Event
Opening Ceremony of the 21st Sound Week and launch of the 30th anniversary of the Routes of Enslaved Peoples
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Opening Ceremony
UNESCO organizes a unique concert at its Headquarters in Paris, in Room I, on 15 January 2024 at 8 pm, to mark the 21st edition of the Sound Week.
Focusing on the musical contributions of Afro-descendants, with performances by Maë Defays, Clélya Abraham, Swaéli M'Bappé and Tilo Bertholo, this event will also launch the 30th anniversary celebrations of UNESCO's Routes of Enslaved Peoples, which will be celebrated throughout the year.
Following these performances, André Manoukian, Orchestra Pasdeloup, Camille Thomas, Mariamielle Lamagat and rapper Baloji will conclude the evening with a selection of international musical works.
Programme
Routes of Enslaved Peoples
Since its launch in 1994, the UNESCO "Routes of Enslaved Peoples: Resistance, Liberty and Heritage" Project has contributed to the production of innovative knowledge, the development of high-level scientific networks and the support of memory initiatives on the theme of slavery, its abolition and the resistance it generated.
At the international level, the project has thus played a major role in "breaking" the silence surrounding the history of slavery and placing this tragedy that has shaped the modern world in the universal memory.
