Moderated by Ugo Morelli
It is in the metamorphosis of the cycle of life that things transform: the Earth becomes Man, Man becomes a village-home, and the home becomes a word. It is the great Spirit of Africa returning in the concrete Forms of Thought, Art, and Nature.
Helping Africa means not only addressing immediate issues but also promoting, recognizing, and valuing its culture to safeguard its artistic and environmental heritage, while supporting technological development with humanistic thought.
The accelerated dominance of time over space has led to distortions. A people need memory, but also wise oblivion to rediscover identity and human dignity lost in decades of repression and colonization, more recently nullified by the rapid introduction of stereotypical images from the Western world.
This is a moment of reflection, so that Africa can reclaim those lost values by reviving the latent synergies that have always belonged to its culture, everyday life, and the needs of individuals and their environment, using all expressions of Art: from music and dance to painting, sculpture, and architecture, as an artistic form that constitutes the space in which we live.
Art is a great resource, a universally comprehensible language, and the best tool for recognizing a culture.
