Drum: EVENTS
15
Baby Father’s
For Justice…
The first beats of the
DRUM hit the stage…
Who Killed Mr Drum?
In 1950s Jo’burg, nothing stirs… Can Themba is a
man who lives for a party – illegal booze, gangster
slang, the fizz of jazz music and the thrill of a
knife-fight - all pepper the wicked prose of Drum
magazine’s ‘Shakespeare of the Shebeens’. And
Drum’s Chief Reporter Henry Nxumalo parties
harder than anyone. But now Sophiatown is being
bulldozed clear for white housing. Henry lies dead
with twenty-three stab wounds. And Can’s
flaunting the law by loving a white girl….
Based on Sylvester Stein’s searing true story, Who
Killed Mr Drum? brings apartheid South Africa’s
black underbelly jumping to life – and tells of the
often fatal cost to these journalists in their
ultimately successful struggle to win freedom.
Who Killed Mr. Drum? Opens at the Riverside
Studios, Hammersmith on 26 August to 8 October,
2005. To book, contact: 020 8237 1111
www.riversidestudios.co.uk. Full details and exclusive
preview in the August/September issue of Drum.
Barnardo’s Children’s Charity is partnering the
Babyfather Alliance and Fathers Direct (the
National Information Centre on Fatherhood) in an
important Forum to be held at The Zion Arts
Centre, Manchester on June 8th. The seminar will
focus on Working with African Caribbean Fathers:
Engaging African Caribbean fathers as a positive
resource. Guest speakers include June Guishard
and Patrick Augustus, author of Babyfather.
The Seminar will be chaired by Errol John, New
Opportunities Manager of Barnardo’s and cofounder of The BabyFather Alliance in an exciting
mix of research and practice. Attendees will be
given the unique opportunity to learn methods
and strategies to engage black fathers in service
planning and delivery, exchange ideas and
experiences with other workers and professionals
in the field, plus fathers can develop a deeper
functional understanding of black family life.
June 8th 2005, 10am – 4pm.
Zion Arts Centre, 335 Stretford Road,
Hulme, Manchester, M15 5ZA.
Contact: 0161 226 1912