Alliance Ethio-Française: RoundTable “Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery” - 04.06.15
UNESCO, the Alliance Ethio-Francaise and the French Center for Ethiopian Studies cordially invite you to the roundtable entitled “Slave Routes and Commemorations: The Duty of Memory, a Global Vision” followed by the opening of the exhibition “Lest We Forget : The Triumph Over Slavery” on Thursday June 4th 2015 at 6:00 PM at the Alliance Ethio-Francaise.
Free entrance/roundtable discussion in English.
The roundtable entitled “Slave Routes and Commemorations: The Duty of Memory, a Global Vision” will focus on highlighting the causes, forms of operation, issues and consequences of slavery in the world and highlight the global transformations and cultural interactions that have resulted from this history, with a particular focus on the Horn of Africa.
Participants ( TBC):
Bosha Bombe is an associate researcher at Arba Minch University (Ethiopia) and a regular collaborator of CFEE.
Abiyi Ford is former Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism and Communications of Addis Ababa University, and a specialist on film and the Marcus Garvey Movement.
Laury Belrose, Historian and regular collaborator of CFEE.
Sasha Rubel is the UNESCO Advisor for Culture to Ethiopia, the African Union, and the Economic Commission for Africa.
The exhibition “Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery” offers an inspiring look at the cultural, political, economic and social practices that enslaved Africans developed while enduring the dehumanizing conditions of slavery; it has been displayed in different regions of the world since its creation in 2004 at the occasion of the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its abolition.
The exhibition is unique in that it focuses less on enslaved Africans as victims and more on the ways in which they reshaped their destinies and place in history through the creation of distinct cultures. In addition, Lest We Forget explicitly demonstrates the huge economic impact of the slave trade and enslaved African labor on the development of the Americas and Europe and the concomitant disruption of Africa’s economic, political and social life. Some of the lasting cultural contributions explored include language, religion, music and institutions.
Followed by a drinks reception
