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When Leeds Met Africa
11/05/06
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Leeds Met has been continuing its celebrations of the launch for Leeds Met Africa, with a range of performances, screenings and presentations taking place at Headingley Campus and Civic Quarter.
The Unlimited Praise Gospel Choir opened the launch event at Headingley Campus, singing three traditional African songs on the steps of the James Graham Building and then again inside lecture theatre B to delegates who sang along.
The Right Honourable Paul Boateng, High Commissioner to South Africa, followed the choir with his speech ‘Beyond Rhetoric: Making the Millennium Development Goals a Reality, the Changing Social, Political and Economic Landscape in Africa’, in which he spoke about the importance of partnerships and their ability to unlock potential. Closing his speech, Mr Boateng praised the partnership with Leeds Met, commenting on it being life enhancing and life changing, and asked the audience to shout out along with him ‘Viva Leeds Met’!
The launch continued with a talk on ‘Public Health Education in Zambia’ and a preview screening of ‘AmaZulu: the Children of Heaven’, a film produced by Leeds Met’s Northern Film School Foundation in collaboration with the Rainbow Collective, a new production company formed by graduates of the university’s School of Film, Television & Performing Arts.
Celebrations overflowed into the evening with guests enjoying African food, culture, music and dance.
