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African Renaissance
United States
Committee for FESMAN 2009 (USFESMANCO)
Chairperson: Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
PO Box 30004
Elkins Park, PA 19027
Phone: 215/782-3214 Fax: 215/782-8411
Email:
Molefikete1@Aol.Com
July 1, 2009
UNITY COMMUNITY
CENTER
c/o Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble
Mr. Robert Dickerson,
Founder & CEO
1544 Mt. Ephraim Avenue
Camden, New Jersey 08104
Dear Mr. Dickerson:
I am happy to inform you that the United States
Festival Mondial des Arts Negres Committee
(USFESMANCO) has selected the Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble
to participate in FESMAN, to be held in Dakar, Senegal, December 1-14,
2009. (Please note: new date for festival will be re-scheduled
for December 2010)
FESMAN is the descendant of the
First Festival of Black Arts held in Dakar in l966 and the FESTAC
held in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1977. Nearly 80 nations will bring their
best artists and performers to this
event. A distinguished committee of 18 artists, scholars, and
practitioners who have spent the past
year organizing for FESMAN made the decision to choose you as a
representative of the United States
at the FESMAN.
The
United States is set to have an energetic group of artists to represent
the diverse disciplines of our
artistic community. More than sixty people have been selected along
with you for the FESMAN.
The organizers in Dakar,
Senegal, can provide lodging, food and ground transportation for 30
artists
the first week and 30 artists the second week. However, all artists
will have to pay their own
transportation to and from Dakar, Senegal. Artists are welcomed to
remain in Senegal for the entire
two weeks of the festival. However, the organizers are only able to
cover the lodging, food and ground transportation for either the first
or the second week. If you stay longer than one week it will be at
your own expense.
Please
let me know if you intend to accept the invitation. This will allow us
to know how many
alternate spaces we have for the U.S. delegation.
Sincerely,
Dr. Molefi Kete
Asante, Chair
United States Committee for FESMAN 2009 (USFESMANCO)
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