The first ever Afrofuturism in Togo to be held on July 25, 2018
Wednesday, 18 July 2018 20:16 
(Togo First) - On July 25, 2018, at 8 AM, the US embassy in Togo and the Goethe Institute in Lomé, in collaboration with the cultural association Tre-kah, will launch a big event on the concept named Afrofuturism at Canal Olympia Lomé.
The director of Goethe Institute, the US ambassador, the Togolese minister of communication and renowned officials of the political, cultural, literature, scientific and philosophy world will take part in the event during which, debates, panels, conferences and film projections will be organized.
According to the organizers, this event which is a first in Togo will initiate decisions at the national level between political, university actors and artists as well as social entrepreneurs to pave the way for a new society in Togo and Africa in general.
Five panels will be held around specific themes namely, architecture and urbanism, political institutions, Afrofuturism in art, medicine, health and agriculture as well as religion, solidarity and African values.
Let’s remind that the Afrofuturism concept is based on the idea that the solution to human problems lies in Culture, tradition and African ingeniosity. The term was coined half a century ago by the author Mark Dery in his essay “Black to the Future”. It was brought back to life by the movie Black Panther, with its representation of the Wakanda.
By the way, the theme “Afrofuturisme, quel est ton rêve, quel est ton Wakanda”?(Afrofuturism: what is your dream, what is your Wakanda?) is inspired by the idea vehiculated by the film which will be shown at the end.
Registration is open and will be closed on July 23, 2018. It is free and can be done here by anybody wishing to participate.
