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“Building
Bridges Together – Contrusions Ensemble”
“In a
globalised world in which the boundaries which separate countries
are gradually disappearing, culture and the arts will remain the
basis of our diversity”
Erastus J
O Mwencha
COMESA
Secretary General
The
Franco-COMESA Club hosts the Franco COMESA Exhibition annually. The
2004 exhibition presented artworks from painters, sculptors and
photographers from DR Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The club
promotes cultural cooperation among the states of COMESA
(Commonwealth of East and Southern Africa), and the French
Government’s foreign policy of stimulating and supporting
initiatives that preserve African cultural heritage and diversity.
The
exhibition is compiled by inviting selected artists to submit a
maximum of 3 works for selection by panels of judges. The selection
panels are:
‘Dialogues’
Association & Espace Culturel Francophone, Lubumbashi, DR Congo;
French Cultural Centre & La Caverna Gallery, Blantyre, Malawi;
and,
The
Lusaka Selection Panel, Zambia
Three
‘Spirit of the Land’
works
were selected (shown here).
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