What’s in – straight from the inbox to you… So it looks like the Mella Centre is back on Oxford Street… “How Black History Can Change Your Life with Robin Walker: Book launch, Lecture and Discussion” Robin Walker will be launching and lecturing on his radical new book on the early history of West Africa … Continue reading
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BCC at the new Pheonix Center charges entry fee
I haven’t been to the new Pheonix Center – the Mella Center‘s replacement, or even know who’s managing it. But one thing’s for sure, I can tell things will be a lot different already Continue reading
Events / Features / iSee / London / Nights Out / Outside the Lecture Room / Student Life
35 and Ticking? Not us, we’re the young’uns!
Once again the Mella Center held another successful Black Cinema Club film friday event showing 35 & Ticking; A romantic comedy which follows the lives of 4 thirty-five-plus African-American friends trying to figure out life, love and marriage… So what do I, a twenty-something year old student have in common with a despairing thirty-something year old … Continue reading
Get the look: Eldimaa Fashion at the Mella Center
A good store always has a way of drawing you in without any fancy gimmicks. And that’s the exactly the case I found with Eldimaa Fashion located in the Mella Center on Oxford Street. Continue reading
Black Cinema Club Friday Film: 35 & Ticking
Start your weekend at the Mella Center with Black Cinema Club this Friday 24th January 2014. I’ve just watched the trailer and I can relate on so many levels… Except I’m 20-something and ticking LOL! Looking forward to this one! See you there! Continue reading
Black Cinema Club Friday Film: All Things Fall Apart
Fancy a film tonight? Then join the BCC (Black Cinema Club) at The Mella Center on Oxford Street for a movie date in Central London! Showing Friday 17th January 2014 at the new cultural centre for African-Caribbean Arts, located in the heart of London’s West End! Continue reading
iSee: The Mella Center on a Sunday afternoon
“Arts, Culture, Books, Food, Life style, Shopping & freedom if expression.” If you haven’t heard of The Mella Center then it’s about time you did. The centre has had its doors open just one month yet it’s already creating a buzz within the African community. So just imagine the potential this centre has to bring Africans … Continue reading
Blazin’ Blazers must haves
Add some smart to your wardrobe I popped into H&M on Oxford Street this afternoon to take a break from essay writing (more like essay procrastinating) and to take up the 20% student discount on offer in stores this weekend. Whereas I pride myself in being a disciplined ‘fiddle-free’ shopper – pop in for what … Continue reading
the Educationally Frustrated student 