African Cultural Renaissance Campaign (2010 – 2012)

African Cultural Renaissance Campaign (2010 – 2012): Strategy for implementation – “Promoting together the African Cultural Renaissance”

According to a document produced by the AU Commission, the aim of the Campaign for African Cultural Renaissance is to promote Pan Africanism, cultural renewal and identity as forming part of the shared values in the Continent.

The specific objectives of the Campaign are to:

• Ensure that African cultural values including African languages are promoted to maximum effect in order to reinforce a sense of identity among Africans.
• Promote the ratification of the Charter of the African Cultural Renaissance to ensure its entry into force.
• Popularize, and promote the effective implementation of the Charter at all levels of society through various activities that will:

Activities foreseen in the strategy for the for the Campaign (2010-2012) include the following main activities

• Formal Launching (during the celebrations of Africa Day on 25th May 2010 in Accra, Ghana as well as at the third Conference of African Ministers of Culture (Abuja, October 2010).
• Production of Advocacy and IEC materials
• Development of a Practical Guide on the Implementation of the Charter
• two competitions: a) an essay competition on Pan-Africanism for Young Africans; and b)  acompetition for the production of video clips showing traditional dances and or other artistic expressions and their important role in promoting Pan-Africanism.
• Promotion of African languages through a) Advocacy for the need to implement the Language Plan of Action of Africa (LPAA) and to formalize national language policies; b) the organisation of the first meetings of the Governing Board and the Assembly of Academicians of ACALAN; c) Develop a specific Pan-African Programme of Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education (MLE)in some countries.
• Meetings including a) an expert meeting to develop the practical guide and to assess progress/ monitoring and evaluation of the Campaign; b) The 3rd Session of the AU Conference of Ministers of Culture and c) the Third Pan-African Cultural Congress will mark the end of the Campaign in 2012 and will provide an opportunity to assess the impact of the Campaign.
• An exhibition and a catalogue on the African Cultural Renaissance and the Spirit of Pan-Africanism
• Focusing national cultural festivals during the Campaign on the popularization of the Charter and and the promotion of the African Cultural Renaissance.

Via OCPA News no 258,

More information about the launch

Read the full version of OCPA News in PDF format at www.ocpanet.org/activities/newsletter/2010/OCPA_News_No258_20100812.pdf

and in Word format at www.ocpanet.org/activities/newsletter/2010/OCPA_News_No258_20100812.doc.

Suggested Books

• Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa: Crisis or Renaissance?
• Challenges for Anthropology in the ‘African Renaissance’: A Southern African Contribution

Other Africa Culture books