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SEYCHELLES JOINING AFRICA DAY 2013 CELEBRATIONS FROM THIS COMING WEDNESDAY

 

Almasalla Travel News - The Seychelles Ministry of Tourism and Culture has confirmed that from this coming Wednesday they are joining Africa to mark the 2013 Africa Day Celebrations  through their very own FetAfrik.

 

The island's FetAfrik Committee have come out with a fully fledged four day program starting with a lecture at UNISEY Campus at -----10.00hrs  Anse Royale on Wednesday 22nd May on Pan Africanism & African Renaissance. This will be followed by a lecture to the Seychelles Tourism Academy Students at 13.00hrs by visiting Chef Kabelo Segone of South Africa and a Cultural Talk at 16.30hrs at the National Cultural Center on 'Soungoula', this commonly used word that retraces its origin back to mainland Africa.

 

On Thursday the 23rd May an Exhibition by visiting South African Artist Bamba Siblya will take place at 11.00hrs at Kenywn House in Victoria. This will be followed by at 17.00hrs by the Official launching ceremony of FetAfrik 2013 at the National Cultural Center in Victoria and an African Bazaar where the National Cultural Troupe, Achille Kwame Luc and  the visiting Maasai Performance  - Bomas of Kenya will be entertaining the crowds. An interesting visiting Exhibition from the Nelson Mandela Centre for African Culture in Mauritius will also be opened at the same time at the national Cultural Centre itself.

 

On Friday the 24th May at 10.00hrs the Seychelles Association of Visual Arts are staging an Afrikart Painting Exhibition at Caravelle House at the same time as the African Bazaar will re-open for the day at the National Cultural Center. At 12noon the Maasai Performance  - Bomas of Kenya will be performing in the open air outside the Kenya Airways Office at Kingsgate House in Victoria and at 13.00hrs at the Children's Library Steven Rose will be conducting Story Telling – African Folktales session. On that same evening from 19.00hrs an African Gala Evening will be held at Le meridian Barbarons Hotel at Barbarons Mahe.

 

On Saturday 25th May at 9.30hrs  at the National Cultural Center an OAU-AU Exhibition will be opened marking the 50th Anniversary of the organization. This will be followed by the last day of the African Bazaar where sale of crafts, food, books music CDs etc will be taking place before the curtain closes on the 2013 Africa Day celebrations.

 

The Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, Mr Alain St.Ange has said that this year the Ministry with the support of those who believe in our African tradition and have come forward to mark the event with renewed vigor. "The FetAfrik Committee have worked tirelessly to stage an event that will mark this important date on our calendar of events. This year we have also been assisted to bring more of main land Africa to Seychelles and this new approach we hope will be further developed in the coming years as we continue to mark our Africa Day in Seychelles" Minister St.Ange said.