NEWSLETTER AFRICULTURES NOVEMBER 2001

PARTNER EVENTS
Mémoires coloniales, Zoos humains, 30 October - 18 December, Paris.
The programme of conferences, forums and seminars organised by the
Association Connaissance de l'histoire de l'Afrique contemporains (Achac)
and the CNRS takes human zoos as a starting point for trying to understand
the complicated meanderings of colonial memory, up to current stumbling
blocks in North-South relationships and immigration policy. Institut du
Monde Arabe, [email protected], [email protected]

Fest'Africa 2001, 12 - 17 November, Lille. This 9th edition is based around
the theme of " Amours de Villes, Villes africaines " [City love, African
cities]. The book festival will be held from 15 - 17 November with the
launch of an anthology entitled " Amours de villes. Villes africaines "
featuring romanticised accounts by eight authors of life in their city and
co-published with Editions Dapper. [email protected],
www.nordnet.fr/festafrica.

Les Wodaabé, Peuls du Niger, 16 November - 24 December, Brussels, Belgium.
Three-part exhibition focusing on the Peul culture, especially the Wodaabe
people who live in northern Niger. [email protected]

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previous issues http://www.africultures.com/indexbis_engl.htm.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
(see www.africultures.com for details)
- Scotland: W.E.B. Dubois & Frantz Fanon: Postcolonial Linkages and
Transatlantic Receptions. Call for contributions for this international
interdisciplinary conference to be held 16 - 17 March 2002 in Scotland.
- Publication on V. S. Naipaul: Call for contribution to "Moving Worlds", a
publication dedicated to V.S. Naipaul, to be published May 2002.
- African literature: Alternative Modernities in African Literatures and
Cultures, for publication in a special edition of "The Journal of Literary
Studies", University of South Africa.
- North African Expressions: The Revue de la Coordination Internationale de
chercheurs sur les litteratures du Maghreb is seeking submissions.

CONFERENCES
- Solidarity week, 17 - 25 November, France. [email protected].
- Conferences in Bordeaux, 19 - 23 November. Coinciding with the "
Cooperation et solidarity internationale " week.
www.cean.u-bordeaux.fr/lettre.html.
- Rencontres d'Averroes, Penser la Mediterranee des deux rives [Thinking
both sides of the Mediterranean] - Les femmes dans la cite [Women in the
city], 23 - 24 November, Marseille.
- Rencontres Franco-maghrebines " Culture et Psychiatrie ", 8 - 9 November,
Nice.
- Aguda : aspects of Afro-brazilian heritage in the Gulf of Benin, 26 - 30
November, Porto-Novo, Benin. www.epaprema.net/aguda.htm

FINE ARTS
Check out the Africultures exhibitions online at
http://www.africultures.com/expo/expos.htm

France

- Kin, 13 November - 26 January, Fnac Montparnasse Paris. Exhibition of
works by Titouan Lamazou who depicts Kinshasa's enduring creative genius.
- Métaphores angolaises (1900 - 2001), 7 - 30 November, Grande Arche de la
Défense, Paris. Panorama of fine arts photography. In conjunction with a
seminar on the political, cultural and economic situation in Angola.
- Moussa Sène Absa, paintings on canvas and gourdes, to 31 December, Musee
de l'Homme, Paris.
- " Pas de printemps pour Geronimo " by Diagne Chanel, 14 November - 20
December, Porte 2a, Bordeaux, [email protected]
- ADEACA, the association for the distribution and exchanges in contemporary
art, has been running residencies for African and French artists for the
past year. Dominique Zinkpe (Benin) and Christophe Roggero (Marseille) will
be comparing their artistic viewpoints until the end of the year. During
the residencies, Dominique Zinkpe has created three lifesize " taxis " to
reflect daily life - conversations, music, etc. The three mobile works of
art will travel between Cotonou, Niamey and Dakar until 30 November.
- Artistic exchanges : Young Artists from the French overseas territories
will be participating in the Salon France Outre-Mer from 30 November - 2
December. The young DEFI JEUNES prize winners would like to set up an
exchange with African artists. For further information consult
www.defijeunes.fr

ELSEWHERE
- " Maroc contemporain : peinture et livres d'artistes ", to 21 November,
Centre culturel flamand De Markten, Brussels. Exhibition of around 100
works by some of the Morocco's major contemporary artists, including Azouzi,
Belkahia, Benbouchta, Binebine, Kacimi, Kantour, Miloudi, Sadouk, Selfati,
Yamou.

EXHIBITIONS ALREADY PRESENTED
- USA: The Short Century - Independance and Liberation Movements in Africa,
1945-1994, in Chicago to 30 Dec, then New York (10 Feb-5 May 2002).
Exhibition of 60 contemporary African artists, plus films, theatre and
music.
- The Museum of Contemporary Art; www.mcachicago.org/ - Call: 312.397.4067
- Egypt, Alexandria: Alexandria Biennale, 25 Oct-25 Dec.
- French sculptor Claire Bretou meets Anglo-South African painter Bruce
Clarke, at Galerie Agbe & Gbalicam, Paris, 21 September - 4 November. Both
artists use newspaper as their primary material and, after having met before
the exhibition, have developed a real thematic complicity concerning
Afro-European relations.
- New Works, Zimbabwean sculptors and African artists, 13 September -15
November, Galerie Art-Z, Paris. An exhibition of sculptures by: Fanizani
Akuda, Colleen Madamombe, Anderson Mukomberanwa, Lincoln Muteta, Richard
Mteki, Zachariah Njobo (Zimbabwe), and Philippe Desloubieres; and paintings
by: Simon Binna (Cameroon), Diako (Cameroon), Charly d'Almeida (Benin),
Granete Ngirandi (Zimbabwe), et Anderson Mukomberanwa (Zimbabwe). (01 42 09
85 94 - www.art-z.net)
- Blanc Mesnil "L'Afrique par ecrit", Calligraphy by Aboubakar Fofana, 29
September - 1 December. Hieroglyphs, ideogrammes and alphabets from Africa.
- Blanc Mesnil - Dessins choisis d'Ethiopie et d'ailleurs, to 1 December.
Selection of drawings from Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Ethiopia
reflecting the Ethiopian tradition of therapeutic, religious or cosmogonic
art work. In the presence of two Ethiopian artists. Forum culturel - 01 48
14 22 35
- Lam Metis, to 20 January 2000, Musee Daper, Paris. Works by Cuban artist
Wilfredo Lam.
- Aux frontieres de l'Art Brut II, to 6 January 2002, Halle Saint-Pierre,
Paris. Works by self-taught artists on the edge of raw art and traditional
Naif art. www.hallesaintpierre.org.
- Online exhibition: Works by 35 African artists from around the world.
www.africaserver.nl/kunstcultuur/index_uk.htm.
- USA: Uganda's International Art Renaissance, to 31 March 2002, The Art
Room, San Francisco. East Africa's visual history is redefined by
international expansion of Uganda's post-war art renaissance. Leading
artists of this movement offer renewed perspectives for their growing global
audience in the 21st Century. Featured artists include James Kitamirike,
Dan Sekanwagi, David Kibuuka, Bruno Sserunkuuma, Fred Makubuya and Derek
Kaggwa. Exhibited works are scheduled to change periodically during the
exhibition. www.theartroom-sf.com USA: Encounters with the Contemporary,
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington. to January 2002:
Recent Acquisitions; to January 2002: Beautiful bodies: Form and
decoration of African Pottery. www.si.edu/nmafa.
- Italy: The 49th Biennale in Venice will host "Authentic/Ex-centric:
Africa in and out of Africa", curated by Salah Hassan and Olu Oguibe, to 4
November. The exhibition includes works by Willem Boshoff, Maria Magdalena
Campos-Pons, Godfried Donkor, Rachid Koraichi, Berni Searle, Zineb Sedira
and Yinka Shonibare.
- - France, Rouille: Terre d'Empreintes, Senegal Rurart, to 20 December
2001. Exhibition of works by Senegalese artists, Semi Camara, Serigne
M'Baye Camara, Viye Diba, Ibrahima Konate. www.rurart.org.

INTERDISCIPLINARY

- Rencontres 2001, culture and social transformation : new initiatives, to
11 November, La Villette, Paris. www.villette.com.
- Mali - Kow, mythes, secrets et realites, 7 November - 24 February, La
Villette, Paris. This exhibition explores the multiples realities of
today's Mali through a view that doesn't simply reduce the other to a series
of convenient regional characteristics.
- Burkina Faso: Le Festival des Arts de la rue de Ouagadougou, 23-25 Nov
(Ouagadougou Street Arts Festival). Art, dance, music, theatre, comedy,
sport in the streets of Ouaga. Details on the "Evenements" pages of
Africultures (Africultures is a partner of the FAR).
- Belgium, Watermael-Boitsfort: 8eme Quinzaine Africaine, 12 Sept-18
November. Information is available on 02/663 85 50
- France, Paris: Exhibitions, concerts, meetings with writers, films,
debates on the question of torture during the Algerian war of liberation, at
the Algerian Cultural Centre. Details on www.cca-paris.com
- France, Valenciennes: Congo, L'itineraire noir, 4 Oct-27 Jan. Exhibition
of central African art, plus conferences, workshops, music, stortytelling.
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes - www.ville-valenciennes.fr
- France, Grenoble & region: Festival Afrique 2001 : quel espoir? 1 Oct-10
Nov. Exhibitions, forums, conferences, films, concerts, theatre, meetings
with writers and artists, festivities. Contact : CIIP 04 76 87 59 79 -
[email protected]

HISTORY/SOCIETY
- Questioned about reparations following the debates at the Durban
Conference against Racism, Aime Cesaire replied: "It is already something
that Europe has come to admit the reality of the slave trade, a criminal
traffic of human beings. But I am not really in favour of repentance or
reparations. In my opinion, there is even a danger in the notion of
reparations. I wouldn't want Europe to say one fine day: "There you go,
there's the cash or the cheque, now let's drop it!" There can be no
reparation for the irreparable, which cannot be quantified." (l'Express, 13
Sept. 2001)
- ADRI (the agency for the development of intercultural relations), has
produced a CD-Rom with 2000 contacts involved in social integration of
immigrant populations in France.

PHOTOGRAPHY
- Austria : Flash Afrique, to 11 November, Vienna. Photographic works by
Malick Sidibe, Philipp Kwame Apagya, Bouna Medoune Seye, Doris Haron Kasco
and Boubacar Toure.

FILM
- 21st Festival International du Film d'Amiens, 9 - 18 November,
[email protected]
- Afrique en Images 2001, 23 November - 8 December, Nice, Marseille, Cannes,
Fréjus, etc. This year's theme : childhood.
- 9th Journées du film d'Afrique et des îles, 25 November - 7 December, La
Reunion. [email protected], [email protected]
- African Diaspora Film Festival 2001, 23 November - 9 December, New York,
USA. With 50 films from 25 countries, debates, a seminar on professional
development, and more.
- On tour : Projection-debate based on " Vacances au pays " by Jean-Maris
Teno, to 13 December. [email protected], www.ecrans-nord-sud.com.
" Afrique-cinema " discussion group on www.egroups.fr
- South Africa : The film festival held at the same time as the World
Conference on Racism in Durban (29 August - 7 September) screened 56 films
for around 11,000 spectators who also participated in debates following each
showing, in particular concerning the invisibility of minorities in films
worldwide, making the festival a big success. Filmmakers such as Lionel
Ngakane, Ingrid Gavshon, Zola Maseko, Dingi Ntuli and Heile Germina were
present.
- The Prix du Public at the 7th Journees du Cinema Africain in
Ferney-Voltaire was awarded to " Daresalam "by Issa Serge Coelo, Tchad,
2000. The Prix du Jury des Jeunes went to " Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue "
by Nabil Ayouch, Morocco, 1999.
- Haile Gerima, the acclaimed Ethiopian filmmaker, has been appointed patron
of the Newtown Film and Television School (NFTS) based in Johannesburg. The
famous filmmaker lives in the United States. Currently in Johannesburg,
Gerima will embark on a programme of film related activities in conjunction
with the NFTS and the month long Arts Alive cultural programme in Gauteng.
The NFTS has been a forerunner and home to many of the new faces on the
filmmaking scene in South Africa. Against all the odds, the NFTS has strived
to produce quality filmmakers who have a solid theoretical and practical
training background. (Source : African Film & TV).
- This year the scholarship attributed by the Agence internationale de la
Francophine to support a film from a developing country went to " Sia, le
rêve du python " by Dani Kouyaté (Burkina Faso).
- Mozambique : the FilmAfrik project, the Best of African Cinema aims to
show African films in existing video clubs in rural areas.
- At the Festival international du film francophone in Namur, Africa made a
splash, taking the Bayard d'Ord with " L'Afrance " by Alain Gomis
(France/Senegal). The Prix special du jury went to " Immatriculation
temporaire " by Gahitz Fofane (Guinea). Burkinabe actor, Sotigui Kouyate
won the Bayard d'Or for Best Actor for " Little Senegal " by Rachid
Bouchareb (the film also won the Bayard d'Or for best artistic contribution)
and the Bayard d'Or for the Best Scenario went to "Sia, la rêve du python "
by Sotigui Kouyate's son Dani Kouyate. The Bayard d'Or for Best Short Film
went to " Muno " by Bulli Lanners (Belgium).
- Tunisia : The Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali awarded Youssef
Chahine with the " Grand cordon de l'Ordre national au titre de la culture "
for his " oustanding artistic efforts that have greatly contributed to Arab
cinema ". He commended him for " the spirit of independence and freedom
that characterises his cinematographic works ". Youssef Chahine was in
Tunisia to present his latest film, " Silence, on tourne " featuring
Tunisian singer, Latifa Arfaoui, who is based in Cairo. The musical comedy
tells the story of a singer faced with choosing between her career and
private life. The film was presented out of competition at Venice this
year.
- Morocco : 11 Moroccan film were presented at the Marrakech International
Film Festival this year. The director of the CCM (Moroccan film centre),
Souheil Ben Baarka, voiced his concern over the number of theatres that have
closed recently, noting that there were 340 cinemas in Morocco in 1970,
compared with only 163 today. On the other hand, foreign films shot in
Morocco are enabling young Moroccan filmmakers to gain experience and are
proving to be an important source of revenue for the country. According to
Andre Azoulay, advisor to King Mohammed VI, the annual income from foreign
shoots (220 million Euros) has increased 10-fold over the last decade.

DANCE
- F ... (untitled) by Robyn Orlin, 3 - 11 November, Theatre de la Cite
Internationale, Paris.
- Danse en creations, Sanga II - 4th Rencontres choregraphiques de l'Afrique
et de l'Ocean Indien, 6 - 11 November, Tananarive, Madagascar.
- On tour : Yelemba, to 29 December, around France.

MUSIC

- Check out the Africultures web site for details of latest releases
http://www.africultures.com/actualite/sorties/sorties_fr.htm
- For news on concerts around France, consult the
www.africultures.com/actualite/concerts/concerts_fr.htm
- The first Confluence jeunes talents competition will offer the winner a
six-month residency with a recording studio, enabling them to create a demo
tape, perform live and work on creative, legal and technical aspects of the
production process. www.radioceros.com.
- Jeux de la Francophonie : 16-year old singer, Mayra Andrade, from Cape
Verde beat contestants from 33 other countries to take a gold medal in her
event at the 4th Jeux de la Francophonie in Ottawa, Canada.

MUSIC ON TOUR
- Pecheurs de perles : Cannes, Seillans, Aubagne, Aix en Provence (France).
- Cesaria Evora : Toronto (Canada), Royal Oak (USA), Cleveland (USA),
Philadelphia (USA), Washington (USA), New Bedford (USA), New York (USA),
Englewood (USA), Boston (USA).
- Bonga : Oslo (Norway), Lyon and Paris (France).
- Teofilo Chantre : Nantes, Alencon, Vannes (France).
- Toups Bebey : Libreville (Gabon), Pointe-Noire (Congo), Brazzaville
(Congo), Kinshasa (DRC).
- Ernesto Tito Puentes : Toulon, Istres, Narbonne, Montpellier, Bordeaux,
Toulouse, Agen, Paris (France).
- Souad Massi : Bron, Strasbourg, Clermont Ferrand, Marseille, Saint Jean
de Vedas (France).
- Meissa : Paris (France)

LITERATURE
- 17th Salon du livre de jeunesse, 28 November - 3 December, Montreuil,
France. This year, Arab literature is being honoured.
- Alain Patrice Nganang has been awarded the Marguerite Yourcenar Prize 2001
(worth 10,000USD) for his novel "Temps de Chien". The prize is awarded to
writers living permanently in the US and writing in French. Patrice Nganang
is Assistant Professor of French and German at Shippensburg University.
"Temps de Chien" (Le Serpent, 2001) is written from the point of view of a
dog and discusses the fight for democracy in Cameroon during the 1990s.
- Literatures du Maghreb - Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, to 15 November, Maison
de la Mediterranee, Belfort, France.
- Paroles d'Hiver, 12th Festival du conte et de imaginaires, 27 November -
16 December, Cotes d'Armor and Dinan. The festival constitutes a melting
pot of francophone expressions, memory, peoples, and a chronicle of modern
times, exploring contemporary narrative through tales, music, poetry, song,
epic sagas, myths, lectures, high-tech, theatre and much more.
[email protected].
- 4th International Conference on Caribbean Literatures, 7 - 9 November,
Fort-de-France, Martinique. [email protected].
- Ecrits de femmes : feminine French-language literature. 15 November,
Casablanca, Morocco. [email protected]
- FILO 2001, Ouagadougou International Book Fair, 24 - 30 November,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. [email protected]
- Bibliophilie' 01, Kinshasa Book Fair, 24 November - 1 December.
- Prix Bibliothèques partenaires France Afrique for partnerships between
libraries or associations from France and Africa that have contributed to
developing literacy in Africa. First prize goes to libraries from Athis
Mons, Essone and Filingue in Niger. Second prize goes to Pont-en-Royans,
Iser and Kidira from the Senegal river region. Third prize goes to the " A
la fontaine " association in Fontenay aux Roses (near Paris) and Tchekpo,
the prefecture in Yoto, Togo.

MEDIA
- African media news: MediActu, a fascinating bulletin published by the West
Africa Institut Panos is available on line at www.panos.sn/actus/index.html
- The Eritrean government has suspended the country's private newspapers
until further notice. Newspapers affected include Meqaleh, setit, Tiganay,
Zemen, Wintana and Admas.
- Eritrea : a week after the country's independent newspapers were shut
down, security forces arrested nine journalists on the grounds of having
skipped military service.
- Liberia : T-max Jllateh, a journalist at DC 101.1, a private radio
station, was arrested on 17 September for airing auditors' comments about
the September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA. The police took the
opportunity to close the station which was one of the first independent
radio stations in Liberia.
- Senegal : The CPJ has spoken out against increasing difficulties
encountered by independent journalists in Senegal. The organisation is
particularly concerned about the case brought against Alioune Fall, chief
editor of Dakar daily paper, Le Matin. Fall is accused of publishing false
information.
- Sierra Leone : Seven journalists who are known for their criticism of the
government have received anonymous death threats in the form of letters.
- South Africa : Pretoria, the diplomatic capital, has had a name change
and is now called Tshwane. www.tshwane.gov.za.
- Satirical newspaper : Le Marabout, a new satirical paper is now available
at newspaper stands in nine African countries, or by subscription or on the
website. www.marabout.net

INTERNET
- Several French-language journals (including Africultures) specialising in
subjects concerning migrations and intercultural issues have grouped
together to create an Internet gateway presenting the journals and enabling
people to search for articles with key words. Each month, a series of
articles are presented around a given theme, and an editorial is contributed
by one of the journals. www.revues-plurielles.org
- Diego-Suarez' Malagassy association, ZOMARE ? 3Zomban' ny Moziky
Antsiranana - La Reunion " is now online at www.chez.com/zomare. The
association promotes music from northern Madagascar.
- The new African Books Collective website has online shopping with secure
payments. www.africanbookscollective.com.

TELEVISION
- Check the Africultures television pages for details:
www.africultures.com/actualite/television/page_tele.htm (in French).

RADIO
- Check the Africultures radio pages for details:
www.africultures.com/actualite/radio/page_radio.htm (in French)
- Ethiopia: a seminar on community-based radio in the Horn of Africa is due
to be held in Addis Adeba on 11-13 December.

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