The Grenada High commissioner  greeted by The Barbados high commissioner & Pamela Roberts		Pamela Roberts  and AJA at the high commission reception & Launch		The  Barbados high commissioner  Mr L Edwin Pollard OBE  opening adress at the launch

	AJA tell us about the pain he felt from what he saw		We need to change the situation he express to the audience
	AJA shows us the  e book and how it works		AJA revelation on  what inspired  him
	Pamela Roberts informs  the  reception about IBMF		Some of the audience taken back by AJA  experience

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Spokesman on Peace and Poverty for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, performance poet, humanitarian and photographer, AJA  is here in  England and  launch his e-Book and to participate in the 3rd Annual International Black Media Festival in Oxford.

AJA will launch the e-Book entitled “Don’t Let Me Die” on Launched Tuesday 4th October at the Barbados High Commission  . The e-Book is a volume of poems, perspectives and photographs that captures the human suffering caused by war, social decay, poverty and HIV-AIDS, particularly on children.

Between 2003 and 2004, AJA visited a number of war-torn and poverty-stricken countries, where he took the photographs for the e-Book. The national television station of Barbados, the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) also made a documentary of the humanitarian tour. Entitled “Don’t Let Them Die: The Journey of AJA” it features six 30-minute episodes of the countries he visited.

AJA will present episodes of the documentary at the 3rd Annual International Black Media Festival in Oxford on Saturday 8th October. His presentation is entitled Evolutionary Poet: Finding Media to tell the Story" and will feature a 30-minute excerpt of “Don’t Let Them Die: The Journey of AJA”; the 30-minute episode on Haiti; and a reading of some of his works.

Mr. Herbie Yearwood, Barbados Deputy High Commissioner, said, “We are honoured to be hosting the launch of AJA’s e-book at the High Commission. AJA is truly a talented and inspirational person. His commitment and dedication to his art form, and the charity he founded the International Foundation for Peace and Poverty Eradication (IFPPE): www.ifppe.org. illustrates the remarkable person that AJA is”.

Pamela Roberts, Founder and Festival Director, said, “I am delighted to be working in association with the Barbados High Commission to host the launch of AJA’s E-book and to have AJA attend the festival. It gives an opportunity for black people and the wider society to see that we have our own very strong role models, especially in the Caribbean, who are making a positive contribution to the war on poverty and HIV-AIDS.

Barbadian artist, AJA ( Adisa Jelani Andwele) is one of the leading exponents of performance poetry in the Caribbean. From his emergence as a poet in the 1980’s AJA has focused on many of the world’s problems. The themes of his work include war, social decay and economic suppression, and in particular their impact on children.

The 3rd Annual International Black Media Festival
The International Black Media Festival takes place in the historical and academic city of Oxford from the Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th October 2005, with a dynamic programme of events and screenings which includes the gala reception and screening of JUSTICE, screenings from Africa, America, Caribbean and the UK, a digital media conference, panel debates, open submission strand for young directors, its educational programme for young people - Dare to Dream and its signature closing event; the classic Sunday Jazz brunch screenings.