"Focus Ghana" Exhibitions, films, performances and a seminar on Ghana at Annexe Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 7th-9th September 2012

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

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Place : Art Gallery, Lecture Room - 2 & Annexe Court, Annexe Building, India International Centre ( IIC ), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

Landmark : Annexe Building is Next to Alliance Francaise

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Event Details : 'Focus Ghana' Exhibitions, films, performances and a seminar on Ghana.
Schedule : 
Friday 7
ANNEXE ART GALLERY AT 18:00
Opening of an exhibition of photographs, textiles, jewellery and paintings, and including screenings of Asante: The
Kingdom of Gold and The Art of Wearing Cloth Traditionally in Ghana
Introduction by Dr Veena Sharma, convenor of the festival, and former Fellow, IIAS, Shimla
Inauguration by H.E. the High Commissioner for Ghana
Chief Guest: Shri Suresh Goel, Director General, ICCR
Exhibition on view till Sunday 9, 11:00–19:00
ANNEXE COURT AT 19:00
Traditional Ghanaian Music
Presented by Osei Korankye and Aaron Sukura, Institute of Performing Arts, University of Ghana
Introduction by Prof Ralf Koehler, Dept. of Music, Stellenbosch University
Saturday 8
SEMINAR ■ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM – II, 10:00–18:30
Focus Ghana
10:00–12:00
The Concept of the Human Person in Ghanaian and Indian World Views and the Ethical Formulations that Go With It
Speakers: Dr Joseph Apea Assamoah, Dept. of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana; and Prof. Vrinda
Dalmiya, Fellow, IIAS, Shimla
Chair: Dr Veena Sharma
13:00–16:00
Textiles of Ghana and of India
Speakers: Mr Wizdom Kudowor, University of Ghana; and Ms Sentila T. Yanger
16:30–18:30
Ghanaian Music: A Dialogue
Mr Osei Korankye, Mr Aaron Sukura and Prof Ralf Koehler in conversation with Dr Rahul Ram, singer and
songwriter, Indian Ocean band
19:00
Screening of The Witches of Gambaga
(55 min; 2010; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Yaba Badoe
Recipient of the Best Documentary Award, Black International Film Festival 2010; and Second Prize for Best
Documentary, Fesbaco 2011
The story of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana, told largely by the women themselves

Collaboration : ICCR

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