Radio synchronised drum event for Sudan at the One World Festival Derry 28th - 30th May will see the return of the new rebranded and bigger One World Festival in Derry City. Organised by SEEDS in partnership with Beyond Skin and funded by Derry City Council, Unite Against Hate and the European Union's PEACE III programme, the festival will feature music, dance, food, art and films from around the world In partnership with Drive 105 and as part of a global drum campaign in support of Sudan (Sudan 365), various drum circles around Derry City will synchronise their rhythms to a click beat broadcasted by Drive 105 at 12.15pm Saturday 29th May. Drum sessions will be led by Gathering Drum, Harmonicity and Releasing Rhythms drum circles at the One World Courtyard Foyle Street, Guildhall Square and the Derry Walls. Of course anyone in the Northwest can tune into Drive 105 and play along For more information visit the following websites... Official One World www.worldmusicni.com/oneworld Sudan 365 www.sudan365.org Drive 105 www.drivefm.com

 

SUDAN 365 - Derry Video (Jan 2010) www.sudan365.org details - beyondskin.northwest@gmail.com download A4 poster

SUDAN 365 - The story so far... The 9 January 2010 marked the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between North and South Sudan and 365 days from a landmark referendum in which Southern Sudan will vote on whether to separate from the North. People across the world joined together to launch the Sudan365 campaign, calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent conflict and protect the peace in Sudan during this critical year. The ‘beat for peace’ - Sudan365 asks global leaders to coordinate, intensifying their efforts to prevent conflict in Sudan. How do we get this message heard? By building a global drumbeat for peace across every continent to show that the world is calling for action. A simple drumbeat started in Sudan. It travelled around the world, picked up by drummers in South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Trinidad, Rwanda, Japan, Ireland, Australia, Ghana, Egypt, France, Northern Ireland, Dubai, Spain, Russia, and India. Famous drummers from Radiohead, the Police, Pink Floyd and Snow Patrol joined the beat, as did Mustapha Tettey Addy, Yehia Khalil and Mohammed Munir. On 9 January 2010, people in Mali, Senegal, London, New York, San Francisco, Cairo, Togo, Sierra Leone, Canada, Italy, Norway, Turkey, Kenya and Germany came together to join the beat for peace. Their actions generated headline media coverage around the world. As a result of this massive global day of action, world leaders made public commitments to assist the Sudanese find a peaceful way through this critical year. We now need to hold them to their promises. What’s next? - The beat for peace is growing. On 11 April 2010, Sudan will hold its first multi-party elections in over 20 years. It is an important part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement; however there are fears that they may bring an increase in human rights violations and violence against the civilians of Sudan. Over this critical period Sudan 365 activists from around the world will be coming together, urging Sudanese parties to uphold their responsibilities to the people of Sudan and calling on our world leaders to fulfill their promises to the people of Sudan by making sure that there is no whitewash of events on the ground.