US EditionCultural Centre Championing African Creativity Opens in Paris - Ethiopia Observer
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This new cultural institution, born after "a fierce struggle" according to its director, hopes to become the counterpart, for Africa, of the Arab World Institute.
Cultural centre championing African creativity opens in Paris - Ethiopia Observer
Just steps from Goncourt metro station, between the lively neighbourhoods of Belleville and the Canal Saint-Martin, a new cultural hub opens in Paris on Saturday, 4 October: the Maison des Mondes Africains, or MansA. Envisioned by President Emmanuel Macron, the 800-square-metre centre occupies a former sewing workshop and takes its name from mansio — Latin for “dwelling” — and Mansa Moussa, the 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire. Backed by €9…
This site dedicated to the contemporary creation of Africa and its diasporas is scheduled to open this Saturday, September 4th in Paris. It is the implementation of a recommendation by Cameroonian historian Achille Mbembé made in 2021 to Emmanuel Macron.
Intimacy, beauty, softness and violence coexist in this new cultural center wanted by Emmanuel Macron. To inaugurate an ambitious program, the emerging artist Roxane Mbanga exhibited there, from October 4.
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