CURRICULUM

The Afritudine Cultural Association carries out various and wide-ranging initiatives, in Africa and in Europe, to spread, promote, valorise and sustain African culture.

• participation to the International Meeting "Les exotisme de la mode contemporaine Africaine" organised by the Haute Ecole d'Arts Appliquées. Geneva (Switzerland)

• realization of the IneditAFRICA project: an artistic showcase dedicated to the Malian style in collaboration with several craftsmen and designers from Mali. Milano, Ferrara, Bologna, Feltre, Arezzo (Italy)

• organisation and artistic direction of Made in Africa exhibition, the second Italian edition of the biannual of African Photography (Bamako - Mali), in collaboration with Provincia di Milano - Assessorato alla Cultura. Milan (Italy)

• organisation and artistic direction of Made in Africa exhibition, the first Italian edition of the biannual of African Photography (Bamako - Mali), in collaboration with Provincia di Milano - Assessorato alla Cultura. Milan (Italy)

• organisation of the event "Anima d’Africa", a tribute to the cultural richness of the continent. Among the contents: the photographic exhibition "Cieli d’Africa", musical performances of Senegalese kora and Moroccan liuto, dance sessions on Ivorian percussions. Milan (Italy)

• edition of the book Made in Africa Fotografia, dedicated to nowadays trend of the contemporary African Photography

• organisation of the photographic l'Afrique en format Polaroid exhibition of the photographer Mauro Olgiati in collaboration with the Institut Culturel Italien de Marseille (France). Marseille (France)

• organisation for its associated of the cultural trip to Bamako (Mali) on the occasion of the Biannual of Contemporary African Photography

• organisation and artistic direction of the cultural happening "In an African Eden" with many cultural proposals: contemporary dance performance by the Beninese dancer Koffi Koko, Moroccan theatre by the actor Abderrahim Elhadiri, 2 contemporary art exhibitions (photography and sculpture), live music concert by the Minlan group coming from Cameroon. Milan (Italy)

• organisation of the conference "How Much Africa Really Is There in Mal d'Afrique?", with the participation of the Cameroon author Jean Blaise Boya Itoulé along with Michela Manservisi and Sergio Simeone, founder members of the Afritudine Cultural Association. Milan (Italy)

• organisation of the Femme terre exhibition of the Senegalese photographer Ousmane Ndiaye Dago in collaboration with Carnet cultural magazine and Porsche Car Italy. Milan (Italy)

• organisation for its associated of the cultural trip to Dakar (Senegal) on the occasion of the Biannual of Contemporary African Art

• edition of bimonthly magazine "Africa", dedicated to the cultural valorisation of the African continent

• organisation and artistic direction of the first African Fashion defilé in Italy, proposed by the Senegalese fashion designer Oumou Sy. Milan (Italy)