Updated: For Immediate Release: NCAC signed MOU with V. Jay Theatre Productions NCAC/ Fatima's Entertainment to promote culture through Poetry
Updated:
For Immediate Release 17
January 2020
NCAC signed MOU with V. Jay Theatre
Productions NCAC/ Fatima's Entertainment to promote culture through Poetry
National Centre for Arts and Culture
(NCAC) has signed Memorandum of Understanding with V. Jay Theatre Productions and
Fatima's Entertainment, aimed to promote cultural tourism through Poetry,
storytelling, documentaries and related activities.
Within the framework of developing our
cultural tourism in line with the MOU, the two organisations shall strive to
promote creativity and originality with emphasis on the local beneficiaries, as
means of encouraging Gambians, and Africans in general to stay back home, and
develop their Motherland, instead of risking their lives through irregular
migration to Europe for greener pastures. This is conceived because the
Founder of V. Jay Theatre Productions felt bad about seeing young Africans
risking their lives through the back way to Europe, and therefore initiating
program to encourage Africans to stay back home and develop their motherland by
engaging in meaningful development activities.
The two organisations shall in line with the
MOU collaborate very closely in the promotion of Gambian artistes and cultural
associations, especially in the areas of promotion of Performing Arts, Cultural
Education through Poetry trilogies, storytelling and Film/Documentaries;
organising's Cultural promotional activities, targeting students and artists,
the local communities; organize institutional Capacity Building and training in
collaboration with the NCAC, Schools and Gambian Artists; and conduct cultural
exchange between Caribbean descendants and their Gambian counterparts;
The two organisations shall explore the interactive exchange of West African traditions and African –Caribbean culture; support each other’s effort in drive to entrench and maintain a strong cultural exchange between The Gambia and artistes from other parts of the world, but especially African-Caribbean artists, by sharing common values through Poetry, storytelling- and to further sell ideals of the Poetry Trilogy- 'Streets Paved with Gold’; share relevant information to improve the technical capacity and skills of both institutions in the protection and preservation of The Gambia’s rich, musical and cultural heritage.
The two organisations shall explore the interactive exchange of West African traditions and African –Caribbean culture; support each other’s effort in drive to entrench and maintain a strong cultural exchange between The Gambia and artistes from other parts of the world, but especially African-Caribbean artists, by sharing common values through Poetry, storytelling- and to further sell ideals of the Poetry Trilogy- 'Streets Paved with Gold’; share relevant information to improve the technical capacity and skills of both institutions in the protection and preservation of The Gambia’s rich, musical and cultural heritage.
The two organisations also commits to
collaborate to strive to use the Poetry Trilogy entitle: Streets Pave with
Gold', which is also in a talking book format on CD, in Gambian Schools
Curriculums, to educate students about the values of our culture and how to
benefit from our culture;
The use of Poetry as vehicle to all Artists to express their feelings and emotions about life, through storytelling, Poetry, spoken words and film/documentaries, using 'Streets Pave with Gold' as model, in educational approaches is also conceived in the MOU.
The two organisations also commit to collaborate to raise the required funds for the effective implementation of the listed activities.
The MOU dated 23 December 2019 was signed by Mr Hassoum Ceesay- NCAC Director General, Mr Victor Richards- Founder- V. Jay Theatre Production (S) Leicester – UK, and National Partners: Mr. Madi S. Njie and Ms Fatoumata Bah
The use of Poetry as vehicle to all Artists to express their feelings and emotions about life, through storytelling, Poetry, spoken words and film/documentaries, using 'Streets Pave with Gold' as model, in educational approaches is also conceived in the MOU.
The two organisations also commit to collaborate to raise the required funds for the effective implementation of the listed activities.
The MOU dated 23 December 2019 was signed by Mr Hassoum Ceesay- NCAC Director General, Mr Victor Richards- Founder- V. Jay Theatre Production (S) Leicester – UK, and National Partners: Mr. Madi S. Njie and Ms Fatoumata Bah
For further details
about V. Jay Theatre Productions contact Mr Victor Richards, Leicester, United
Kingdom
Contact: +44 77 86 68
53 232
National Contact
Numbers: (+220) 31 45 871 / 700 67 11
Below are links to some of Mr Richards Work:
https://youtu.be/DAYc_VBPRbI
https://youtu.be/_l3z1Eox_ZQ
https://youtu.be/ot-uwdmu8aE https://youtu.be/TERjxfgYKCM
https://youtu.be/jakhp-JUj1U https://youtu.be/0uhxFbHH6wo
https://youtu.be/ot-uwdmu8aE https://youtu.be/TERjxfgYKCM
https://youtu.be/jakhp-JUj1U https://youtu.be/0uhxFbHH6wo
Author: Mr. Madi S. Njie- V. Jay Theatre
Productions Consultant & Private Media Practitioner
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