African Arab Cultural Production

news from the Ford Foundation (Cairo Office)

Egypt:

Cairo Experimental Theatre Festival is scheduled to take place in Egypt from September 1^st to September 10^th.

Shams, Lebanon will present the play “ Lucy, The Vertical Woman” on September 4^th & 5^th .
El Warsha Theatre Group, Egypt will present “Layali El Warsha” on September 9^th & 10^th at “Beit el Seheimy”.
La Musica Independent Theatre Group will present its first Arab-Egyptian production, “La Musica 2eme” play. Performances will be on Sept. 2,3,4,8 & 9,2002 at the Falaki Studio, the American University in Cairo.

Contact: Ministry of Culture.

El Warsha Theatre Group will present their new play “Bullet in the Heart”. Performances will be held in Cairo from September 19^th to September 29^th ,2002 (except September 24) at Talia Theatre, and in Alexandria on 3^rd and 4^th of October at the Garage theatre.

Contact: El Warsha

E-mail: elwarsh@starnet.com.eg

An African Arab Music workshop will be held in Alexandria from October 3^rd to October 10^th in collaboration between the Dhow Countries Music Academy, Zanzibar, Al Urmawi Centre for Mashreq Music, Palestine and Quitharah Music Group, Egypt. The workshop will be followed by concerts in Alexandria at the Garage Theatre on October 10^th and in Cairo on October 12^th at the Townhouse gallery.

Mozambique:

Festival International de Teatro D’Agostos was held in Maputo from August 22^nd to August 31^st ,2002.

Abdo Nawar from Shams, Lebanon has attended the festival as an observer.

Contact: Mr. Evaristu De Abreu

Email: nhakamera@yahoo.com

Tel : 258 1 314872

Rwanda:

FESPAD (Festival Panafrican de La Danse) is scheduled to take place in Rwanda from September 1^st to September 9^th, 2002.

Contact: Ministere Rwandais de la Jeunesse, Des Sports et de La Culture.

Francois Ngarambe

Tel: (250) 83051 or (250) 83854

Fax : (250) 82162

South Africa:

Awesome Africa Music Festival is scheduled to take place in Durban on September 28^th & 29^th.

On the occasion of Awesome Festival, OCRE Conference will be held in Durban from September 23^rd to September 27^th. A first for South Africa, held by the African Cultural Fraternity for the development of Africa’s culture. Co-hosted by the University of Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts and OCRE (Operateurs Culturels en Reseaux /Afrique en Creation/Association Francaise d’action Artistique). Delegates from cultural organizations across Africa will focus on issues and strategies to promote and stimulate international and Pan-African linkages. Local community based specialists will be invited.

Jean Francois Belleface will attend the above conference. He is also trying to make arrangements for Tarek Abou El Fetouh and Joy Mboya to attend as representatives of our Cairo Group.

Contact: Mr. Peter Rorvik

Email: rorvikp@nu.ac.za

Web: http://www.und.ac.za/und/carts/

http://www.livingtreasures.co.za

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