“Mötesplats Afrika” - Meeting-point Africa
Open House event during the Cultural Night in Uppsala on 8 September 2007 at 15.00-19.00, at the Nordic Africa Institute, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala.
Programme (mainly in Swedish)
15.00 – 16.15 FILM FOR CHILDREN: KIRIKOU OCH VILDDJUREN
(1 h 12 min, in Swedish) A film for the entire family!
15.15 – 15.45 RESAN TILL KENYA (in Swedish)
Students and teachers from Rosendalsgymnasiet tell about their visit to Kenya in spring 2007.
16.00 – 16.40 KAN YAMA KAN (in Swedish)
Marie-Louise Sahlberg and Mustapha Benseyed takes us to the magic story telling culture of Marrakech. A performance with stories and music.
16.45 – 17.15 ”AMANDLA CONTINUA!” (in Swedish)
Elina Oinas talks about hiv activism in South Africa and how the anti-apartheid movement's culture is still alive in new resistance movements.
17.15 – 17.45 THE ACCESS OF AFRICAN PRODUCTS TO THE EU MARKET (in English)
Emily Jones, Oxfam, UK, discusses Africa's access to the European market as a question of political will.
17.45 – 19.00 MUSIC FROM CAPE VERDE AND SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE
The group Brisa Kizomba plays ‘Tropical Music’. Mainly songs from Cape Verde and São Tomé & Príncipe.
Film
15.15 – 17.15 MOOLAADE – FRISTADEN
(1 h 52 min, in French and Bambara with Swedish sub-titles) by Sembène Ousmane, Senegal 2004.
Also
Photo exhibition "Terra Incógnita": Sérgio Santimano's pictures from Mozambique.
African craft for sale.
Welcome!
For other events during Kulturnatten (‘the cultural night’) in Uppsala, visit www.uppsala.se.