For more info and podcast:
https://nyuiaaa.org/event-items/artist-in-residence-rokia-traore-events/
Friday, October 26, 2018: Main lecture with musical interludes
Talk about my professional artistic experience in Mali and how such experiences led me to understand how much the existence of cultural-artistic public spaces are needed in Mali and Africa to reinforce education and communication in the process of development and sociopolitical organization.
Moderated by Michael E. Veal Professor of Ethnomusicology at Yale University.
7pm, free entry.
Monday, October 29, 2018: Conversation with Ben Okri
Focus on how to improve spaces for Culture-Art in sociopolitical debates in Africa and discussion about leadership and the philosophy of power.
Moderated by Michael E. Veal Professor of Ethnomusicology at Yale University.
6pm, free entry.
