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SUMMARY:CELEBRATING AFRICAN TALES 2023\, FOLK STORY SCHOOL COMPETITION WINNERS!
DESCRIPTION:Emcee:  Edna Mendes\, CEO Makaron Cabo Verde/ African Tales Community Manager \n15hrs:  Mufrika  (Edward Mwanza\, Zambia\, Song writerand Composer. \nShowcasing Folk music; virtual performance. \n15:05hrs; Welcome and Opening Remarks \nBwalya Mwali\, Founder\, INGWEE-African Tales Initiative \nHistory and journey of the African Tales Folk Stories Competition. \n 15:15- 15:40  Keynote Addresses \n Keynote Speaker 1: His Excellency Mr. Sylvester Mundanda\, Zambian Ambassador to the BENELUX Countries; Global impact of  African Heritage. \nKeynote Speaker 2: Her Excellency \, Ifeoma Chinwuba\, former Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and Acting High Commissioner to Canada: the importance of cultural preservation in diplomatic efforts; experiences related to cultural exchange through storytelling. \nKeynote Speaker 3:  Mario Attidokpo\, African Tales Regional Director (West Africa) the significance of preserving and promoting African folk stories. \nPersonal insights into the competition’s growth. \n15:40\,  Live Performance 1: Yasmine\, Chad \nTraditional storytelling through performance. \n15:45- 16:00hrs Partner Organisations Showcase: \nCephas Malimba: Nkruma University (Zambia); \nTchamna: Founder Resulam (Cameroon/USA); \nImpact of explorating folk stories. Collaborative efforts and future initiatives. \nFrancois Mark \, CEO AfriEDX Technology (Mauritius): interplay of technology and Preservation of African heritage. \nCoffee Break \n 16:10 Announcing Competition Winners. \nJosefina  Hortência Capitango Martins \, Linguist (Angola) Announcing the winners of the 2022/2023 African Tales Folk Stories Competition. \n  \n16:20\, Live Performance : Dede Kay\, Nigeria/Belgium \nEngages the audience with a live performance. \n16:25\, Martha Robinson; Educator/Politician/Farmer (Belize) : Announcement of  2023/2024 Competition; Competition timeline (December 2023 to April 2024). \n16:35\, Virtual Performance 2: DARVLA Frederic\, Haiti. \nShares Haitian cultural richness through a virtual performance. \n16:40\, Bwalya Mwali\, Founder \, INGWEE-African Tales Initiative; Closing Remarks \n16:45\, Networking
URL:https://africantales.org/event/celebrating-african-tales-2023-folk-story-school-competition-winners/
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SUMMARY:Weekly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Showcasing community based Innovative solutions for safeguarding and promoting our cultural heritage.
DESCRIPTION:Cultural heritage is central to protecting our sense of who we are. It gives us an irrefutable connection to the past – to important social values\, beliefs\, customs and traditions\, that allows us to identify ourselves with others and deepen our sense of unity\, belonging and pride. \nThe event will bring a cross section of PAD together to show how their respective initiatives are elevating our African cultural heritage and traditions worldwide. This is part of the African tales activities\, a diaspora initiative to document and make Oral African Traditions and cultures visible and easily accessible to the young generation of people of African origin\, as well as their friends. \nLocation of the side event (or website for registration\, for events held online):\nJoin Zoom meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/81776800841?pwd=N3VrSnR5VDBDWlhMdGU0SXVGZkZwdz09\nMeeting ID: 817 7680 0841\nAccess password: 28052023
URL:https://africantales.org/event/showcasing-community-based-innovative-solutions-for-safeguarding-and-promoting-our-cultural-heritage/
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SUMMARY:The AfricanTales presents World Storytelling Day\,2023
DESCRIPTION:WATCH REPLAY:\n\nModerators\n \nBwalya Mwali\n\nAfricanTales Founder \n \nFrancois MARK\nAfricanTales Technical Director\n\n 
URL:https://africantales.org/event/the-africantales-presents-world-storytelling-day2023/
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SUMMARY:Virtual celebration of the Africa Day 2021
DESCRIPTION:WHAT: AFRICA DAY CELEBRATION by the AU Permanent Mission in Brussels\nWHEN: Tuesday\, 25 May 2021 \nWHY: The Permanent Mission of the African Union together with the African Group of Ambassadors in Brussels in partnership with the “African Tales” Initiative and the Diaspora organize an online celebration of the Africa Day 2021 around the African Union’s theme of the year: “Arts\, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa we Want”. Experts\, Academia and practitioners will be invited to provide insights in their respective fields of activities of interest to the African continent and her diaspora. An initiative named “African Tales” organised through the support of local community representatives\, Youth and diaspora\, from all walks of life will be formally launched on this occasion. This is a Diaspora led effort intended to instil pride and a strong sense of identity among Africans by promoting the African Cultural Heritage & History. \nOPENING SESSION:\n– Ambassador Awad Sakine Ahmat\, Permanent Representative of the African Union to the EU;\n– H.E Moussa Faki\, Chairperson of the AUC (to be confirmed);\n– Ms. Bwalya Mwali –African Tales Initiative;\n– Hon. Iratxe Garcia Pérez\, MEP\, President Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament ;\n– H.E Abdulhafed GADDUR\, Ambassador\, Head of the Mission of Libya to the EU\, Chairman of the African Group Ambassadors in Brussels. \nSPEAKERS:\n– Prof. Carlos Lopes\, AU High Representative on Partnerships\, Former Executive Secretary UNECA;\n– H.E Amb. Said DJINNIT\, Former AU Commissioner Peace and Security;\n– H.E Kokou Nayou M’Beou \, Ambassador of Togo in Brussels;\n– Ms. Dominic Day\, Chairperson\, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent;\n– Mr. TUBLU Komi N’Kégbé Fogâ\, Coordinator of the Center for Linguistic and Historical Studies by Oral Tradition (CELHTO-UA)\, Niamey\, Niger;\n– Mr. Mario ATTIDOKPO\, Lecturer of Didacticts and Performing Arts\, University of Lome\, Togo ;\n– Dr. Oussouby Sacko\, President\, Kyoto Seika University\, Japan;\n– Pr. Hamady Bocoum\, Director\, Museum of black civilization\, Senegal.\nPANELISTS:\n– Ms. Marie-Chantal Uwitonze\, President of the African Diaspora Network-Europe (ADNE);\n– M. Kodjo Degbey\, CEO/Founder Bel Afrika TV (African diaspora television in Belgium);\n– Ms. Adelaide HIRWE\, Secretary General of the African Union-Diaspora Youth Initiative (AU-DYI).\n– Ms. Modi Ntambwe\, Human Rights Expert\, Co-founder\, PAD Belgium\, Observatory.\n– Dr. Mylène Lecoq Bamboche\, Lecturer of Psychology and Education\, University of Mauritius\, Maurice ;\n– Dr. Ahmed Reid\, Professor History\, Jamaica;\n– Dr. DeRico Symonds\, Director Diversity\, University Nova Scotia\, Canada.\n– M. Märt Aro\, Founder/Co-founder\, Nordic Edtech Forum-n8 and DreamApply ;\n– Ms. Salome Catherine Rihata; Traditional Leader\, Entrepreneur/ Co-founder\, Halia Hunkatun Foundation\,Papua New Guinea;\n– Ambassador David Comissiong\, Barbados;\n– M. Raymond Lawrence\, Director of Culture\, Dominica;\n– M. Prince Lekan Fadina\, Director\, Ijemo Gallery\, Nigeria ;\n– Ms. Edna Mendes\, Executive Director\, Casas Morabeza\, Cabo Verde;\n– M. Khulekani Msweli\, Director\, JEREMPAUL\, Eswatini;\n– M. Kesheniwa Aghaji\, Artist/Researcher\, United Kingdom;\n– Ms. Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo\, Member of Parliament/Co-President of the migrant section of the Social Democratic Party\, Switzerland;\n– Kensy Sambola\, Lecturer\, Anthropology and Human Development\, URACCAN\, Nicaragua.\nMODERATORS:\n– Morning: M. Eric M’BOUA\, Master of Ceremony/Host of Forum Awards\, TV-Radio-Event (TV5\,Canal+ RTI 2 etc.)\, Abidjan-Montreal-Paris.\n– Afternoon: Ms. Ayoko Mensah\, Artistic Officer\, Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles (BOZAR);\n– Ms Grace Bashige\, Journalist\, Blackbae Magazine\, Uganda. \nCOORDINATORS: Mrs. Bwalya Mwali\, M. Steven Blackman\, M. Francois Mark \n 
URL:https://africantales.org/event/virtual-celebration-of-the-africa-day-2021/
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SUMMARY:World Storytelling Day 2021
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