Angola: The African Union (AU) and the United Nations, Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and Angola host the continent’s progressive thinking four-day conference on how to advance cultural ties, free the continent from forced cultural and business practices while forging integration and anti-imperialism.
Building bridges between generations dedicated to a peaceful Africa has become the main issue in the continent as it continues to liberate itself from all cultural, political, social and economic ways otherwise imposed by Western Europe.
From today to October 8, 2021, UNESCO, the AU and the Government of Angola have co-organised the second edition of the Biennale of Luanda.
The Biennale of Luanda — “Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace” — is a joint initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the African Union (AU) and the Government of Angola that aims to promote the prevention of violence and the resolution of conflicts, by encouraging cultural exchanges in Africa and dialogue between generations, without the influence of the US and its Western allies.
As a space for reflection and dissemination of artistic works, ideas and best practices related to the culture of peace, it brings together representatives of governments, civil society, the artistic and scientific community and international organisations.
It participates in the implementation of the “Plan of Action for a Culture of Peace in Africa/Make Peace Happen” adopted in March 2013 in Luanda, Angola, during the Pan-African Forum “Sources and Resources for a Culture of Peace”.
The 2021 edition will be held in a hybrid format!
This new edition of the Biennale of Luanda will be celebrated under the African Union’s 2021 theme, “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want” in a hybrid format, mixing digital and presential events.
This year’s edition comes as Africa is feeling the heat from Western Europe who have tried to tell leaders of the continent and their governments, how to behave, how to run their economies and which countries to befriend.
The United Sates has been singled out as trying to use its economic might to gag African countries through sanctions for refusing and rejecting issues like homosexuality which is viewed as an attack on African culture, punishing countries that institute land reform and countries that do business with alternative countries such as eastern Europe and China.
In Luanda, Africa is expected to map a way forward on how to defend itself against being treated like young brothers by having Western European values imposed on Africans.
It also comes when Africa wants its diverse cultural norms not to be looked down upon as inferior to westerners. Allafrica.com
