"Italy and Africa: Culture, Education, Cooperation and Future Prospects"

Round table. Followed by the film Una famiglia

Marco Rusconi, AICS Director; Paul-Henri Souvenir Assako, Ph.D, professor l’Università di Yaoundé I and director of Libre Academie des Beaux-arts (LABA); Debra Aroko, producer and director; Raffaele Cattaneo, Undersecretary for International and European Relations of the Lombardy Region. Moderator: Paolo Ferrara – Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia
Followed by Una famiglia, Christian Carmosino Mereu | Italy, Burkina Faso | 2021 | 74'. AICS Special event

In collaboration with AICS and Terre des Hommes Italia

25 Mar 2025
16:30
Free entry

The round table “Italy and Africa: Culture, Education, Cooperation and Future Prospects” is the occasion to learn about and analyse the role of Italian development cooperation in the education of Africa’s new generations, with particular attention to the investment in skills at the service of the cultural industry. During the event it will be possible to hear the voices of producers, directors and young actors from Africa who speak about the African cultural industry, its role as a vehicle of development for the content and its current needs. The link between education, empowerment of the new generations and the development of Africa and of the African creative industry will also be discussed and models of sustainable collaboration between Italy and African countries will be explored.

Intervengono

Marco Rusconi, AICS Director; Paul-Henri Souvenir Assako, Ph.D, professor l’Università di Yaoundé I and director of Libre Academie des Beaux-arts (LABA); Debra Aroko, producer and director; Raffaele Cattaneo, Undersecretary for International and European Relations of the Lombardy Region.

Moderator: Paolo Ferrara – Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia

Followed by

Una famiglia, Christian Carmosino Mereu | Italy, Burkina Faso | 2021 | 74’

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