Morning Session - 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Welcoming Remarks and the World Bank Art Program:
Marina Galvani, (The World Bank) Curator, The World Bank Art Program

Introduction: Letting Artists Communicate
Pere Ortin Andres (Spain), Africalls documentary film director;
- Contemporary, Modern and Traditional Art in Africa: the Role and Social Responsibility of African Artists: 3 perspectives

• Hervé Yamguen (Cameroun), artist (in French);
• Nástio Mosquito (Angola), artist;
• Antoine Lema, (The World Bank), senior social scientist and art collector of traditional
  African art (topics: role of traditional art and its impact on modern art).

~ Q & A Session - Feel free to ask questions. ~

~ Coffee Break ~

Two other perspectives from artists presented in Africa Now!: Who they are and an overview of their work

• Karino Amade (Mozambique), artist;
• Victor Ekpuk, (Nigeria), artist (on the experience of a Diaspora artist).

LUNCH BREAK
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

  GUIDED TOURS OF THE EXHIBITION
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Each tour lasts 30 minutes
Meeting Point: Information Desk MC Atrium

Afternoon Session - 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Inviting audience back and Introduction:
Eric Chinje, (The World Bank) Africa Region External Affairs, Manager

Development and Art in Africa:
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, (The World Bank) Africa Region Vice President

Artistic Activities in Africa
Ousseynou Wade, General Secretary Biennale Contemporary African Art
Dak’Art- an overview of the past Biennale 2008 (in French)

Elisabeth Topsoe Introduction on contemporary design in Africa,
(Denmark), NewAfrica Design Project, curator

Two Success Stories: Senegal and Nigeria

• Matthew Mensah (Nigeria), PR Director Deola Sagoe fashion designer and social activist Nigeria “Humanitarian Project” – Catwalk for hunger
• Oumou Sy, fashion designer (Senegal) A successful businesswoman from Senegal (in French)

~ Coffee Break ~

Two other perspectives from artists presented in Africa Now!:
Who they are and an overview of their work

• Petros Ghebrehiwot (Eritrea), artist; (on the experience of an artist in residence)
• Mwandale Mwanyekwa (Tanzania), artist (on her successful story of being a sculptress in a male-dominated art scene).

~ Q & A Session - Feel free to ask questions. ~