flag for his country, the republic of Djibouti. Cultural dance […]
Matthew Neuhaus is the Assistant Secretary, Africa Branch, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and former ambassador to Zimbabwe and the DRC. Mr Neuhaus addressed a group of Africans who attended the launch of the Australia Zimbabwe Business Council (AZBC) on Friday 29th July 2016. Mr Neuhaus was interviewed by AMA’s Clyde Sharady and spoke about the role of the African Diaspora in contributing to Africa’s development, as well as the relationship between Australia and Africa, amongst other things. […]
A conservative right winger called me a silly liberal hippy for trusting Muslims and not giving in to the medias brainwashing. He says you can’t be sure which ones are safe and which ones are dangerous. Maybe he was right. I’ll give this a try. From now on I won’t be trusting ANY Muslims. “Islamic” terrorists are blowing things up and killing innocent people everyday, so as far as I’m concerned, all of you are a threat to me. But […]
Tommy Adebayo’s story begins like that of so many migrants in Australia. In this case, Tommy and his wife Bola were born in Oyo State, Nigeria. They both lived and practiced their profession in Nigeria before migrating to Australia to seek a better life. Like many migrants, Tommy had many questions during his adjustment period. However, finding the answers was not always easy, Tommy laughs wryly as he remember, “I had to go to 20 different places sometimes just to […]
1.– Nominate any African-Australian restaurant that you believe to be the best. Send your nominations through AMA facebook page. Click here and once you are on AMA facebook page, Like it first (if you have not yet done so) and then send a message with the name of the restaurant and their facebook page (if they have one), along with any other information you may have. 2.– Anyone can nominate a restaurant they like and everyone who sends a nomination […]
The nominations are now open for AMA AWARDS 2016. This year we have combined the two awards program that we have been running since 2013, namely the Victorian African Community Awards and the National African-Australian Person of the Year Awards. We have put these two programs together and rebranded the program which is now called AFROSHINE AUSTRALIA awards. The program is open to all Africans from around Australia and their friends and supporters. Please take 5 minutes to nominate any […]
The Herald Sun published an article on Wednesday 20 July 2016 with a big bold title: SAFER IN AFRICA. The article talked about the desperation of some African parents who are sending their teens back to Africa to escape Melbourne’s youth culture that is dominated by violence. The article is interesting in many ways, but not for the right reasons. After all, the Herald Sun has an established reputation on picking on migrants in general and African and Islamic communities […]
The world wide web was preliminary designed to connect people electronically from different parts of the world. However, over the last decade or so, serious concerns have been raised about the safety of the internet. No doubt, the internet is one of the best resources available to us today, whether we are talking about performing our day-to-day duties or simply bonding with our families and/or friends. However, the internet has now become extremely dangerous and many industries have been created through […]
Adedayo Charis, an engineering student and entrepreneur from Nigeria, currently residing in Australia, is set to launch his tracking device startup iKON Tracker. iKON Tracker is a tech device that can be attached to any non-tech item to give people a means to track their belongings. While this application is very much a way to help people find lost items, it also can be applied to people as a way for parents to keep track of their children. Charis […]
Criminal activities by a section of African-Australian youths in Melbourne is becoming a serious problem. We must have the courage to acknowledge this issue and find ways deal with it. Many of our young people are increasingly choosing a life style centred on crime and anti-social behaviours. Although their number is still a tiny minority, but it is on the increase. Young Africans, many from a South-Sudanese background have been reportedly involved many criminal behaviours over recent months and the number of such incidents keeps […]
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