The scientific committee of the festival of the Casamance Islands has appointed Mr. Sens Sagna ambassador of the said event. He will be in charge of popularizing wherever the need will be felt.
The Festival f the Islands of Casamance is a three day Arts and Culture festival to be held on 28-30 December, 2018 first of its kind in the Niomoume Island Area.
Cassamance, the southern pearl of Senegal, is home to an iconic, original and charming community, which those who have had the pleasure of visiting agree that it is truly unique and unlike any other. The commune of Kafountine is composed of nineteen (19) villages of which fourteen (14) are islands.These islands are located on the left bank upstream of the Casamance river, south of the villages of the mainland They are divided into three geographical areas: The Karone Islands with Kassel as a village: Hillol, Mantate, Kouba and Combaloulou (05); Islands BlissKaroncomposed villages: Kailo, Boune, Boco and Saloulou (04); The islands of Bliss Cassa with Bakassouk: Haer, Hitou, Niomoune and Diogué (05) These islands have the same physical and socio-cultural characteristics. They are housed administratively, in the Department of Bignona, District of Kataba.
The Casamance really needs support to develop. For this, beyond a the coming together of people at such a cultural event will consolidated ‘Peace’.
This reinforcement of more to make its contribution for the international radiation of the festival. The scientific committee of the festival des Iles unanimously chose Mr. Sens Sagna as ambassador of the event declared Mr. Ousmane Samoure initiator of this event at the end of the meeting of this committee.
He emphasizes that this nomination will undoubtedly contribute towards the internationalization of the festival and that Mr. Sagna has the qualities required to fulfill this mission.
The new ambassador of Casamancan culture is a songwriter composer and choreographer lead vocal of the Kajamor family. He lives in Manchester, England.This native of Ziguichor of Casamance for 10 years.
As a reminder, the Casamance Islands Festival is a product of the artistic and event management label Art Events
Author: Bakary Ceesay
