Many of you will be aware that a lot has been going on here at Kuvuka, we’ve been lucky enough to have had some great performances by talented musicians. The Master Kora player Moussa Kouyate has played several times, which has been a real treat. In addition to this we’ve had great music from Jack, and from Sarah (which I unfortunately missed, but am told was really brilliant, so please come back!)
Given the talent that is evidently available to us I’d like to make the most of this, and will try to bring you some live music each Saturday afternoon. This saturday Jack Cleverly will be playing from 12, he’s very good! Come along!
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17
Oct
Music @ kuvuka
01
Aug
For – Ethiopia
Kuvua has been open for over 6 months, this quarter our charity contribution is going to the organisation ‘For-Ethiopia’, a Bristol based charity working directly with contacts in Ethiopia to improve lives. They provide necessities like clean water, schooling and medical services. visit their website for details: www.for-ethiopia.com
Thanks to all our customers for enabling this contribution.
Kuvuka is able to provide sandwich platters to order for meetings and events for collection. Have a look at our menu to select the sandwiches you want. 10% of Kuvuka profits go towards charitable projects or sponsorships.
12
Apr
childsoldiers donation
Kuvuka has now been open for 3 months, and is able to make its first charitable donation. The idea is that 10% of all Kuvuka profit goes to charities I have some involvement with. This time Kuvuka will be sponsoring the education of an ex-child soldier in Northern Uganda. I am really excited about being able to make a real difference in the life of someone who has effectively had their childhood stollen, and giving them new opportunities and a new life. If you want to find out more about the war in Uganda in which children were regularly abducted and forced to fight and kill, you can look at a website I put together, which is frankly outdated now, the war is all but over, but gives an idea of what these people have been through. www.stolenchildren.co.uk .
I would like to thank all of Kuvuka’s customers, for making this sponsorship possible, hopefully this is just a start with great things to come.
If you would like to read more about the charity, or sponsor directly, visit www.childsoldiers.net
I’d like to thank everyone who came along, and escpecially the very tallented people who performed at the Fuse-presented Open Mic event at kuvuka last night. It was brilliant, and I hope we can do it again. I get the distinct impression there is more tallent to be mined from the Fuse! There will be photos posted soon, click on the ‘photos’ link to see them.
22
Mar
Parties and functions
Kuvuka is available to hire for private parties and functions. The current cost is a very reasonable £60 for the night, from 7pm, finishing at 11pm. email info@kuvuka.com or call 0117 9247180 for bookings or details.
For the next two weeks the Fairtrade initiative is being celebrated and promoted through fairtrade fortnight, a period from the 26th February – 11th March in which there will be various concerts, discussions, plays etc happening. To do my part I WILL BE SELLING MY OWN FAIRTRADE COFFEES AND TEAS FOR £1 !!! This includes cappuccinos, lattes etc (but sadly not hotchocolate or mochas!) So take advantage while you can and pop in for a cuppa.
As part of the fairtrade fortnight ‘Play Fair’ is a concert on 5th March from 7pm at Colston Hall, featuring Mankala, Jimmy Goodrich, and the ‘Hot Potato Syncopators’, I don’t know what a Sycopator is, but its a cool name! Tickets are available from Kuvuka. Proceeds go to tradecraft Exchange.
08
Feb
Kuvuka Music
Here are some of the African Artists you can hear on the Stereo at Kuvuka:
Kanda Bongoman – Congolese Lingala band, with a party feel
Franco – The legendary West African guitarist
Fela Kuti – Raw,Masculine,beat-fueled Jazz from the Nigerian Artist
Brenda Fassie – South African Female singer that gets everyone dancing.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Zulu A cappella gospel music
Oumou Sangaré – Noth African female singer
Alhaji Bai Konte – A Kora Master (the Kora is a North/west african instrument a bit like a harp)
On Friday, and possibly Monday Kuvuka will be giving away take-away coffees to people on their way to work, between 8-9am. No strings attahed, the idea is to get people out of their habit of walking past the cafe and on into work and into the habit of stopping to pick up a coffee.
19
Jan
Venue Magazine
There should be a column on myself and the cafe in this weeks edition of Venue magazine. If you have last weeks edition you’ll see a brief description on page 27, in typical journalistic style there are numerous errors in what’s a tiny paragraph, but hey, it’s a mention!
