EUNIC Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Seminar 2025 - Africa-Europe Cultural Relations Today

Описание: The EUNIC Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Seminar took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 13–15 October 2025.

The seminar brought together EUNIC cluster colleagues, Africa–Europe Spaces of Culture jury members, partners from supported projects and colleagues from EU Delegations for three days of exchange, discussion and reflection on Africa-Europe cultural relations.

The seminar provided an open and honest space to reflect on EUNIC's role in strengthening cultural relations between Europe and Africa, while exploring the topics, needs, and opportunities emerging from the region’s dynamic cultural and creative sectors, through the lens of projects and partnerships.

Interviewees in order of appearance:

Ayoko Mensah - Curator, Cultural Expert and Journalist, Currently Curator at House of European History in Brussels and former Coordinator of Afropolitan; Spaces of Culture jury member

François Tiger - Head of the Culture and Solidarity Partnerships Division; Institut français, Paris

Amadou Fall Ba - Coordinator Impact Senegal, Senegal

Yemisi Mokuolu - Independent Producer and Creative Industries Consultant, Founder and CEO of HATCH; Spaces of Culture jury member

Julia Ojanen - Executive Director at Villa Karo the Finnish-African Cultural Centre, Benin

Avril Joffe - Independent professional researcher and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand; Spaces of Culture jury member

Benita Hickson - Second Secretary at Embassy of Ireland in Nigeria

Patricia Gómez Lanzaco - Segunda Jefatura (Premier Conseiller) Embassy of Spain, Mali

Anabell Sotelo Ramires - Head of department for Asia, Africa and Latin America at the Ukrainian Institute

Farai Ncube - Regional Director, Creative Economy and Arts and Culture; British Council Zimbabwe