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African Voices Platform (AVP)
Independent media hub born on #Sheffield Live TV (2018). We showcase authentic African stories across TV, radio, podcasts & digital platforms—empowering voices from the continent and diaspora.

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If you're quick, there's still a few tickets left for the last three performances tonight and tomorrow 🎟️👇

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Crown of Blood | Sheffield Theatres
'Of what use is a good man without ambition' A powerful retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth set during the civil wars of 19th-century Yorubaland. General A
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February 6, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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"As a standalone piece of theatre the production was gripping and beautifully presented, and it was striking just how much the political themes resonated today"

Our review for Utopia Theatre's #CrownOfBlood is in and our reviewer, Paul Szabo, loved it ⭐️

@sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social #Sheffield
Gripping and beautifully presented: Crown of Blood at The Crucible
Drama, revenge and betrayal combine in an African reframing of Macbeth by Utopia Theatre.
nowthenmagazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Recently for @africanvoicesmedia.bsky.social TV, I spent a day with the UK-Based Zimbabwean Farmers Forum and came away reminded of how much quiet, determined entrepreneurship is shaping agriculture across the diaspora.
One of the guests was Yvonne Desha.
Episode on YouTube

youtu.be/pbxi5mfDeXc?...
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.”
In this excerpt, Mojisola Kareem speaks about why her collaboration with Oladipo Agboluaje mattered in real terms for Crown of Blood.
Their partnership is grounded in trust, depth, & a shared refusal to dilute African-led storytelling
🎥 Full interview live at 10
February 1, 2026 at 7:41 AM
🇺🇬 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 @ 𝟔𝟑!
Proud to partner with Ugandan Community UK & ALPHA &OMEGA Church sheffield for this year’s Independence Celebration.
11 Oct, Arbourthorne Social Centre
10AM Service | 1PM Celebration
Traditional food • Cultural performances. Experience Ugandan heritage
#Uganda #UgandaIndependence
October 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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We live in a world where we have too much of what we don't need and too little of what we do – but it doesn't have to be this way 🌱

This Thursday, join us for an exciting conversation about Radical Abundance with Keir Milburn.

🕖 7pm
📌 The Workstation
🎫 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From the frontline of social care to the heart of cultural healing, David Bussue CEO of SACMHA joins us for a deep, unfiltered conversation on culturally grounded mental health care, black male suicide, healing & their work
🎥 Watch youtu.be/oCmEhjT3Y_E?...

🎙️ Host: @afriwoman.bsky.social
David Bussue on Mental Health, SACMHA & Black Community Care
YouTube video by African Voices Platform
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September 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Powerful interview with David Bussue, CEO of SACMHA.

We talked about the deep work of mental health care in Black communities, faith, leadership, & culturally rooted support.
🎥 youtu.be/oCmEhjT3Y_E?...
#BlackMentalHealth #LeadershipInCare #SACMHA #CommunityCare #AfricanDiasporaVoices #MentalHealth
September 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎙️ Double feature on AVP Radio tomorrow!
10:30 AM – Poets Sarah Lasoye & Wemmy Ogunyankin on creativity & community
11:30 AM – Emerging Leaders Sheffield on breaking barriers & shaping inclusive leadership
📡 Tune in on DAB & africanvoicesplatform.org
#AVPRadio #Poetry #EmergingLeaders #Sheffield
September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Do you want fair, independent press regulation?
Do you want to protect ordinary people from press abuse?
Do you want to restore trust in the press?

So do Hugh Grant & Jacqui Hames.
Sign the petition to change the law.

Let's demand change

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

#BetterMediaBill
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
September 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
📺 It’s Wednesday!

Catch the latest African Voices Platform TV Show tonight 8:05 PM.

Watch on:
👉 Virgin Media 159
👉 Freeview 7
👉 Online at SheffieldLive.org/tv
👉 Catch up later on our YouTube channel
#AVPTV #AfricanVoicesPlatform #TuneIn #ShareStories #Sheffield #CommunityVoices #AfricanHeritage
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎤🎵14th November at the G-Mill, Sadacca Limited, singing sensation Kayefi will perform her next Tales & Tunes.

Deets at iamkayefi.com
@afriwoman.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
🎙️ Live today at 4:30pm on AVP Radio!
@afriwoman.bsky.social will be speaking with Julie Pearn, Sec. of the #Sheffield Nablus Twinning Association, about the 3rd Nablus–Sheffield Live Link Concert, taking place on Sat 4 Oct | Crookes Social Club
🎟 bit.ly/snta3
📻 DAB or africanvoicesplatform.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📻 #Guinea Live Right Now on African Voices Radio!

Join Baillor Jalloh & Enoch Karimba as Cherif Bah, UFDG-UK Communication Secretary, unpacks one of the most pressing issues in #Guinea today, the 21 September referendum.
🔴 www.africanvoicesplatform.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Not in our name: Sheffield councillors vote to support city becoming "anti-apartheid zone", and call for tougher action on Israel's genocide
The motion, supported by the city’s three major parties, calls on the Labour government to end military sales to the apartheid state
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Not in our name: Sheffield councillors vote to support city becoming "anti-apartheid zone", and call for tougher action on Israel's genocide
The motion, supported by the city’s three major parties, calls on the Labour government to end military sales to the apartheid state.
nowthenmagazine.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
31st August is the recognised 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡.

To mark it, Sound Café are hosting a full day of activities in #Sheffield on 30th Aug.
11AM-5PM |Market stalls
5PM–9PM | Main Event
10PM–2AM | After Party w/DJ Wallace
🎟 £10 / £7 (students with ID)
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August 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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🙏🏾 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐑𝐰𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬

6 years ago, I interviewed John Rwothomack, writer & actor of 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞.

🎟️ Tickets for the Sheffield run (17–20 September) are available here: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/far-g...
August 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🎭 Celebrating a brilliant appointment: Mo Korede is the new Deputy Artistic Director at Utopia Theatre.

Mo brings energy, vision and serious storytelling credentials to the team. We can’t wait to see where this new chapter leads 🎬

🔗 utopiatheatre.co.uk/new-deputy-artistic-director
Mo Korede takes to the stage as Utopia’s new Deputy Artistic Director - Utopia Theatre
Utopia Theatre announces appointment of new Deputy Artistic Director Utopia Theatre is delighted to announce the appointment of Mo Korede as its new Deputy Artistic Director, effective from 1st August...
utopiatheatre.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📺 Dom Heslop founder of #SlamBarz was in the studio with filmmaker Jack Godfrey to discuss their new film #SlamCity

Watch the full interview here youtu.be/8kWfeZIiWlQ?...

#Sheffield #DomHeslop
SlamBarz x Slam City: Dom Heslop & Jack Godfrey on Music, Mentorship & Sheffield’s Urban Renaissance
YouTube video by African Voices Platform
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July 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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🔴 Live theatre hits different! Experience FAR GONE this September at Sheffield Theatres!
Inspired by John Rwothomack’s own real-life experience of nearly being kidnapped by the LRA, Far Gone is a moving story of a young boy’s journey from childhood to child soldier
www.rootsmbili.com/portfolio/fa...
Far Gone — Roots Mbili Theatre
“If I invited you to come with me on journey, a story, will you come with me?” Northern Uganda. When Okumu’s village is attacked by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), he and his brother’s lives are cha...
www.rootsmbili.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Earlier this month
🌍 Bold & Visionary: From #London to #Lagos, Africa is ready!
Catch the highlights from the Africa Leadership Summit London 2025. It took place on 9&10 July and we were there with @afriwoman.bsky.social

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July 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Creatives, water, and a skyline that reminds me why we do this.
It was a perfect day for tv interviews at the African Voices Platform - @africanvoicesmedia.bsky.social studio. #AfricanVoicesPlatform

📸 @akin_seye / @soundcafe_uk
👗 @amari_threads #Chipata #Zambia
July 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🌍 Bold & Visionary: From #London to #Lagos, Africa is ready!
Catch the highlights from the Africa Leadership Summit London 2025. It took place on 9&10 July and we were there with @afriwoman.bsky.social

🎥
July 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🔴 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐮 𝐁𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝟖𝟐 his family confirmed.
He travelled to the UK in April for a routine medical check-up, but his health reportedly deteriorated.

Buhari made history as the first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent.
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM