The Drum Cafe 2010 Peace Festival

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Date of event:

19 September 2010 - 25 September 2010

The Drum Cafe 2010 Peace Festival will be a seven-day celebration presented by and for the various Kenyan ethnic subgroups and communities living in Nairobi. It will include performances, presentations, workshops, displays and demonstrations of music, theater, dance, storytelling, food, films, traditional medicines, and crafts at various venues in Dandora, Kibera, Kawangware (slum areas which all experienced violence following Kenya's 2008 elections). The festival is designed to create a safe place for all Kenyans and their international guests to value the importance of culture as a tool in conflict resolution and culture's vital role in maintaining peace in local communities, nations, and throughout the world.

According to the organisers, the objectives of the festival are to:

highlight knowledge and practices in the field that advance artistic effectiveness to expand a collective impact;
promote the use of music as a medium for social change through a focus on effective measures;
increase cultural awareness and promote exchange between culture and development;
spearhead and support the use of arts and culture in conflict resolution, education, peace, and friendship;
improve knowledge on peace making through sharing information and experiences; and
acknowledge cultural diversity as a driving force of development, not only in respect of growth, but also as a means of leading a more fulfilling intellectual, emotional, moral, and spiritual life.

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Registration Information

The Drum Café 2010 Peace Festival invites young people, women, families, elders, and men from Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, and around the world to come together and celebrate their shared history, their diverse identities, and their common futures. Artists and cultural entrepreneurs from a broad range of disciplines as well as government departments, cultural institutions, social and humanitarian groups, educational institutions, non-governmental organisations, private sector and community-based organisations are invited.

The organisers are calling for presentations and performances. Papers that address interventions and practices in the areas of peace creation, conflict resolution, and collaborative efforts, as well as research studies on these topics are being requested. All presenters are asked to submit their abstracts to the secretariat at drumcafe2010 [at] gmail [dot] com

All abstracts should reach the secretariat by July 15 2010.