Contemporary Rwandan Art @ The Pan African Dance Festival (FESPAD) 2010

Rwanda Tue 27-07-2010

Contemporary Rwandan Art @ The Pan African Dance Festival (FESPAD) 2010
By Collin Sekajugo

July the 24th 2010 was the grand opening ceremony of the annual Pan African Dance Festival (FESPAD).

This was the 5th anniversary of the festival that started 5 years ago with the influence of Mr. Emmanuel Bugingo under the patronage of the Rwanda Ministry of Culture and Sports.

FESPAD opening gala

^{Choreography performance at Amahoro National Stadium, Kigali July 24th, 2010}

This event was introduced to Rwanda with a major objective of bringing together performers from different countries of the world to showcase their cultures in the country.

Since it’s inauguration in 2005, FESPAD has proven to be Rwanda’s biggest cultural event bringing a big number of widely known artists including musicians, dancers, poets and painters from different parts of Africa and the world across.

More than 30 countries participated in this year’s FESPAD whereas for the first time the event also featured a beauty pageant dubbed Miss FESPAD 2010.

Featured artist included Lauryn Hill from the USA, Africa’s King of Souk, Kofi Olomidde from DRC, Uganda’s Re-known Jose Chameleon, Kenya’s Nameless and Necessary Noise amongst others.

Randevous by Collin Ssekajugo

^{Randezvous by Collin Sekajugo}

During past events, visual artists have been given an opportunity to paint live during the festival and exhibit their works in different venues around Kigali.

This year, Rwanda’s local painters, sculptors and photographers had yet another chance to exhibit their artwork at the big exhibition Hall at Hotel Laico Umubano Kigali and Shokola Lounge.

^{The photography exhibition}

The photography show can be seen at the Goethe Institut Exhibition hall.

The 2010 event also features two conferences on art and culture.

Arterial Network in conjunction with Ishyo Arts Center organized a conference on Cultural Policy in Africa Forum that was held on Monday July 26th and OTF group together with Rwanda Development Board have organized a conference titled “Creative Economy”.

These two conferences aim was to promote art and culture through cultural diplomacy and advocacy.

The festival runs until the 31st July 2010.

^{Untitled by Innocent Nkurunziza}

^{Untitled by Cyizanye Tony}

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Your Comments

William Ngendandumwe: that's a such lovely painting!the colours and composition are warm and emotional!keep doing that Cyizanye.You are a great artist!!

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