A MUSEUM FOR AFRICA presents the dossier Young people in Africa. Anthropological perspectives, followed by the screening of Munyurangabo by director Lee Isaac Chung.

The National Cinema Museum, in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Politics, Society of Turin University, presents a new date for A MUSEUM FOR AFRICA, where the recently published dossier Young people in Africa. Anthropological perspectives (Afriche e Orienti, year XIV, n.3-4, 2012), will be presented to the public at the Library/Mediatheque, Wednesday 22 May 2013, at 8.30 p.m.

The authors of some contributions in the dossier, Ilaria Buscaglia, Carlo Cappello, Javier González Díez, Alessandro Gusman and Cristiano Lanzano will be in conversation on it; the debate will be moderated by prof. Cecilia Pennacini of Turin University.

With 70% of its population below 30 years of age, Africa is the youngest continent on the planet: this data is pivotal both in conflict situations and in political and economic crises, as well as in change and innovation dynamics crossing the continent north and south of the Sahara. The dossier authors essay to analyse youth conditions in Africa, by means of ethnographic research on case studies in different countries in the continent, from Gabon to Rwanda, from Uganda to Senegal.

The debate will be followed by the film screening of Munyurangabo by director Lee Isaac Chung (USA-Rwanda, 2007, 97’). Considered the first fiction film shot entirely in the kinyarwanda language, the film tells of the journey of two adolescent friends from the capital Kigali to their respective villages of origin in rural Rwanda, where the memory of the losses experienced during the genocide and the lasting ethnic juxtapositions will take toll on their friendship.

A MUSEUM FOR AFRICA is a project by the National Cinema Museum which has been organised for its third consecutive year, in collaboration with diverse bodies and associations operating in the international cooperation sector and in intercultural mediation. The showcase dates – meetings with directors, screenings and book presentations – alternate between the Cinema Massimo and the “Mario Gromo” Library/Mediatheque with a monthly rhythm and are ongoing until May 2013 (month in which the international day for Africa is celebrated). This network of initiatives wishes to stimulate the public’s feeling and interest for the dramatically topical themes of African issues. The programme also includes workshops for adults and three morning screenings for Turin high-school students with some of the films from its programme.

Admission free till full seating capacity is reached, subject to free membership registration at the Library/Mediatheque and exhibiting an ID card.