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The Drummers and Their Drumbeats: Étienne Minoungou

Etienne Minoungou is an actor, director, playwright and African cultural entrepreneur, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. After serving as artistic director of the Théâtre de la Fraternité in Ouagadougou, he founded the Falinga company in 2000, and in 2002 launched the Récréâtrales, the first pan-African theatrical writing and creation residencies in Ouagadougou, which has become one of the most important forums for theatrical creation in Africa. As an actor, he has been touring European and African stages. __ Culturescapes 2023 Sahara picks up from the Amazonian edition of the festival and introduces some of participating artists with their video portraits done by Anita Afonu, an award-winning Ghanaian documentary film director. In 2023, the three themes—borders, resilience, and futures—that structure the narrative of the festival program can be experienced through the stories of the invited artists. This series of video portraits, The Drummers and Their Drumbeats, enable a broader understanding of the socio-political and cultural context of the Saharan region. Each portrait allows a look behind the scenes into the artists' real life beyond the black box, the white cube, or the concert venue. Artists reveal essential inspirations for their practices and discuss critical questions of our time that influx their work. Anita Afonu has over a decade of experience directing and producing films exploring the hidden histories and everyday lives of people in West Africa. She belongs to a new generation of African artists who are creatively reckoning with their nations’ pasts to understand the present political and social realities. __ For more information on Culturescapes, visit www.culturescapes.ch.