The African Women in Cinema Blog celebrates International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - 17 October

The African Women in Cinema Blog celebrates International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - 17 October

UNESCO describes the “intangible cultural heritage” as practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. For the purposes of this Convention, consideration will be given solely to such intangible cultural heritage as is compatible with existing international human rights instruments, as well as with the requirements of mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals, and of sustainable development. https://ich.unesco.org/en/convention

African women, cinema and cultural heritage

 

African women screen practitioners have played an important role in the promotion and preservation of African cultural heritages. Moreover, their engagement as cultural producers of screen culture ensures the visualization of the vast cultural treasures of the African continent.

Following are relevant articles on practices of cultural heritage on the African Women in Cinema Blog:

Femme, cinéma et valorisation du patrimoine culturel au Cameroun | Women, cinema and the cultural heritage preservation of Cameroon - Conférence
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/03/femme-cinema-et-valorisation-du.html

Soussaba Cisse Bogo Ja Mali
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/12/recent-films-soussaba-cisse-bogo-ja-mali.html

Sarah Maldoror: Pioneer
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2020/04/pionniere-cineaste-sarah-maldoror-nous.html

Joyce Jenje-Makwenda - Women in Film and Television in Zimbabwe: Modern Storytellers
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/08/joyce-jenje-makwenda-women-in-film-and.html

Safi Faye: A song to women
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/05/black-camera-safi-fayes-mossane-song-to.html

Words of/La parole à Marthe Djilo Kamga & Frieda Ekotto : Vibrancy of Silence: A Discussion With My Sisters
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2019/03/words-ofla-parole-marthe-djilo-kamga.html

Remembering Khady Sylla: Djia Mambu interviews Mariama Sylla, producer and co-director of “A Single Word” (with the late Khady Sylla)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2014/10/remembering-khady-sylla-djia-mambu.html

Anita Afonu: Preserving Ghana's Cinematic Treasures
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2013/12/anita-afonu-preserving-ghanas-cinematic.html

Marie-Clémence Paes: “there are treasures that are transmitted from generation to generation by word of mouth”
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/12/marie-clemence-paes-there-are-treasures.html

Women and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The experience of the “creative” documentary film in sub-Sahara Africa
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/09/women-and-intangible-cultural-heritage.html

Rahma Benhamou El Madani: "I try to connect to my roots through my films"
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/01/rahma-benhamou-el-madani-i-try-to.html

Mis Me Binga 2018 – Mireille Niyonsaba : Tresor Tissé | Woven Treasure (Burundi)
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2018/06/mis-me-binga-2018-mireille-niyonsaba.html

Katy Lena Ndiaye's walls of women, women's words
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2014/04/katy-lena-ndiayes-walls-of-women-womens.html

Fatou Kande Senghor: My work my passion
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/01/fatou-kande-senghor-my-work-my-passion.html

Hachimiya Ahamada: Dreams from the Comoros
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.fr/2011/12/hachimiya-ahamada-dreams-from-comoros.html

Women and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The experience of the “creative” documentary film in sub-Sahara Africa
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/09/women-and-intangible-cultural-heritage.html

Tsitsi Dangarembga: Critical cultural debate
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/12/towards-critical-debate-nyaminyami.html

Rama Thiaw a filmmaker in the Struggle
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.fr/2011/09/rama-thiaw-young-filmmaker-in-struggle.html

Annette Mbaye d'Erneville: Mère-bi
http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2010/09/annette-mbaye-derneville-mere-bi.html

Horria Saihi: A portrait

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2010/01/horria-saihi-portrait.html

Chantal Bagilishya: "Special Tribute to one of Africa’s treasures in the world of cinema" by Seipati Bulane Hopa
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2009/10/seipati-bulane-hopa-chantal-bagilishya.html