A new celebration of Namibian Culture
The project aims to strengthen the collections of the Museums Association of Namibia (MAN) through collaboration with the European Union (EU).
Luca Milanesi
Yesterday, The Zone saw the launch of the museum development as a tool for strengthening cultural rights in Namibia. The event was held at JoJo’s Café in Windhoek and saw foreign and local dignitaries come together in the name of culture.
This comes after a review of the human rights bill, in which the importance of cultural rights and access to those rights were identified. Subsequently, a delegation from the EU, led by her excellency Jana Hybaskova, have decided to initiate this project in which 237 025.00 Euros will be provided by the EU in order to support the openings of new and regional museums.
According to Jeremy Sylvester, the director of MAN, “we should hold our thumbs for 2019 as hopefully the first museum should be ready by then”. This is the first of four components that the project has identified as being of importance, and includes the Museum of Namibian Music. Other projects include a museum focused on the links between the environmental resources and the cultural rights of local communities in Katima Mulilo. Furthermore, there are at least two further mobile exhibitions being planned in collaboration with the Namibian San Council and the Nakambale Museum in Olukonda.
Yesterday’s launch also served to officially announce a new competition in collaboration with the upcoming launch of the Museum of Namibian Music. “It’s not us, it’s not you; it’s all of us together in Namibia building the first ever Museum of Namibian Music,” said Hybaskova when introducing this competition, which aims to draw on all Namibians for participation. The competition incorporates two aspects, one being a call to all Namibians to submit what they understand as Namibian Music to MAN in order to gain a wider understanding and to allow for a fully encompassing museum on Namibian Music. The second aspect concerns the logo of the new museum, and MAN has called upon all Namibians to submit their designs for a logo for the Museum of Namibian Music. The deadline for the submission of the logo is on the 31 January 2018, and the winner can claim a prize of N$2200.00. All submissions must be made to the Museums Association of Namibia, where more details can also be found.
Yesterday, The Zone saw the launch of the museum development as a tool for strengthening cultural rights in Namibia. The event was held at JoJo’s Café in Windhoek and saw foreign and local dignitaries come together in the name of culture.
This comes after a review of the human rights bill, in which the importance of cultural rights and access to those rights were identified. Subsequently, a delegation from the EU, led by her excellency Jana Hybaskova, have decided to initiate this project in which 237 025.00 Euros will be provided by the EU in order to support the openings of new and regional museums.
According to Jeremy Sylvester, the director of MAN, “we should hold our thumbs for 2019 as hopefully the first museum should be ready by then”. This is the first of four components that the project has identified as being of importance, and includes the Museum of Namibian Music. Other projects include a museum focused on the links between the environmental resources and the cultural rights of local communities in Katima Mulilo. Furthermore, there are at least two further mobile exhibitions being planned in collaboration with the Namibian San Council and the Nakambale Museum in Olukonda.
Yesterday’s launch also served to officially announce a new competition in collaboration with the upcoming launch of the Museum of Namibian Music. “It’s not us, it’s not you; it’s all of us together in Namibia building the first ever Museum of Namibian Music,” said Hybaskova when introducing this competition, which aims to draw on all Namibians for participation. The competition incorporates two aspects, one being a call to all Namibians to submit what they understand as Namibian Music to MAN in order to gain a wider understanding and to allow for a fully encompassing museum on Namibian Music. The second aspect concerns the logo of the new museum, and MAN has called upon all Namibians to submit their designs for a logo for the Museum of Namibian Music. The deadline for the submission of the logo is on the 31 January 2018, and the winner can claim a prize of N$2200.00. All submissions must be made to the Museums Association of Namibia, where more details can also be found.
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