Afrikan Liberation Day Pledge Form

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From : Sounds of Edutainment
The Proposal
Sounds of Edutainment (SoE) writes this letter/proposal/pledge form to request your
support towards Afrikan Liberation Day observation event to be held at Drill all in
!ohannesburg ne"t to the #$% %ord $a"i &ank on Sunday' ()
th
#ay (*+(, $he theme
for this year-s Afrikan Liberation Day event is. PanAfri!anism. Let us Dare to
"ein#ent the Future$ inspired by $homas Sankara, /inan0ial assistan0e is needed to
hire the venue and 1A system' print flyers and posters' and for the in0entives for
performers' presenters and organi2ers, $he least support you 0an give will be mu0h
appre0iated,
The %on!ept
Afrikan Liberation Day' (ALD) was founded by 3wame %krumah and the 4onvention
1eoples 1arty' April +)' +5)6' on the o00asion of the /irst 4onferen0e of 7ndependent
Afri0an States whi0h was held in A00ra' 8hana, Eight 9independent: states' Ethiopia'
Egypt' 8hana' Liberia' Libya' #oro00o' Sudan and $unisia attended it, $he +)th of April
was de0lared Afri0an /reedom Day' 9to mark ea0h year the onward progress of the
liberation movement in Afri0a' and to symboli2e the determination of the 1eople of
Afri0a to free themselves from foreign domination and e"ploitation:,
$he date was marked ea0h year to take note of the progress of the Afri0an liberation
movement and symboli2e the determination of the people of Afri0a, ;n #ay ()' +5<='
=+ Afri0an leaders 0onvened a summit meeting to found the ;rgani2ation of Afri0an
>nity (;A>), $hey renamed Afri0a /reedom Day as 9Afri0an Liberation Day? and
0hanged its date to #ay (), $he founding date of the ;A> is also referred to as 9Afri0a
Day:, $oday' Afri0an Liberation Day is 0elebrated in Afri0a' the 4aribbean' the >SA and
4anada,
Sounds of Edutainment
Sankofa &ouse
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The E#ent
$he symposium starts at +=.** till +<.=* and will be #4-d by #o2iah 8arvey, $he live
0on0ert starts from +@.** till (*.**, $he e"hibitions will be on throughout the day,
The Aims
+, $o popularise observation of Afrikan Liberation Day with spoken and written
word and musi0 so as to promote unity among Afri0ans and toleran0e as to
prevent more "enophobi0 atta0ks,
(, $o provide an opportunity for artists and a0tivists to debate' intera0t' network and
find solutions to Afri0an 0hallenges,
=, $o promote arts development by providing a platform to perform for young
0reative minds and established spoken/written word artists and address so0ial
issues 0lose to their 0ommunities and hearts,
A, $o promote and display the manner by whi0h Afri0ans' lo0al and 0ontinental'
should relate to one another and refle0t on Afri0a Liberation Day,
), $o en0ourage 0ultural e"0hange amongst the people of Afri0an 0ontinent from
different regions so as to learn about ea0h other-s 0ultures and dis0iplines,
.udget for Afrikan Liberation Day E#ent* +/ 0ay +1'2:
3tem Amount
Benue ire &+ *** **
Sound ire C ( plus engineer &) *** **
) *** one 0olour A< flyers &+ )** **
+)* one 0olour A= posters &+ *** **
$ransportation and 0ommuni0ation & )** **
7n0entive for " (#4s at &+ *** ea0h &( *** **
7n0entive for < " Solo a0ts at &)** ea0h &+ *** **
7n0entive for (bands D &) *** and &=
***
&6 *** **
7n0entive for a drumming group & A** **
7n0entive for ;rganisers C ) D &+ *** &) *** **
Do0umentation &( )** **
Eanners C ) D &)** &( )** **
Total "41 211 11

$o date we have raised (finan0ially) &= *** ** from !ohn $rimble
.a!kground
Sound of Edutainment (SoE) organi2es poetry sessions to remember histori0al figures
and eventsF help develop healthy' 0ons0ious youth by promoting appre0iation for poetry
and musi0F and prevention of 0rime' disease' drug abuse' hate' poverty and inequality, A
nonGprofit organi2ation established in +55@' SoE has undertaken proHe0ts in partnership
with Aids 4onsortium' Eotsotso 1ublishers' Edu0ation &ights 1roHe0t' 8auteng ealth
Department' 3hanya 4ollege' Levi-s' !ubilee SA' #otheho #okhantso 7nnovators' &osa
Lu"emburg /oundation' Sowetan' $Gshirt $errorist' Iits Iriting 4entre and others,
Pledge 3nformation
7 (we) pledge a total of &JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ in support of the Afrikan Liberation Day
programme,
7 (we) plan to make this 0ontribution in the form of.
%ash %he5ue %redit %ard
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%onta!t: 9:eli T:alo* %E;* Sounds of Edutainment
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