Music, Art & Culture
Music and art are integral parts of cultural life in Africa. Therefore BARKA believes it is essential to include music and cultural arts into any development strategy in Burkina Faso. Using the universal language of music and the arts is also a way to reach westerners, to share the gifts Africa has for the world and to further spread the message of BARKA.
Music also can bring people of diverse backgrounds together. It is a powerful instrument for peace-building.
Testimonial
“BARKA’s work on the local as well as international level, its emphasis on integrating art and music into its humanitarian efforts, and its stalwart philosophy of working directly with indigenous people to develop a sustainable means of eradicating poverty and to share their cultural and spiritual wisdom with the West is blazing a trail toward reconciliation, healing, reciprocity and peace.”
Michael Johnson, UN Representative, Pathways To Peace
Message from the UN
Free Prior Informed Consent recognizes indigenous peoples’ inherent and prior rights to their land and resources and respects their legitimate authority to require that third parties enter into an equal and respectful relationship with them, based on the principle of informed consent.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy and Development, Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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