{"id":3575,"date":"2014-02-28T02:44:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T02:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2015-08-13T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T15:41:36","slug":"awdf-x-brand-woman-africa-x-alliance-francaise-international-womens-day-press-event-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-x-brand-woman-africa-x-alliance-francaise-international-womens-day-press-event-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF x Brand Woman Africa x Alliance Fran\u00e7aise: International Women\u2019s Day Press Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"en\">Next Friday, March 7, AWDF and our new partner, Brand Woman Africa, will be hosting an International Women\u2019s Day celebration at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise d\u2019Accra. In anticipation of this artistic adventure, the press and several artists who will be featuring their work, were invited to the AWDF headquarters for a small meet-up. Despite the heat, everyone had a chance to share a bit of themselves and we heard from AWDF CEO, Theo Sowa; BWA Founder, Anita Erskine-Amaizo; AfterSchool Ghana Founder, Kinna Likimani; and Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Director, Patrice Gilles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3699  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"From right: Patrice Gilles, Theo Sowa, Anita Erskine-Amaizo, Kinna Likimani\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1778.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3705 \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1778-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Philanthropy is not something that others 'do' to Africa. We have African philanthropy to celebrate.&quot; - Sowa\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3711  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1786-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Gilles recognizes the importance of feminism and the strength of the African woman.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1795.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3717 \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1795-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;People overlook the arts, but art is what brings out the issues...I want to get African women to write their stories...get them to move their stories out of their stomachs and onto paper...when you put your thoughts onto paper, that is a radical act.&quot; - Likimani\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3718  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1802-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Likimani recognizes her friend, Alba Simprim, for her contributions to the art world and for being brave enough to share her thoughts through art.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3726  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1811-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Women are always saying, 'I look up to you,' and 'I want to be you.' And I say that if you want to be like me you would have to stop the clock and literally go back in time and crawl into my mother's womb...You can be you, and be better than me.&quot; - Erskine-Amaizo\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3728  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1813-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;We want the world to know that we are self-sufficient. With or without external help, we can actually do it...I want [BWA]'s story to be told from the perspective of the young African woman whose life we were able to change.&quot; - Erskine- Amaizo\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1794.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3716  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1794-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"French-Haitian musician, Cae, voices her excitement for next week's event and how privileged she feels to be  able to work with all of the women involved.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3712   \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1787-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"Sena Ahadji is another artist who will be at IWD March 7. She is a woman of many talents and finds inspiration in others and wishes to provoke peoples' imaginations. \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3735  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1821-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Closing remarks: &quot;We have to remember that we still have a long way to go. We still see that it's MEN, MEN, MEN! If you want true success, you have to include women. It is only when African women reach their potential that Africa reaches its potential.&quot; - Sowa\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1851.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3754  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1851-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF staff members get to know Cae and Kinna. From right: Likimani, Grace Amenyogbeli, Cae, Gertrude Annoh-Quarshie, Zeytuna Abdella Azasoo\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3741        \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1830-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF Finance Assistant, Mavis Gardiner, surrounded by her co-workers and friends who make the efforts of the organisation possible.\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1865.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3763   \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1865-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF family, including Sionne Neely in blue who has been dedicating a lot of time and hard work to International Women's Day this year.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1883.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3770   \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1883-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"Theo Sowa poses with three of the featured artists, Cae, Zohra Opoku and Alba Simprim. Likimani has said that &quot;bringing culture to AWDF has made all of the difference.&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3758 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1856-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AWDF, Brand Woman Africa, Alliance Fran\u00e7aise and the African women artists hope to see you all next Friday, beginning at 6 PM. International Women\u2019s Day deserves to be celebrated, whether you know about feminism or not. Come show your support for these women, it is sure to be a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos by Emily Barnard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AWDF, Brand Woman Africa, Alliance Fran\u00e7aise and the African women artists hope to see you all next Friday, beginning at 6 PM. International Women\u2019s Day deserves to be celebrated, whether you know about feminism or not. 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