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Masquerades and Carnivals at Dapper museum

In Africa, festivities regularly marked the end of the initiation undergone by adolescents to prepare them for adulthood. Harvest home, the coronation of a king or chief, and the commemoration of the deceased would also serve as pretexts for ritual celebration. Masks would be brought out and paraded in front of everyone, inspiring emotion and fascination in equal measure.
Today, masquerades continue to enthuse and enthral crowds attending the major annual festivals and the gatherings held to celebrate special events, such as the election of a head of state or the visit of an important foreign dignitary.
Masquerades and Carnavals, at Dapper Museum in Paris ( France) is from the 5th october 2011 to 15th july 2012.

Maya’s civilisation at quai Branly

Through the presentation of more than 160 exceptional objects belonging to the National Heritage of Guatemala – painted ceramics, steles, cut semiprecious stones, funerary objects, architectural remains, ornaments, etc. – the exhibition retraces the development of Maya civilization, its rise and decline before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in 1524 C.E., with a chronological visit distinguishing the pre-classical, classical, and post-classical periods.
The exhibition also presents the discoveries made at multiple sites recently studied, such as El Mirador, at the head of a group of fi ve sites selected in 2002 by the Guatemalan government for nomination on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. This latest research allows for the presentation to the visitor of a greater and more complex conception of Maya culture. The exhibition ends with a more contemporary section integrating multimedia and photographs, permitting the transmission of a broad view of ancient and contemporary Maya culture, and creating a link between past and present.
The exhibition is available up to the 2nd October 2011.

Conference: The Cultural Images in and of Africa, Uppsala – Sweden

We were about sixty scholars and researchers at the international conference organized by The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) of Uppsala, Sweden from the 15th to 18th June 2009 on What’s Culture got to do with it ? The central idea was about African images today. The NAI was created in 1962 by the Nordic nations: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to promote African studies in their area through seminars, conferences, research in the field, etc. It has a big and specialized library.

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« John Paul II: White and African Pope»

Jean Paul II n’a cessé, lors de ses nombreux voyages sur le continent africain, d’encourager chaque africain à être acteur de son propre développement et à l’Église d’être toujours plus un signe prophétique, porteuse de l’Évangile de la paix et de la réconciliation.

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – I week

The first African Synod, convoked by John Paul II in 1994 with the theme Church as Family of God has clarified the African churchs present needs: justice, peace, and reconciliation. These are the key words of the second synods theme, which will be held this October in the Vatican. Just a few days before the second synod, Jean-Baptiste Sourou, a journalist for Vatican Radio, evaluates these 15 years of the Church as a Family…

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – II week

(Français) Cette deuxième semaine des travaux du synode a été caractérisée par trois moments importants : la poursuite des interventions, l’exposé du deuxième invité spécial et la présentation du Rapport après la discussion (la Relatio post disceptationem), et donc les amendements pour aboutir aux propositions à faire au Pape suivis de la présentation de l’ébauche du Message du synode.

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – III week

(Français) Au cours du repas qu’il a offert à la fin des travaux du synode aux participants, le Pape a manifesté son intention de nommer le cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (voir Photos), archevêque de Cape Coast au Ghana pour succéder au cardinal Raffaele Renato Martino, à la tête du Conseil pontifical Justice et Paix. C’est sans doute un signe fort qu’à la fin d’un synode consacré à la justice, à la paix, la réconciliation en Afrique, un fils du continent prenne en charge ce Dicastère.
Cette dernière semaine aura été celle des conclusions. On a travaillé plus en carrefours linguistiques et entre rapporteurs pour les différents amendements au Message et aux Propositions qu’en congrégations.

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – Witnesses

(Français) Soeur Geneviève UWAMARIYA, Soeur de Sainte Marie de Namur (RWANDA)
«La réconciliation n’est pas tellement vouloir ramener ensemble deux personnes ou deux groupes en conflit. Il s’agit plutôt de rétablir chacun dans l’amour et de laisser advenir la guérison intérieure qui permet la libération mutuelle».

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The Second African Synod – 4th to 25th October 2009 – Interviews from the Synod

(Français) Suivez le Synode par la voix de quelques protagonistes…

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