Abok i Ngoma festival to develop cultural sector

37 companies from 14 countries including Cameroon will performance in the cities of Yaoundé and Ebolowa-Akom II on 21 November. This was revealed during a press briefing organized Wednesday 8 October on the seventh international festival of dances and percussion, Abok i Ngoma focused on the theme "where are we?".

According to Elise Meka, promoter of the event, the festival will take place from 21 to November 29. With regard to innovations, the promoter announced the hosting of the 2nd edition of the sub-regional Africa platform dance dance at the french Institute of Paris.

French Institute of Cameroon, Yaoundé Central Prison, the Cultural Centre Othni, the town halls of Akom II and Ebolowa are spaces that were chosen for the shows in halls and open air.

"The goal of this show is to recall that singing and dancing are at the centre of the life of the African. Africa is a context of civilization where it sings its woes, where it dances her pain and where it celebrates its joys," said François Bingono Bingono, anthropologist.

For Elise Meka, 'the sector of culture today is to develop. Because it is an economic sector that creates jobs, wealth and participates in the sustainable development," she said.

As a reminder, the festival of dances and percussion Abok i Ngoma is an international platform created in 2002 at Yaounde. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Arts and Culture. Its artistic approach relies not only on the dissemination of heritage and urban contemporary dance performances, but also percussion performances.