Name | Country | Bio | |
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Mike van Graan | South Africa |
Playwright and member of UNESCO’s Expert Facility on the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions |
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Dounia Benslimane
(President) |
Morocco |
Independent cultural operator based in Casablanca, Morocco. Co-founder of Racines. |
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Aadel Essaadani | Morocco |
General coordinator of Racines, urbanist, technical scenographer, activist and consultant in cultural policies for development and human rights. |
Carole Karemera | Rwanda |
Executive director of the ISHYO Arts Center. |
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Jean-Pierre Moudjalou | Gabon |
Artists and festivals manager, Programme Officer in the media group Génération Nouvelle, President of the Gabonese Music Export Office and Head of Arts en expression. |
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Bongani Njalo | South Africa |
Artist, Co-Director at Leonandi Contemporary Gallery and Founder of The 54 Art Foundation. |
Daba Sarr | Senegal |
Director of the Africa Fete Festival in Senegal, member of the Grand Jury for the Grand Prix for Arts of the President of the Republic (2016-2017). |
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Ayeta Wangusa | Uganda |
Executive Director of Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) a creative think tank in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She is a member of the UNESCO Expert Facility for the 2005 Convention. |