The Rise of the Queens is a fusion of traditional East-African dancing, Afro-Brazilian fight-dances and Menard Mponda’s own music and choreographies inspired by stories about three African Queens of water. They are said to be present in the everyday life of all women. In the same way as water can be the symbol of life and death, the mythical queens are not only characters, but symbols of the various dimensions of life.
My work as a dance and music teacher … Lue lisää
Afrikaksi kuttutussa maailman osassa, 420:en penikulman paikkoin Lounasta kohen meijän tienoiltamme, on suuren Länsi-meren rannalla muuan maan paikka jota ruottiksi kuttutaan guldkusten, ja suomeksi olisi kultaranta nimeltä. Vähä päälle 60 vuotta takaperin tuli sinne myös muuan … Lue lisää
Scholarship holders Marjo, Rea-Liina, musician Susanna Hietala and I visited the royal palaces of Abomey. This place is of great historical importance, since it was once the capital of the great Dahomey kingdom famous for its wealth and army of Amazons, but also for slavery. Today it’s a UNESCO world heritage site.
The palace carries a sombre history. Some of the Abomey kings were effective slave traders, who, after a long period of internal slave trade, found new … Lue lisää
Click on the map above and you’ll see the village of Grand-Popo!
This map was drawn some years ago by Finnish artist Tini Sauvo, and as she writes, it is an outline ment to give the idea of the village: and to encourage to discover and find new paths.
Life in Grand-Popo is lively and new establishments are always appearing on the places of old ones. In this map you can’t for example yet see the Lion Bar – … Lue lisää