WOMEX

Advocating for Change - Saturday, 31 October



Advocating for Change on Saturday is more hand-on practical – what we can do together in a wide variety of instances. From 'green' issues, to Rokia Troaré's own foundation, from general self-advocacy to issues on the diaspora, this full day will highlight collective action.



Teshome Wondemu
Diaspora in Development – Turning a Tide of Brain Drain
Selam and the African Jazz Music School


Teshome Wondimu (pictured), Selam (Sweden/Ethiopia) with Henok Temesgen, African Jazz Music School (Ethiopia); Osiel Ibáñez, Selam (Sweden) and Loulou Cherinet, Selam (Sweden/Ethiopia)

 
 
Alison Tickell
It’s Not Easy Being Green
But it’s not as difficult as you think


Simon Broughton, Songlines (UK) with Alison Tickell (pictured), Julie's Bicycle (UK) and Esben Danielsen, Roskilde Festival (Denmark)

 
 
Rokia Traoré
Photo by Richard Dumas
Rokia Traoré – The Passerelle Foundation
Structured support to African urban culture and arts

Rokia Traoré, artist (Mali/France)

 
Jean Cook
Photo by Shervin Lainez, Stefano Giovanni
Strength in Diversity
Better living through cooperative action


Jean Cook (pictured), Future of Music Coalition (USA) with Alison Wenham, AIM (UK); Paulo André Moraes Pires, Astronave/Porto Musical (Brazil); Marc Benaïche, Mondomix Media (France) and Anton Carter, Pacific Arts Alliance (Samoa/New Zealand)

 
 



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