ORFC Global 2021 Session

West African Farmer Testimonies: How We Are Overcoming the Crisis of Climate Change in the Sahel Through Natural Regeneration of Trees on Our Farms

Small-scale farmers in the 16 countries of the Sahel in West Africa face a dual crisis to their livelihoods: climate change and land degradation. 

For many generations, farmers had lived and farmed in equilibrium with the natural environment. They maintained soil fertility, water holding capacity and crop production through fallowing and other practices. 

Today, population pressure, climate change, soil erosion, misuse of agrochemicals have reduced the resiliency and sustainability of the farming system. Farm communities have become highly vulnerable to drought. Hunger and chronic malnutrition have increased. 

This session highlights the testimonies of farmers, men and women, from 4 countries in the Sahel in overcoming these problems. They represent a wider movement adapting the principles of “agroecology” (learning how to work with nature). This grassroots, farmer-led movement has achieved remarkable success in transforming landscapes, adapting to climate change, regenerating their soils, and improving their food security. 

Their inspiring testimonies show how human determination, innovation, and collective action have brought hope to one of the most ecologically fragile, crisis prone areas in Africa.

Speakers:
Tsuamba Bourgou
Fatou Batta
Dan Banuoku

Chair:
Peter Gubbels

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How can Africa's leaders persuade terrorists to put down their weapons and mitigate spillover effects?

Dimensions to be addressed:
- Integrating internally displaced persons
- Defusing the drivers of terrorism
- Fostering local, regional and international cooperation

•Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Special Adviser and Member of the State Cabinet, Ogun State Government, Nigeria; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Fragility, Violence & Conflict.
•Abdirahman Yusuf Ali Aynte, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Somalia.
•Erastus J. O. Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson, African Union, Addis Ababa; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Regional Organizations.
•Kennedy Odede, President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), USA; Young Global Leader.
•Anton du Plessis, Managing Director, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), South Africa; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on Fragility, Violence & Conflict.

Moderated by Bobby Ghosh, Managing Editor, Quartz - Atlantic Media, USA.

In honour of Black History Month 2021, relive the magic of Baaba Maal’s historic February 2020 residency at the Museum. Watch this video to experience highlights from the Senegalese music legend’s Duniya Salaam concerts, a celebration of diversity and world peace.

Performing on two consecutive nights in the Museum's Auditorium, Maal shared soaring melodies, rhythms, and stories that have made him one of the world’s most renowned musicians. The Senegalese singer, guitarist, and percussionist's performances both centred around the theme of Duniya Salaam, which translates to "world peace."

Maal’s shows were part of an Artist Residency at the Museum that also saw him leading youth workshops and take part in a public discussion about music’s role in uniting cultures.
 
Baaba’s Maal Duniya Salaam is presented in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Senegal in Canada.

Bringing online Museum experiences to you is part of our mission to connect cultures and promote understanding between peoples. To learn more about how you can support the Museum by making a donation or becoming a Friend or Patron, please visit: https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/support

Victor Yeimo of Komite Nasional Papua Barat (KNPB) shares the situation, challenges and demands of the West Papuan people to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Recorded December 8, 2014 - Angela Siela investigated food intake patterns and contextual factors related to household food insecurity. She will show the importance of the home garden in international development programming.

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Fidel Castro por Carlos Moore.
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Carlos Moore (Nascido Charles Moore Wedderburn em Cuba, em 1942), é um escritor, pesquisador e cientista social dedicado ao registro da história e da cultura negra.
É conhecido internacionalmente pela luta contra o racismo, pelo panafricanismo e por ter escrito a biografia autorizada do cantor, saxofonista e ativista nigeriano Fela Kuti:"Fela, Esta vida Puta"

Biografia
Sua família era formada por pessoas de diversas ilhas das Antilhas: o pai biológico era de Trinidad e os pais dele, seus avós, eram de Barbados; o pai que o adotou era jamaicano e a mãe era natural de ilhas da região.
Ele viveu em Cuba até os 15 anos e mudou-se para Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos, em 1958. Lá conheceu Maya Angelou, com quem aprendeu muito sobre justiça racial e o pensamento intelectual negro. Retornou a Cuba em seguida juntando-se ao movimento revolucionário liderado por Fidel Castro. Ele concordava com os princípios revolucionários, mas discordava das autoridades sobre a discriminação racial persistente em Cuba.
Depois de ser preso algumas vezes, deixa a ilha em 1963, rumo à França. Lá ele conhece outros ativistas negros como o senegalês Alioune Diop e o filósofo poeta da Martinica Aimé Césaire e passa a trabalhar como jornalista na Agence France-Presse. Na França, inicia sua vida acadêmica e trabalha também como jornalista.
Ao longo de sua carreira como militante, esteve ao lado de Malcolm X, Cheikh Anta Diop, Aimé Césaire, Stokely Carmichael, Lelia Gonzalez, Walterio Carbonell, Abdias Nascimento, Harold Cruse, Alex Haley.
Desde 2000 ele vive no Brasil com a família, aproveitando para escrever suas memórias e conhecer mais da cultura latino-americana.
Vida acadêmica
Sua carreira como acadêmico e pesquisador foi marcada pelo título de Doutor em Etnologia, em 1979, e Doutorado em Ciências Humanas, em 1983, ambos pela Universidade de Paris-7.
Entre 1984 e 2000 foi Professor Visitante na Universidade Internacional da Flórida (EUA), Universidade do Caribe (Trinidad-Tobago), e Universidade do Caribe Francês (Martinica e Guadalupe).

Obras
Marxismo e a questão racial: Karl Marx e Friederich Engels frente ao racismo e à escravidão. Belo Horizonte: Nandyala Editora, 2010.
• Pichón: Race and Revolution in Castro´s Cuba, Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, 2008.
• A África que Incomoda: sobre a problematização do legado africano no quotidiano brasileiro, Belo Horizonte: Nandyala Editora, 2008.
• Racismo e Sociedade: Novas bases epistemológicas para entender o racismo, Belo Horizonte: Mazza Edições, 2007.
• African Presence in the Americas, Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 1995;
• Castro, the Blacks, and Africa, Los Angeles : CAAS/UCLA, 1989.
• Were Marx and Engels Racists? - The prolet-Aryan outlook of Marx and Engels, Chicago : IPE, 1972.

TALKING BLACK in AMERICA follows the unique circumstances of the descendants of American slaves and their incredible impact on American life and language. Speech varieties from the African American community reflect the imprint of African language systems, the influences of regional British and Southern American dialects, and the creativity and resilience of people living through oppression, segregation and the fight for equality.

Filmed across the United States, TALKING BLACK in AMERICA is a startling revelation of language as legacy, identity and triumph over adversity. With Reverend Jeremiah Wright, DJ Nabs, Professor Griff, Quest M.C.O.D.Y., Dahlia the Poet, Nicky Sunshine and many others.

For more, see talkingblackinamerica.org

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