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Messenger: Ras KebreAB Sent: 3/20/2009 11:36:37 AM
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FESMAN 2009 will be the largest ever gathering of renowned artists from Africa and the Diaspora worldwide, encompassing all forms and expressions of art, music, dance, literature, poetry, drama and cinema. The Festival is a wonderful opportunity for African Americans and friends of Africa in every field – including the arts, business, education, news media, and new technologies – to forge closer ties with the Continent.

Djibril Diallo, Senior Communications Advisor for UNAIDS New York Office writes:

On behalf of the Leadership Committee for the United States Launch of the World Festival of Black Arts 2009 (FESMAN 2009), I write to express my thanks and appreciation for your participation in the launch on January 14 at the United Nations in New York.

FESMAN 2009 is spearheaded by H.E. Maître Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal, and will celebrate the achievements of the art and culture of Africa and the African Diaspora. As indicated in his keynote address, the President looks forward to efforts to build awareness and involvement in the U.S. for the Festival itself in Senegal on December 1 to 21, 2009.

FESMAN 2009 will highlight the power of artists and artistic expression to convey messages for development and peace, and to mobilize efforts to overcome HIV/AIDS and accelerate the achievement of the other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The Festival is also an occasion for the private sector, public institutions and foundations to promote new partnerships and opportunities with Africa.

We are pleased to include all who participated in the United States launch as part of the Friends of FESMAN 2009, a network that we are setting up to spread the word in the United States about the Festival.

FESMAN 2009 will be the largest ever gathering of renowned artists from Africa and the Diaspora worldwide, encompassing all forms and expressions of art, music, dance, literature, poetry, drama and cinema. The Festival is a wonderful opportunity for African Americans and friends of Africa in every field – including the arts, business, education, news media, and new technologies – to forge closer ties with the Continent.

In my capacity as Goodwill Ambassador and member of the Scientific Committee for FESMAN 2009, I would like to point out that the strategic objectives of the Festival include:


To reaffirm the role of artists and intellectuals in the African Renaissance;

To promote the better protections and wider distribution of the artistic and cultural works of the black world

To celebrate the intellectual, artistic and literary identity and the creativeness of the creators of Africa and the Diaspora

To offer conditions of expression to the creative artists of the black world, which will encourage them to unite together and help make their contributions to the implementation of NEPAD (the New Partnership for Africa’s Development).
FESMAN will include a Symposium on the African Renaissance, performances, and exhibitions covering these disciplines: music, dance, painting, photography, sculpture, design and handicrafts, fashion design and hairdressing, cinema and video, theater, literature, and architecture (exhibition of models).

The Leadership Committee will continue to support the activities of the United States Committee for FESMAN 2009, under the dynamic and able chairmanship of Professor Molefi Kete Asante, which is organizing participation by African American artists in all fields in the Festival.

Thank you again for participating in the launch. We will keep you informed about further activities and ways for you to become more involved in this historic global celebration of African culture.




Messenger: Ras KebreAB Sent: 3/20/2009 11:37:30 AM
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Messenger: Ras KebreAB Sent: 3/20/2009 11:57:21 AM
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