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Team Europe, led by the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, has joined African artists to observe Afrobeat fable Fela Anikulapo Kuti done the Afrobeat Rebellion Exhibition successful Lagos.
The event, held astatine the Ecobank Pan African Centre, brought unneurotic European ambassadors and elder diplomats from Poland, Finland, Belgium, the Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Denmark and Portugal.
Supported by the French Embassy, the accumulation is portion of a taste speech that began successful Paris, utilizing euphony and creation to link Africa and Europe done shared themes of rhythm, resistance, and creativity.
Organised to people Fela’s birthday, the accumulation showcases photography, sound, and multimedia installations that hint his philharmonic journey, from governmental activism and creator defiance to the planetary power of Afrobeat arsenic a question for justness and identity.
At the event, Ambassador Gautier Mignot said the accumulation highlights the relation of creation and civilization successful promoting dialog and knowing betwixt nations.
“Art and euphony transcend boundaries. Through exhibitions similar Afrobeat Rebellion, we observe not conscionable creator look but shared values of freedom, creativity, and dialogue. Fela’s bequest reminds america that civilization is simply a almighty instrumentality for unity and for inspiring affirmative change.”
He reaffirmed the EU’s committedness to taste practice with Africa, noting that the Team Europe inaugural supports originative industries and people-to-people connections done art, music, and education.
“From Paris to Lagos, Afrobeat Rebellion represents a concern betwixt Africa and Europe rooted successful respect, creativity, and shared humanity,” Mignot added.
The exhibition’s accomplishment successful Lagos, often called the heartbeat of Afrobeat, marks a symbolic homecoming for the movement.
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