AU Project 2016: Musical Concert with the Nile Project at the African Union Amphitheatre

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février 24, 2016

INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

What: The African Union Commission (AUC) is organising a musical concert to introduce the AU Project 2016
Theme: “2016: African Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women- Human Rights and Culture Combined”
When: Wednesday 24th February 2016
Time: 16:00hrs-19:00hrs
Where: The AU Amphitheatre (Behind the Multi-purpose Hall), African Union Headquarters, New Conference Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: The Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) in collaboration with “The Nile Project” Musical Band.
Participants: AU Project 2016, African Union Staff, Representatives from AU Member States based in Addis Ababa and their Families, Embassies Accredited to the African Union, United Nations Agencies and Partners.
Background: The year 2016 was declared by the African Union Policy Organs as the “African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women”. Project 2016 was initiated to serve as a flagship project that will guide the celebration of the theme of the year. It entails all the activities earmarked for this celebration. The activities are a collective responsibility of all African Union Organs and Institutions with a mandate on Human Rights.
As part of its popularization strategy, the Commission through its Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) intends to introduce Project 2016 to all its staff, staff of the United Nations Agencies in Addis Ababa, staff of all Embassies of the African Union Member States in Ethiopia and staff of other Embassies accredited to the African Union, and partners through a musical concert. The musical band that will be performing is called “The Nile Project”, a Music Collective comprised of 33 musicians from 10 Nile Basin countries. It has held three musical residencies resulting in the widely acclaimed album “Aswan” and the soon to be released album “Jinja;” directly engaged 60,000 people in five Nile Basin countries and across the United States through 75 concerts; held 120 Nile-themed workshops at 40 universities for over 10,000 students; and received widespread local and international press coverage through more than 150 articles.”.
Journalists are invited to cover this merger of culture and human rights through the musical concert on Wednesday the 24th February 2016.
ALL STAFF OF THE AU COMMISSION ARE KINDLY INVITED TO ATTEND
For media inquiries contact:
Mrs Esther Azaa Tankou, Ag. Director of Information and Communication of the AUC, via E-mail: YambouE@africa-union.org / esthertankou@yahoo.com
Ms Sibongile Hlatshwayo, Communications Expert, Secretariat of Project 2016, Department of Political Affairs of the AUC, via E-mail: Sibongilez204@gmail.com
For further information:
Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@african-union.org I Website: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia
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